Tracee Ellis Ross Gets Real About What It Takes to Look This Good at 45

From Prevention

Many Hollywood stars make the aging process seem effortless, but according to Tracee Ellis Ross, it’s all a sham. In a new interview with InStyle magazine, the Black-ish star, 45, hilariously blows the cover of basically every forty-something actress who appears to roll out of bed every single morning looking perfect.

"The 'I woke up like this' thing? Bulls--t!" the actress and daughter of the late Diana Ross, said candidly in the InStyle November cover story. "Black-ish is in HD, darling! There's no Vaseline on the lenses.” Ross knows it truly takes effort to look effortless. “At 18 I might have woken up like this. At 45 I f--king work for it,” she continued.

But working for it doesn't mean depriving herself of a few guilty pleasures. It just means she has to work harder on the backend. “I love potato chips more than anything in the world, and so I work out hard.”

In case you're curious about her workouts, the is a fan of the Tracy Anderson Method. In a previous interview she revealed that she works out 3 to 4 times a week, getting in one workout during the week (often at 6 a.m.) and two over the weekend.

And while beauty treatments such as face masks are a component of her self-care regimen, she also makes sure to nurture her insides. She says, “to me self-care does not mean going to the spa. It's learning to say no. It's knowing yourself so you can make choices that are an expression of you. That's self-care." Preach, lady, preach!

Ross also finds it “sort of fascinating” that she is “45 and single and childless.” "Happily single, I should add. Not at home crying about it," she says. She also doesn’t think that her personal life choices are anyone’s business. "Some of the ability to reflect on what I really want comes from pushing up against a society that shames me for not having the expected trappings,” she explains. “I'm very pleased with my existence these days. Have I had to learn to make friends with loneliness? Yes. I think if I were in a relationship, it would be the same."

Thank you for being such a strong and honest role model, Ms. Ross. We appreciate you.

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