At 83 years old, Martha Stewart is an icon, and not just for her home and garden tips. With stunning, glowing skin and a no-nonsense approach to aesthetics, she’s the epitome of aging gracefully. If you’re curious how this Emmy Award-winning entrepreneur does it, she’s thankfully been vocal about her routine and treatments. Here, we’ve rounded up our favorite Martha Stewart beauty tips!
Good Living vs. Good Aging
A key to Stewart’s vitality has been her approach to aging.
“I think all of us should think about good living and not about aging,” Stewart explains on her website. “The whole aging thing is so boring.”
Looking good comes second to feeling good, and that follows not just in her choice of aesthetic treatments, but also in her lifestyle. Just last year, she told Dr. Oz that her morning starts with lemon water, freshly squeezed to “feel young.” The practice, she explains, “is rich in antioxidants and it’s very good for intentional vitality.”
The Martha Stewart Scotch Tape Trick
On her iHeartPodcast, The Martha Stewart Podcast, she spoke with her long-time dermatologist, Dan Belkin, MD about her approach to skin care and aging. In a stand-out moment, she explained how she rid herself of a vertical wrinkle between her eyes with just scotch tape.
“Well, quite a few years ago I noticed two lines between my eyebrows, vertical lines,” Stewart explains. “And some doctor said, just put scotch tape on your face every single night between your eyes and you will not have those lines. And I did. I did it religiously. Just put a piece of scotch tape here, and I don’t have those lines anymore, you know. It’s a habit because you’re squinting, right, or if your eyesight is bad and you start to squint, you start to get those lines around your eyes.”
Sunscreen Is Not Optional
“I never leave the house without sunscreen,” Stewart told Good Housekeeping last year. “I use Alastin’s tinted sunscreen with a little serum.” And on her podcast, she doubled down and explained that Dr. Belkin recommended her Alastin and she hasn’t strayed since.
“Alastin is a company that a lot of dermatologists really like because they have clinical trials that show whatever they want to show,” Dr. Belkin says. “A lot of these kind of anti-aging skin-care products, there’s no evidence behind them. When I recommend something, I look for things that have some evidence that show that, ‘Okay, if it’s anti-aging, is it stimulating collagen, is it stimulating elastin fibers?’ And so that’s why I like Alastin.”
Martha Stewart Uses Sheet Masks Daily
And alongside a dermatologist-recommended daily sunscreen, she’s also got a penchant for masks. Especially those developed by her New York-based dermatologist, Dhaval Bhanusali, MD.
“It might surprise you, but she’s very big on sheet masks—the old-school routine of sheet masks,” he told NewBeauty in 2024. “She uses one every morning, especially if she has a photo shoot. I’ve made them for her in the past, but I’m not sure what she’s using right now.”
Consistency Is Key
With decades in the industry, Stewart knows better than anyone that skin care is a long game. Alongside daily sunscreen and vitamin E serums, Stewart has gotten the same custom facial for forty years.
“I have been a customer of Mario Badescu since the 1960s when Mr. Badescu was still alive and creating his magical products,” she explains. “When Mario died, the business was taken over by his second-in-command Mr. Genesco and I continued to avail myself of all of the wonderful services—facials, massages, waxings, manicures and pedicures.”
Her dermatologist agrees, noting that Stewart is particularly regimented in her treatment schedule.
“Martha is very regimented. She puts her treatments in her calendar and doesn’t sway from them,” Dr. Bhanusali says. “If you build a regimen, it’s the best way to maintain your skin. Most people only see a dermatologist when there’s some issue. But, I don’t think that’s the right approach. Try to see a dermatologist at least once a year to determine what is best for your skin as you age. Most of our patients who ‘age well’ are more proactive.”
Defer to Expertise
“Martha’s really good at recognizing other’s [area of] expertise,” Dr. Belkin says on the star’s “hands-off” approach to cosmetic work. “She knows what her expertise is, obviously, and it’s in a wide range of subjects. But she’s also good at recognizing when somebody else is at the top of [theirs]. Hopefully, I’ve convinced her that I’m there, so she trusts me to direct her how I feel would be best.”
“Not only expertise but artistry,” Stewart adds. “I call what you do artistry because you have to be an expert. But if you can’t look at me and see that one little thing is more crooked on one side than the other side, then I don’t want to work with you.”