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Back in my 20s I didn’t pay attention much,” Keaton
says of protecting her skin. “I didn’t research and
didn’t really care and that was stupid because it’s
iane Keaton is standing in dogged me my entire adult life, even recently.
front of a floor-to-ceiling I didn’t start sun care until my 40s.”
window, backlighted by Los
Angeles’ late afternoon sun. “It’s a family history,” says Keaton “Back in my 20s I didn’t pay
Even appearing as just a of skin cancer. “I remember my Auntie attention much,” Keaton says of
Martha had skin cancer so bad they protecting her skin. “I didn’t research
Dshadowy silhouette blown removed her nose. My father had basal and didn’t really care and that was
skin cancer and my brother had it. It’s stupid because it’s dogged me my
tricky with this skin cancer. That’s why entire adult life, even recently. I didn’t
out by the light, Keaton’s you’ve got to put the sunblock on.” start sun care until my 40s.”
shape is an iconic one. She says that her ever-present
There are the distinct lines of a hats also help protect her face from
charcoal gray hat with a grosgrain band, the sun, and she still has the area
small rectangular eyeglasses and a where the squamous cell cancer was
nipped-waist, men’s style coat that is removed checked often.
well balanced with the full skirt and Besides her dedicated use of
stiletto sandals that fall below it. sunscreen, Keaton says that the rest
It’s classic Keaton — neatly of her beauty routine is quite simple.
tailored, a little eccentric, covered up She has always been diligent about
and conservative in a kooky sort of using a face cream day and night and
way. Even her nails have the menswear- swears by eyeliner and lipstick for her
inspired look she has been known for everyday makeup look.
since her Academy Award-winning turn “I like to accentuate the shape
as Annie Hall in 1977. “That’s what I do, of my eyes,” she says, “They go
“Stickers!” the 69-year-old actress I just keep it in down, and I like that they go down. It
my pocket,” she happens more as you get older. My
exclaims of the ivory and black says, adding that dad had eyes like that. He’s passed
houndstooth-check decals she has on and I like to think we’re sharing the
plastered to her neatly trimmed nails. she likes same eyes, that I’m taking his eyes
Keaton prefers the nail stickers to polish
for practical reasons: because they a lightweight with me.”
won’t chip. silky formula As for lipstick, Keaton would
Perhaps more important than and reapplies it like to wear red, but says the shade
doesn’t suit her coloring. Coral and
sticking to the nail decals as a a few times warm rose-brown tones are more her
dedicated part of her beauty regimen, during the course speed.
Keaton is adamant about wearing
sunscreen. After being diagnosed with of a day. But other than wearing sunscreen
basal cell carcinoma at age 21 and and avoiding red, this woman who has
more recently with squamous cell come to redefine traditional style and
cancer, which was removed through two beauty ideals stays flexible. august/september 2015 • indulge | 29
surgeries, Keaton is a vocal proponent She pauses to dig into the deep “Beauty is like the word ‘love,’
of proper sun care. She has been a pocket of her full skirt and pulls out it’s humongous, it encompasses
L’Oreal spokeswoman since 2006 a small bottle of L’Oreal’s Silky Sheer everything,” she says. “I see it
and counts the brand’s sunblock as Face Lotion with SPF 50. differently than I used to and it keeps
something she is never found without. “That’s what I do, I just keep it in my changing and evolving, and that’s what
pocket,” she says, adding that she likes beauty needs to do, it needs to keep
a lightweight silky formula and reapplies changing and evolving because that’s
it a few times during the course of a day. how powerful it is. It’s important.”
says of protecting her skin. “I didn’t research and
didn’t really care and that was stupid because it’s
iane Keaton is standing in dogged me my entire adult life, even recently.
front of a floor-to-ceiling I didn’t start sun care until my 40s.”
window, backlighted by Los
Angeles’ late afternoon sun. “It’s a family history,” says Keaton “Back in my 20s I didn’t pay
Even appearing as just a of skin cancer. “I remember my Auntie attention much,” Keaton says of
Martha had skin cancer so bad they protecting her skin. “I didn’t research
Dshadowy silhouette blown removed her nose. My father had basal and didn’t really care and that was
skin cancer and my brother had it. It’s stupid because it’s dogged me my
tricky with this skin cancer. That’s why entire adult life, even recently. I didn’t
out by the light, Keaton’s you’ve got to put the sunblock on.” start sun care until my 40s.”
shape is an iconic one. She says that her ever-present
There are the distinct lines of a hats also help protect her face from
charcoal gray hat with a grosgrain band, the sun, and she still has the area
small rectangular eyeglasses and a where the squamous cell cancer was
nipped-waist, men’s style coat that is removed checked often.
well balanced with the full skirt and Besides her dedicated use of
stiletto sandals that fall below it. sunscreen, Keaton says that the rest
It’s classic Keaton — neatly of her beauty routine is quite simple.
tailored, a little eccentric, covered up She has always been diligent about
and conservative in a kooky sort of using a face cream day and night and
way. Even her nails have the menswear- swears by eyeliner and lipstick for her
inspired look she has been known for everyday makeup look.
since her Academy Award-winning turn “I like to accentuate the shape
as Annie Hall in 1977. “That’s what I do, of my eyes,” she says, “They go
“Stickers!” the 69-year-old actress I just keep it in down, and I like that they go down. It
my pocket,” she happens more as you get older. My
exclaims of the ivory and black says, adding that dad had eyes like that. He’s passed
houndstooth-check decals she has on and I like to think we’re sharing the
plastered to her neatly trimmed nails. she likes same eyes, that I’m taking his eyes
Keaton prefers the nail stickers to polish
for practical reasons: because they a lightweight with me.”
won’t chip. silky formula As for lipstick, Keaton would
Perhaps more important than and reapplies it like to wear red, but says the shade
doesn’t suit her coloring. Coral and
sticking to the nail decals as a a few times warm rose-brown tones are more her
dedicated part of her beauty regimen, during the course speed.
Keaton is adamant about wearing
sunscreen. After being diagnosed with of a day. But other than wearing sunscreen
basal cell carcinoma at age 21 and and avoiding red, this woman who has
more recently with squamous cell come to redefine traditional style and
cancer, which was removed through two beauty ideals stays flexible. august/september 2015 • indulge | 29
surgeries, Keaton is a vocal proponent She pauses to dig into the deep “Beauty is like the word ‘love,’
of proper sun care. She has been a pocket of her full skirt and pulls out it’s humongous, it encompasses
L’Oreal spokeswoman since 2006 a small bottle of L’Oreal’s Silky Sheer everything,” she says. “I see it
and counts the brand’s sunblock as Face Lotion with SPF 50. differently than I used to and it keeps
something she is never found without. “That’s what I do, I just keep it in my changing and evolving, and that’s what
pocket,” she says, adding that she likes beauty needs to do, it needs to keep
a lightweight silky formula and reapplies changing and evolving because that’s
it a few times during the course of a day. how powerful it is. It’s important.”
