Kim Catrall used to wear “way, way, way too much” make-up before realising people couldn’t “see” the real her.
Kim Catrall used to wear “way, way, way too much” make-up.
The 68-year-old actress regrets her beauty look from the 1980s because as she’s got older, she’s realised that less is more and people couldn’t “see” her for the thick layers of product.
She told HarpersBazaar.com: “I guess it’s cyclical; the looks come and go.
“When I came up in the ’80s, the amount of make-up that I wore was almost like put on with a trowel. It was just way, way, way too much, and I couldn’t find myself.
“And for a while, I thought, well, that’s okay because I’m playing a character, and make-up is such a big part of what I do.
“And then I realised in my 40s and 50s that what I was losing was—I wasn’t seeing me. I didn’t want to wear so much make-up. I wanted to accentuate the positive, of course, as we always do. But I also wanted to look like me. I’m not a model.”
The former ‘Sex and the City’ star is grateful she never felt much “pressure” about conforming to certain standards of beauty in the public eye.
She said: “I don’t do the runway. I never felt that kind of pressure to look and be a certain way. I think the only thing I ever did was exercise more and go on a diet for periods of time, off and on. But that was kind of it.”
As she’s got older, Kim loves her legs more and more.
Asked which aspects of her physical appearance she appreciates more now, she said: “My legs. I love my legs. I like to swim. I do yoga, stretching, things like that. I walk a lot, especially in London and New York.”
The ‘Mannequin’ star thinks the best way to find the right make-up look is to experiment.
She said: “Make-up should be fun. It’s about experimenting. It’s like trying on a different wardrobe.
“You just try it on. How does it look? Mess it up, put it back on.
“People are so scared of getting it wrong that they forget that to get it right, all you have to do is do it.
“Just keep doing it and say, ‘I’m liking this.’ You’ll teach yourself by watching.”
Kim Cattrall regrets ‘trowelling’ on make-up
