Aisling O’Loughlin: Lily Allen’s unfiltered truth about her looks is refreshing

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I was chatting on Insta Stories the other day and the impulse to add a filter was intense. Intense. A little Paris filter smoothing out love and I would look instantly better.

In the end I chose against the Vaseline lens temptation. I went with my real, rather worn, slightly sun-damaged, not doing too bad though, 42-year-old mug.

No filter. Not that I won’t filter my face in the future, or condemn anyone for choosing a more pleasing option, it was just in that instance, I thought, no, no filter.

This is my face. This is who I am. I’m enough. It was rather liberating. Singer and general legend Lily Allen was asked by one of her 1.4 million followers on Instagram recently what she does to have such incredible skin.