Now 62, beauty entrepreneur Trinny Woodall reflects on her past – from dealing with grief to overcoming addiction, her IVF journey to motherhood and building her business – and shares her top advice and products on how to maximise midlife
Trinny Woodall, beauty entrepreneur and founder of skincare brand Trinny London. Photo: James D Kelly
Ageing, says Trinny Woodall, is not something that has worried her in recent decades. “I never think about it, and I’ll tell you why,” she says, resplendent in an all-silver outfit on a sofa of the Westbury Hotel lounge, “I probably thought about it the most before I went to rehab aged 25. Because I felt I’d lived an entire life then. I was so lost and I was trying everything – trying a bit of a job, a bit of a drug. I went through tonnes of friendship groups and people. I was so discombobulated and I felt my oldest then.
“I was just lost. I had a grandfather who was an alcoholic. I had an uncle who was an alcoholic. I chose cocaine. When I went to rehab, four of my closest friends died that year. So, for me, there was that sense then of feeling old before my time.”