We all grow up watching our moms moisturize, tweeze, paint and apply the products we yearn one day to be old enough to use ourselves. And when we are, we remember what she told us about beauty.

Our mom always taught us not to get too caught up with beauty magazines. She told us to embrace our individual features instead of trying to look like someone else. – Marylyn Simpson (T&S beauty columnist)

Pictured, featured image: Xeny Simpson with Marylyn, Samantha and Isabel

Mia Elmore (center) with Hailee and Missy
Mia Elmore (center) with Hailee and Missy

Our mom taught us to wear sunscreen every day! – Hailee and Mia Elmore

Eleanor and Joan Berkman
Eleanor and Joan Berkman

My mother had the most beautiful complexion! Her secret weapon: Pond’s Cold Cream. I use it every day. – Joan Berkman (T&S Velvet Hammer columnist )

Anne and Aimee Knebel
Anne and Aimee Knebel

My mom has had me wearing sunscreen every single day since I was a little girl … and if it means my skin will look anything like hers does when I get older, I’ll gladly keep applying! – Aimee Knebel (Associate Regional Marketing Director at Yelp)

Suzy Bacino, Laurie Burgess
Suzy Bacino, Laurie Burgess

Her best beauty advice? ‘Smile.’ She always taught us that happiness is the key to inner beauty—that and having fun, and we Burgess girls sure know how to have fun! – Suzy Bacino (T&S style editor)

By Marylyn Simpson