Melania Trump Says She’s Never Had Botox or Injectables. Here’s Her Beauty Routine, Explained
Melania Trump is 55 and turns 56 on April 26. Donald Trump is 79. They have a 24-year age gap. She was discovered as a model at 16 in Slovenia, modeled in Milan and Paris, and moved to New York in 1996. She met Trump in 1998 at a party during Fashion Week. Her beauty routine has been the same for decades.
Her mother, Amalija Knavs, was a patternmaker in the Slovenian textile industry and shaped her daughter’s obsession with fabric, fit, and presentation from childhood. Amalija died on January 9, 2024, at 78.
Her makeup artist Nicole Bryl has worked with her for nearly 20 years, starting around a 2005 People magazine shoot with baby Barron. Bryl is the founder of Nicole Bryl Skincare. She’s stayed in the role through both terms.
Staying cost her. Parts of the beauty industry effectively blacklisted her for working with the Trump family. In December 2025 she addressed it publicly, calling the Trumps “my tribe, not Vogue.”
The 75 minutes breaks down like this. Bryl spends most of the time on skin prep alone. She starts every session with her own Vitamin C treatment kit. Then it’s customized individual eyelashes, dark-rimmed eyes that photograph well under lights, and shiny muted lips blended to last all day without touch-ups. For the 2017 inauguration, the products Bryl used on Melania ran about $901.
In a 2016 GQ interview, Melania said: “I didn’t do anything. I live a healthy life, I take care of my skin and my body. I’m against Botox, I’m against injections. I think it’s damaging your face, damaging your nerves. It’s all me. I will age gracefully, as my mom does.”
Her morning starts with a vitamin C tonic and an oxygen cream with vitamins A, C, and E. Every night, every trace of makeup comes off before she sleeps. She uses a Lancome makeup remover and a chamomile tonic. She has sensitive skin and rotates products rather than sticking to one. No microdermabrasion. No harsh treatments. Just hydration and antioxidants.
The rest of the routine is lifestyle. She plays tennis, does Pilates, walks with ankle weights, eats 7 fruits a day, and starts most mornings with a green smoothie made with spinach, celery, carrots, blueberries, apple, orange juice, lemon, fat-free yogurt, olive oil, ground flax seeds, liquid omega-3, and vitamin D. Lean proteins, salads, salmon, and aggressive sun avoidance.
She published a memoir in 2024 titled Melania. She briefly had her own skincare line around 2012 called Caviar Complexe C6. It didn’t last.
Bryl calls Melania “heartfelt, empowering, focused” and one of the most stunning and kind women she’s ever worked with. They talk family, philosophy, fashion, and life. Bryl refused to drop her when the industry turned its back. She stayed loyal and says she has no regrets.