I’m a 103-year-old influencer — here are my tips for eternal beauty

A attraction location gran has recovered improbable fame arsenic Britain’s oldest influencer astatine property 103 — aft becoming an online sensation pinch her viral constitution tutorials connected Tiktok. 

Joan Patridge still ‘puts connected her rouge’ each azygous greeting earlier starting nan time astatine Millcroft Care Home, successful Redditch, Worcs.

Staff location decided to commencement making videos of her regular daily and were near stunned erstwhile 1 clip attracted almost 300,000 views connected TikTok.

The retired tram conductor’s newfound net fame has since led to her becoming a marque influencer for a cosmetics company. 

And she says her apical beauty tips for staying youthful see not smiling to debar leaving achromatic lines while applying blush, sweeping nan tegument to blend and not to usage excessively overmuch makeup.

Great-great-grandmother-of-six Joan said: “I cognize I’m 103, but I still for illustration my makeup. I do it each greeting erstwhile I get up.

“I didn’t cognize overmuch astir Tiktok. I thought it was a clock.

“I ne'er thought I would person gained truthful overmuch attention. I was shocked and overwhelmed.”

Joan, primitively from Birmingham, gained fans from each complete nan world aft nan attraction location first shared her tutorial connected really to use her staple blush. 

Joan explained really she sweeps her rouge crossed her cheeks, mildly blending it into her tegument utilizing her powder pad. 

She revealed nan instrumentality was to debar smiling erstwhile applying nan blush arsenic it tin time off evident achromatic lines wherever nan constitution has missed creases. 

While she admitted immoderate group for illustration to grin to item nan apples of their cheeks — she jokes she can’t acknowledgment to having ‘that galore wrinkles that she can’t do that’.

But she warned fans to return clip erstwhile applying nan makeup, informing them to not use excessively overmuch for fearfulness of agleam reddish cheeks.

Another top-tip was to ‘melt’ nan merchandise successful alternatively than usage information motions to guarantee a super-smooth finish. 

And while blush is her favourite, Joan’s greeting constitution ritual isn’t complete without applying her eyeliner to make it look ‘like she’s sewage immoderate eyelashes’.

Since nan footage was uploaded successful April, fans person flocked to convey nan gran for her apical tips — pinch immoderate moreover asking for more. 

Makeup marque Collection has since sent nan pensioner complimentary gift group packed pinch blush, lip-gloss and beauty pallets.

Joan joked that she is “too aged to work” but says she is thrilled astatine nan opportunity to “collab” pinch nan firm. 

Joan, who is nan eldest resident astatine nan home, added: “It was beautiful to stock my measurement of applying rouge because I’ve done this for galore years. 

“If I was asked to do immoderate much to thief kids past I’d beryllium happy to thief them. I tin honestly opportunity anyone who we’ve spoken to has been lovely, it makes their day. 

““Beauty to maine intends earthy each over. It’s bully to consciousness bully astir yourself, nary matter really aged you are – you can’t spell without your rouge.”

Joan applies constitution each time moreover if she’s staying in, adding that it ‘makes her consciousness better’. 

Joan, who says a nightly brandy is nan concealed to aged age, said: “Whether I spell retired aliases enactment in, I put rouge on, I flick it on. 

“I put a spot of eyeliner connected truthful I look for illustration I’ve sewage immoderate eyelashes. I’ve ever played astir pinch makeup, I utilized to return it from my sister, we played constitution shops erstwhile we were little.

“But you’re arsenic young arsenic you consciousness and property is conscionable a number.

“I wonderment why I’m surviving truthful long. It’s nan brandy I think. That’s what keeps maine happy and smiling. 

“Every nighttime earlier I spell to furniture I person brandy, I apical it up pinch lemonade to make it sweeter. I person nan Three Barrels brand, conscionable a drop.

“If you deliberation well, you’ll beryllium well.”

Joan has since appeared connected ITV’s This Morning and racked up millions of views connected societal media and hopes to transportation connected making tutorials for teenagers. 

She said: “It’s very bully to beryllium an influencer arsenic they say, but I’m still an aged woman. 

“I person enjoyed it, but I consciousness a fool erstwhile group curtsey to me. It’s everybody who meets maine astatine nan minute. 

“Going to London was marvelous, and cipher thought an aged female my property would spell disconnected and person a bully time.” 

Joan’s granddaughter Nicola Hulme, 50, added: “Nan really shocks me, she’s ever up to immoderate mischief. 

“When she came to Millcroft we thought we’d person a relaxing clip — but no, she decides to spell viral connected TikTok.

“I’m very proud of my nan, she’s precious to maine and each of us. She’s very unsocial and I emotion her a lot. I ever opportunity to her to beryllium bully – but not excessively good.

“She shared each nan constitution pinch everyone successful her home. This Morning put nan connected Facebook and she’s had 5 cardinal views connected that alone.”

Millcroft’s manager, Lyndsay Sard, said: “The constitution that she was using, personification had tagged nan institution and said, look, she’s utilizing your makeup.

“And nan institution past sewage successful touch pinch us, which was really nice, to opportunity really beautiful it was to spot Joan doing thing for illustration that.

“And they wanted to nonstop nan constitution straight to Joan.”

A spokesperson for Collection Cosmetics said: “We can’t hold to spot much from Joan and dream nan younger generations consciousness inspired by her effortless style.”

Joan’s apical 3 constitution tips:

* Don’t grin erstwhile applying to debar leaving evident achromatic lines successful creases

* Use a sweeping alternatively than information mobility to blend

* Less is much — don’t usage excessively overmuch blush to debar agleam reddish cheeks