Kate Winslet Doesn't Want Her Lancôme Ads Retouched Because ''We Have a Responsibility to the Younger Generation of Women''

"We're all responsible for raising strong young women, so these are things that are important to me," the actress tells E! News

By Bruna Nessif Oct 20, 2015 11:59 PMTags
Watch: Why Kate Winslet Won't Be Retouched in Lancome Ads

Smooth away fine lines and wrinkles? Slim the face and erase any blemishes? No thank you, says Kate Winslet.

The actress has always been very outspoken on her stance against retouching her photographs for magazine spreads and ads, so it may not come as a huge surprise that the beauty spokesperson has also made it so her L'Oréal contract states that her Lancôme ads are free of any additional editing to her appearance.

And when chatting with E! News' Catt Sadler at the Elle Women in Hollywood event, Winslet explained why she's so adamant on steering clear from the very popular practice.

"I can only ever speak for myself and I can only ever do things that are important to me and it's a hope that other people might follow suit but it does feel important to me because I do think we have a responsibility to the younger generation of women," the star told us when asked if she thinks other women will follow suit.

"I think they do look to magazines, I think they do look to women who have been successful in their chosen careers and they want people to look up to, and I would always want to be telling the truth about who I am to that generation because they've got to have strong leaders. We're all responsible for raising strong young women, so these are things that are important to me."

Winslet has expressed these sentiments for years. Back in 2009, the celeb shared during an interview that she would ask photos be reverted to their original state after seeing her face retouched, and explained that aging doesn't have to be a bad thing.

"I have wrinkles here, which are very evident," she told Harper's Bazaar. "And I will particularly say when I look at movie posters, 'You guys have airbrushed my forehead. Please can you change it back?' I'd rather be the woman they're saying 'She's looking older' about than 'She's looking stoned.' "