Allie Rowbottom Drops Her Skin Care Routine

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confronts the grim reality of the ever-expanding , while her side-Instagram offers an unfiltered glimpse into celebrity beauty transformations sans Facetune.“All of this exists on a continuum," Rowbottom tells Glamour. “There's no harsh line between retinol and Botox for me, or surgery that someone might choose down the line," she adds, though she doesn't necessarily consider her own skin care regime especially similar to her approach towards injectables.

Rowbottom does see a connection between the two though, seeing as in secret as recently as the 20th century. “It was considered vain or shameful to either to , but it was also considered vain or shameful to want to change that," she says. “Over time, the time the choice to get your hair colored, or not, has become so normalized culturally, that I could see something like Botox moving in that direction.”Sticking one's face with needles and moisturizing skin are not exactly one in the same however. “I'm no moralist about it, I get Botox too, but when you're freezing your face and changing your expression or your ability to express yourself and show real emotion like anger or sadness, it's a very rich, metaphoric procedure, especially for women,” Rowbottom clarifies. "Any time a or skin or body, it's a whole other level of commitment to aesthetics.

It deserves serious consideration.”So does one's skin care routine, and Rowbottom has given hers plenty of thought. “The water is extremely hard where I live, and for a long time, I was cleansing my face and getting no one could figure out,” she tells Glamour.