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Kelly Rutherford plays glamorous TV mom Lily van der Woodsen on the hit show Gossip Girl, but she’s just as glamorous off-screen as she is off. She’s smart, conscientious, worldly and passionate. She wants to leave the world a better place than she found it, sees beauty in all the right places and exudes and aura of Real Beauty all around. Recently she spilled to The Beauty Bean’s weekly series “On Real Beauty” about what makes someone beautiful, the pressure she has dealt with in the past in regards to body perfection, advice she would give her own daughter, her own female role models and so much more.
This regular series has also seen celebrities from Julianne Hough to Serena Williams to Brooklyn Decker share their thoughts on Real Beauty and more in the past. The full interview is here, but you can read the juicy excerpts below!
EXCERPT FROM INTERVIEW:
How do you define beauty?
“A feeling. You know, there may be a very beautiful woman – or people – but if you don’t feel beautiful it really doesn’t matter.”
When do you feel most beautiful?
“Usually when I’m well rested. Vitality makes me feel beautiful. When I have energy, when I’m focused. Obviously, being around my children makes me feel beautiful. You know, when they say “mama” or I get a hug, that makes me feel like the most beautiful woman in the world…”
Having a daughter and working in an industry that puts so much pressure on body perfection and beauty ideals, what message do you hope to be able to give to your daughter about all of that?
“Well, I’m kind of a late-bloomer. So, I would definitely tell her – and this next generation of women – that a lot of it is about giving. I think so much of our joy in life… you know, we can spend so much time in front of the mirror – when I was younger, I worried so much about my body and my weight fluctuated like crazy! So, it’s so much what your mindset is. If you focus so much on beauty, if you focus so much on diet, it sort of skews your view on life and it takes you away from the joy in life…”
Who are your female role models?
“Gloria Steinem is a huge role model, Margaret Thatcher, Hillary Clinton, Queen Rania who is doing so many amazing things. Oprah. I love Ellen –think she’s amazing. Whoopi Goldberg – there are just too many to list!”
What is your one must-have beauty product?
“Well, Zeno Line Rewind, obviously. The thing about Zeno that’s so great is that you can add it to your skin care regimen – so it’s a wonderful thing you add to what you already use. And, like I said, I am sent so many things and try so many things and it’s such a nice addition…”
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