Good news for anyone who’s ever felt morally compromised when a friend peers fixedly at their forehead, leans in for a closer look, then asks, in a tone that borders on fully fledged judgmental, “Have you had Botox?” There’s a new anti-wrinkle injection in town and Gwyneth Paltrow is its ambassador, so it must be good.
The Oscar-winning actress, entrepreneur and embodiment of the nebulous yet thoroughly seductive concept of wellness, has partnered with something called Xeomin, a botulinum toxin administered via a needle, very like its more famous cousin, Botox, to similar effect, except it’s not Botox, so no, you definitely haven’t had any of that.
“I never want to look younger or not like myself,” Paltrow explained, on coming out about her
