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Victoria Beckham has opened up about struggling with ‘bad acne and feeling self conscious’ in a new Instagram video on Wednesday.
The fashion mogul, 51, revealed she likes a ‘natural’ look with makeup and has always ‘struggled with my skin’ so is ‘careful’ what products she uses.
Victoria has long been open about her insecurity with her ‘problematic’ skin, having suffered with acne since her teens, and struggled soaring to fame in her twenties while having skin issues.
Now, sitting in a white dressing gown with her brunette tresses wrapped up in a matching towel, the Spice Girl gave fans a glimpse into her makeup routine as she promoted her new products.
Victoria started the clip shaking the products she wanted to use ‘to wake them up’ before applying primer.
She then dotted Victoria Beckham Foundation Drops TFC8 in Shade 5 Light on her face in the areas she wanted it before blending in the product with her hands.
Victoria Beckham has opened up about struggling with ‘bad acne and feeling self conscious’ in a new Instagram video on Wednesday
The fashion mogul, 51, revealed she likes a ‘natural’ look with makeup and has always ‘struggled with my skin’ so is ‘careful’ what products she uses
Victoria said: ‘I like something that isn’t going to sit in my fine lines, there is nothing worse than having a foundation that sits in your creases.
‘I like to keep my skin looking like skin and see it through the foundation, I like flawless skin.
‘I’ve been very open about how I’ve struggled with my skin, so I’m careful I don’t use anything that will irritate it.
‘I’ve been so self conscious with bad acne so this formula is so good and I have a lot of sun damage and it blurs that and filters that too.’
She continued: ‘I get a beautiful shine from the product. I don’t like feeling like my skin is super tight, I’m super specific about a foundation and I am obsessed with it.
‘It looks so natural but the perfect amount of coverage’, the mother-of-four added.
Victoria went on to apply her Victoria Beckham Colour Wash in flushed to her cheeks and nose to give her a radiant ‘sun kissed look’.
She captioned the post: ‘FLAWLESS FROM THE FIRST DROP
‘“This is the first foundation that feels like nothing, yet truly does everything. We created The Foundation Drops for minimalists like me. The formula melts into your skin for a naturally flawless complexion and nourishes it with Augustinus Bader’s TFC8®️ technology as I wear it.” — Victoria’.
Victoria has long been open about her insecurity with her ‘problematic’ skin, having suffered with acne since her teens, and struggled soaring to fame in her twenties while having skin issues; pictured 2016
Now sitting in a white dressing gown with her brunette tresses wrapped up in a matching towel, the Spice Girl gave fans a glimpse into her makeup routine as she promoted her new products
Previously, Victoria admitted that the reason she always used to look so stern in pictures is because she was self-conscious about her skin.
Over the years, the fashion designer became synonymous for her steely pout, often failing to crack a smile at many a public event.
And last year in an interview with The Telegraph, Victoria reflected on feeling ‘so uncomfortable’ when taking photos as she didn’t feel happy within herself to break out into a smile.
During the chat, Victoria told how she sought advice from skincare experts, with the fashion designer now following a strict routine to ensure her skin stays clear.
As she reflected on being acutely self-conscious about her looks, Victoria remarked: ‘probably I did look stern in a lot of pictures, but I was so uncomfortable’.
And it wasn’t just her lack of public smiles that were a consequence of her skin problems, but her strict diet too.
Victoria has a famously limited diet, with husband David Beckham previously revealing that she’s eaten the same meal everyday for 25 years – grilled fish and steamed vegetables.
Explaining her decision to eat a very specific diet, Victoria added: ‘It was because of my skin that I became very careful about what I ate’, with the star cutting out meat and wheat among others.
These days, Victoria is much more comfortable in her skin and even offers up a warm smile on many an occasion.
In fact she’s so relaxed about her looks that she revealed how she now even feels comfortable enough to head to glam events with very little make-up on.
She remarked: ‘If you’d told me a few years ago I’d step on to a red carpet to pick up an award wearing only a bit of concealer and no foundation, I’d have thought you were mad, but that’s what I did last week.’
The mother-of-five told how she’s found getting older genuinely liberating, admitting that there was once a time when she used to ‘scroll through comments’ about herself, but these days, she simply doesn’t ‘have the time’.
It comes after Victoria also roped her daughter Harper Beckham into flogging one of her new beauty products earlier this week.
The 14-year-old appears to be making a play to eventually take over her mum’s beauty and fashion empire as she shared a clip spritzing the Victoria Beckham perfume in scent Portofino ’97.
Harper also wore the same white dressing gown with black lining and Portofino ’97 branding that her mother Victoria wore just days before in advert for the brand.
As the Billie Eilish song Birds Of A Feather played, Harper filmed herself putting on a gold chain featuring a mini of the scent as a pendant before spraying the full-sized perfume.
Victoria captioned the video: ‘Our most-loved scent, our most-loved #VBBMuse. #HarperSeven in the Portofino ’97 collection. (And even she can’t resist stealing mummy’s robe!).’
