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Shania Twain loves to stir up conversation, whether she’s wearing a denim dress to an awards show or going bleach blonde without warning. But her latest move may not have gotten people talking about what she planned.
The country music icon shared her nighttime beauty routine with Harper’s Bazaar, as part of their “Go to Bed with Me” series. And while she shared a few products that keep her 59-year-old skin looking decades younger, fans couldn’t stop talking about the unconventional first step in her routine. Instead of using a traditional makeup remover, Twain mixes regular old olive oil and (a lot!) of sugar in the palm of her hands and gets to scrubbing away.
“Anything oil-based does break down the makeup and flushes the pores out,” she says before scrubbing. “And every hotel with a kitchen has olive oil.”
“My skin broke out just watching this video!!!” said one Youtube commenter. And another pointed out, “She’s gorgeous but the eye make up is still there. Did I miss something? Will she sleep with the ey(e)shadow and mascara?”
After she scrubs, she follows it up with another contentious step: wiping the olive oil and sugar mixture off with a washcloth soaked in water as “hot as I can stand.” “I like wiping it off like this instead of splashing it because it’s all part of the exfoliation,” she says.
After this, the singer follows up by dipping a Q-tip in more olive oil to wipe off the rest of her eye makeup but, as many fans pointed out, it appears that there’s still quite a bit left over when she moves onto the next step.
We should note, though, that the singer does have good reason for using olive oil in her skincare routine. “I started the olive oil thing when I used to work in the bush as a teenager,” she recalls. “When you’re working outside in June you can’t wear anything that’s fragrant — no deodorant, no shampoo, nothing that has fragrance — or you’ll get eaten alive the black flies.” We’ll take her word for it!
After her controversial cleansing, the “Man! I Feel Like a Woman!” singer applies a few more traditional skincare products, all from luxury brand . She uses the brand’s for its anti-aging properties that hydrate and plump the skin, followed by their , which “supports cellular turnover with a proprietary Complex of Vitamin A,” according to the brand. The country music star loves it so much she even puts it in her ears!
And, voila, that’s it! Controversial, but concise. You can shop the products Twain used below — just snag the olive oil and sugar from your cabinet…if you dare.
#6 The Night Creme
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