Sandra Bullock’s secrets to aging backward at 59 – with a $7 eye wrinkle cream, eight-minute routine & Amazon hair oil
SANDRA Bullock appears to have halted time, with barely any signs of aging since she found fame in the late 1980s.
The Ocean’s 8 actress, 59, has turned heads with her beauty in movies such as Miss Congeniality in 2000, Two Weeks Notice in 2002, and The Proposal in 2009.
Many fans spent the holidays rewatching her biggest flicks and raved about her age-defying appearance on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“What is happening, Sandra Bullock and Selma Hyack and some other actress haven’t aged in 30 years,” one person tweeted.
“Didn't know Sandra Bullock was 59. She's aging very very well,” another wrote.
“Sandra Bullock is a beauty she's not aging [heart eyes] #SundayNightMovie,” a third said.
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The actress shocked many when she announced that she would be taking a break from the silver screen after the release of the action movie The Lost City.
She has since kept a low profile and has rarely been seen in public following the tragic death of her longtime partner Bryan Randall in August.
Sandra’s pursuit of Hollywood stardom started in 1986, when she moved to New York to study at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.
She went on to secure supporting roles in motion pictures after impressing critics with the Off-Broadway play No Time Flat.
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After her first leading role in Who Shot Pat? In 1989, Sandra dominated the 1990s and noughties with movies such as Gravity and The Heat.
She has spoken candidly in interviews about not having much time to focus on her skincare and spending just eight minutes on her routine.
We’ve taken a deep dive into Sandra Bullock’s anti-aging secrets to discover how she stays youthful with minimal effort.
SKINCARE
Sandra went viral after an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, in which the host quizzed her “obsession” with the Epidermal Growth Factor facial, also known as the “penis facial.”
The actress explained that the beauty treatment involves a microneedling procedure that boosts collagen in the skin.
“You look like a burn victim for a day but then it pushes the serum in,” Sandra said.
She was initially reluctant to explain what was in the serum but Ellen bluntly said it’s “foreskin from a Korean baby.”
“It is an extraction from a piece of skin that came from a young person far far away,” Sandra said.
“I call it the penis facial. And I think when you see how good it is to your face, you too will run to your local facialist and say, ‘Give me the penis.'”
According to Cosmopolitan, the one-of-a-kind beauty treatment costs around $650.
Celebrity facialist Georgia Louise explained to PEOPLE that the FDA-approved serum is made using skin collected during circumcision.
“I always explain that EGF is derived from newborn baby foreskin, BUT cells were taken [from the foreskin] and from that, new cells are cloned from a laboratory,” Louise said.
Sandra previously shut down rumors that her wrinkle-free face was the result of fillers.
Back in 2018, it was speculated that she had undergone the procedure ahead of walking the 90th Academy Awards.
“This past Oscars I was sick and had allergies, but I was like, ‘I'm just going to go. It’s part of my job, and I’m happy to be there,’”' she told InStyle.
“Then the next day they were saying, ‘Oh, she has cheek fillers and implants.’”
Sandra has also sworn by hemorrhoid cream (which you can buy in the drugstore for $7) to get rid of puffy bags under her eyes.
"My favorite beauty pageant secret: I didn’t realize that putting hemorrhoid ointment on your face is acceptable in the beauty business," Sandra Bullock said back in 2005, at the premiere of Miss Congeniality 2.
"But apparently butt cream does help lines around the eyes."
MAKEUP
Celebrity makeup artist Angela Levin has done Sandra’s makeup for red carpet appearances several times throughout the years.
She revealed to British Vogue that she prepped the actress’s skin using Chanel Sublimage Fluid, which costs $315 from the brand's website.
She then used a brush to apply Vitalumiere Satin Smoothing Fluid foundation for $55.
She brought attention to her eyes using three coats of Inimitable waterproof mascara for $35, and completed the look with Rouge Coco lipstick in the color Paris.
“I wanted her to look like the true movie star she is, so we went with modern classy Hollywood - dewy skin, soft eyes, and a bold, classic red lip,” Angela said after the Oscars in 2010.
HAIR
Sandra’s glossy brunette hair was described as being a second character in a review of Ocean’s 8, despite her stylist for the movie Lona Vigi leaving it as natural as possible.
She told The Cut that people had called her asking how Sandra’s character was seemingly able to get her hair done in jail.
“I didn’t use a ton of stuff. I used some oils which I would combine to run through her hair,” Lona said.
“I would mix Oribe Gold Lust Oil and Rodin Hair Oil and run it through the ends and around her face.
“I used hairspray on bits. Sandy likes to see airy and bits of wave — I pretty much used Elnett.”
Oribe Gold Lust Oil is available from Nordstrom for $57, while Rodin Hair Oil is $70 on Amazon.
FITNESS
Sandra Bullock's Bird Box co-star Trevante Rhodes told ET that she would show up to work every day at 5 am in her workout clothes.
The actress once told In Style “If I can work out every day, I will” as she revealed that she enjoyed running and cycling.
The mom now swears by the Body by Simone training technique which sculpts the body by combining dance cardio, yoga, and pilates.
Fitness expert Simone De La Rue told Women’s Health celebrities usually come to her when they have a goal they can concentrate on working toward, such as a movie or red carpet dress.
Her one-hour workouts exercise the entire body and she encourages her clients to rack their food and exercise using a journal.
“There’s always cardio like dance, jump roping, or rebounding,” she said.
“Then we alternate between 10-minute intervals of high-intensity cardio and strength training moves that focus on different body parts.”
DIET
According to Popsugar, Sandra relies on meals from an LA-based food delivery service to keep her in shape.
She practices portion control while eating sugar-free, gluten-free dishes, which include free-range turkey and hormone-free chicken.
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She has a weekly “cheat day” which allows her to eat whatever she wants for 24 hours, such as “dark chocolate with bacon in it."
The A-lister added in a Q&A with Parade that she has to have green tea.
