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Christie Brinkley on Hating Botox, Being Grateful, and Wearing Bikinis at 61
Christie Brinkley has appeared on more than 500 magazine covers. (Photo: Trunk Archive/Bryan Adams)
I used to work with Christie Brinkley all the time in the 80s and 90s. She was the American ideal at that time strong, curvy, blonde, and always smiling. Brinkley has stayed in the spotlight, gracing countless magazine covers. Now a devoted mother of three singer-songwriter Alexa Ray Joel, 29, student Jack Paris Taubman, 20, and aspiring model Sailor Lee Brinkley Cook, 16 the lifelong vegetarian is still asked to pose in her bathing suit, at 61.
To capitalize on everything she knows about aging beautifully, Christie has her own beauty line, Christie Brinkley Authentic Skincare. Plus, shes sharing all her knowledge in her upcoming book, Timeless Beauty: Over 100 Tips, Secrets, and Shortcuts to Looking Great. One of her best tips is on the importance of being positive, grateful, and happy, and she really does radiate that. During our interview she told me, The energy that you project and bring into the room I feel that thats 90% of what to adjust if you want to feel and look younger. Youve got to bring it back to your inner glow. She will appear on HSN on October 29 for Christie Brinkley Authentic Skincare.
Bobbi Brown: Hey Christie, I am so happy to reconnect. Its been too long since Ive seen you, but I spent a lot of time with Alexa when she was in my book Pretty Powerful. What an amazing girl she is.
Christie Brinkley: Isnt she just so unique and wonderful? She is a one off. I always tell her, Alexa, you are the most unique individual. But all my kids are. They all are like little gems, so different from each other, but so totally connected and supportive of each other. Its the most beautiful thing. Im so proud.
I remember when Alexa was really young, I was over at your house doing your makeup, and you were going to the White House. And Alexa was discussing her outfit with you, and you guys were having like a normal, Oh, you have to wear that pretty dress or those nice shoes [chat]. Then Billy came home and sat down with her and played the piano. I thought right then she might become a fashion designer or a musician.
She really is the most unique, individualistic dresser. Shes always dressing from thrift shops and stuff. She just sung the national anthem at the Islanders opening game a couple nights ago. She just made all of us Long Islanders so proud.
I remember you and I doing a bunch of Cover Girl shoots together years ago. I loved that everyone who works with you is like family. You have this really great camaraderie that is awesome.
Do you remember once we were in the dressing room talking about your first lipstick colors? And you said, You could be the face, because you have the recognition and I have the know-how. But I was under contract with Cover Girl.
Can you believe it? It couldve been a whole future!
Of course, when your lipsticks came out I had to have every one. I always tell people, Did you know that I was in the dressing room when she decided.
What I cant believe is that you have really been the ultimate California girl for 40-something years. You look really good, and really healthy. Tell me what you do and what works for you.
I do a little bit of whatever it takes. But I truly believe that my No. 1 thing is that I became a vegetarian when I was 13. I made the decision because I loved animals and didnt want to be a part of the slaughter industry, but Ive been reaping the benefits of that karma ever since. Ive avoided the constant antibiotic injections into animals and the growth hormones. If you ask me, growth hormones are probably very aging, if its trying to make cattle age faster. Thats just my own personal opinion.
Thats very interesting.
The other thing that I think contributes to a youthful look is a joie de vivre. I really believe that being flexible and grateful contributes a lot to your happiness, which contributes to your health, and contributes to your look. When you feel good, you look good. And vice versa: When you look good, you feel good.
Do you have any vices? Do you drink espresso? Which I do, so not that I think theres anything wrong with it.
I bought a Nespresso machine. If you go to #ChristieCappuccino, those are my cappuccino designs. For a while I was doing them every morning on my Instagram. Theres plenty of studies to support drinking coffee. Ive always believed in a rainbow diet. As many colors and foods as you can eat, the better, because if you focus on one food, theres bound to be a report that comes out that says, Broccoli, actually.
So I mix it up a lot. And I take vitamins, like Biosil, which I take for my hair, skin, and nails.
Now youve got your own skincare, Christie Brinkley Authentic Skincare. Tell me about it.
I had the opportunity to do the skincare line, and we started by really trying to determine what Ive been doing right all these years. I started by telling them that I exfoliate every single day. I did that because I read an article that said men look five years younger than women the same age, because they shave every day and that process is exfoliating their skin. So I thought, Okay, Im not going to let men have that advantage. The first thing we created was a gentle exfoliator that really protects you from drying out, but also gets rid of the dead skin and old skin cells and preps your skin for the next step, which is the day cream.
I know there is a big SPF component to the line, how does it stand out from other creams with sun protection?
I told them that I need a day cream that really looks great under makeup. The day cream has SPF and it also has IR [infrared] cream. Over 50% of rays are IR rays. Not all infrared rays are damaging. Some are used for advantageous results, but some cause premature photo-aging. So we have IR protection, which is really new and modern. Its used a lot in Europe, but were one of the first to use it here. Were really proud of that. I also wanted anti-aging ingredients, but where I could continue to be outdoors all the time and not feel like I had surpassed my allotted time in the sun. So we have an award-winning proprietary ingredient called the Bio Copper Complex. I grew up in Malibu, and I was the girl on the beach. My long-term job for the past 40 years was, Here is a bathing suit, go get a tan. So I really needed the repairing, protecting, moisturizing, looks-great-with-makeup all of that.
To be continued...