This Is What a 52-Year-Old Face Without Filters or Makeup Looks Like

Name: Eileen W.
Location: Boonton Township, New Jersey
Occupation: Mom, wife, volunteer, and writer
Do you have children? Yes, two (ages 19 and 15)
Do you smoke? No
Do you drink? Yes, five drinks per week
Have you had any cosmetic work done? Dermaplaning every two months; annual DiamondGlow facials
Skin care routine: AM: Eucerin Hydrating Face Cleansing Gel, SkinCeuticals Phyto Corrective Gel, RoC moisturizer with SPF, Neutrogena Rapid Firming Peptide Eye Cream. PM: Curology cleanser, TNS Advanced+ Serum, Gold Bond Age Renew Retinol Overnight Body and Face Lotion, PCA Ideal Complex Restorative Eye Gel.
Estimated annual amount spent on skin care: $2,500

“In 1993, I was working for a designer in a fashion office. She came back from some super fancy dermatologist and was like, ‘Ladies, everyone has to start wearing sunscreen every day.’ And we were like, ‘Okay.’ We all walked down to a Duane Reade, and she was like, ‘We all have to buy this.’ It was Cetaphil or Eucerin sunscreen—and I used that every day.

I was one of the only people I knew who was wearing SPF all the time. I would be going out with my kid in the stroller putting sunscreen all over him, and they’d be like, ‘What are you doing?’ It’s funny—one of my really good friends told me recently, ‘I should’ve started with sunscreen probably 10 years earlier.’ I told you. I told everyone.”