On the set of Vogue France, for the February 2026 issue, Doutzen Kroes’ face catches the light without apparent effort. At 40, the former Victoria’s Secret muse displays luminous skin, calm energy and a beauty that seems more linked to her lifestyle than to a simple mascara.
Behind this very natural look, the cover star reveals eight beauty secrets combining advanced care, gratitude, digital detox and gentle sport. A mixture of ultra-concrete gestures and almost philosophical rituals, which she assumes without filter.
Doutzen Kroes’ skin secrets, from salmon DNA to layering
Doutzen Kroes adopts a high-tech protocol to maintain her glow. She relies on polynucleotide injections and a PDRN laser based on salmon DNA, supposed to revive microcirculation and elasticity without freezing the features. “When I started modeling everyone told me I had great skin, I took it for granted. Since I was 40, I have been paying more attention and I started laser treatment with PDRN, I see real effects. I like the idea of aging harmoniously. I have always been very inspired by 60 year old women who are naturally beautiful“, confides Doutzen Kroes to Vogue France.
When it comes to daily routine, she swears by layering hydration.”My routine is simple but effective. I get my supplies from small local supermarkets in Holland. I have very dry skin, especially in winter. I apply my treatments by massage, ending with the earlobes, I have been told that it is a great technique to release tension.” She often completes it with the iconic Huile Prodigieuse de Nuxe, found in French pharmacies, and only wears a veil of concealer, a little mascara and bronzer every day, faithful to the mantra “less is more”.
Gratitude, feel good plate and Instagram detox
For the Dutch model, beauty clearly begins in the head. Inspired in particular by the work of Harvard University on positive psychology, she cultivates gratitude every day: “I try to be an optimistic person, to be grateful for everything I have. It’s cliché, but beauty truly comes from within. It’s something people feel, not just see.” On the plate, she did intolerance tests and discovered a gluten allergy, which pushed her towards home cooking, based on fresh, local products, coconut or olive oil, without depriving herself of her guilty pleasure, fries from Château Voltaire in Paris.
The relationship with screens is also one of her beauty secrets. With 8 million subscribers, she nevertheless put Instagram on pause. “It had become toxic for me. I felt like I had to have an opinion on everything. Networks have taken up too much space in my daily life, in my brain. I scrolled for hours without even realizing it. Today I feel like I have more mental space. I reinstalled the application because my son signed up for it, I prefer to be aware of what’s going on… Who knows, one day I might be back!” she says.
Conscious sport, nature and supermodel aura
Long a fan of hard yoga, kickboxing, running, but also swimming, dancing and skating, Doutzen Kroes has changed tempo. “I was very hard on my body. Today I allow myself to be more tender with myself. I do less workouts, but more yin yoga, gentle practices. I also do a lot of massages, I feel like I need to free myself from a lot of things after living such a stressful life. The most important thing is to listen to your body.” When she needs to refocus, she takes refuge in her garden, between henhouse and vegetable patch, convinced that nature helps her stay grounded.
Its aura finally comes through a few very simple signatures: a luminous blonde maintained by L’Oréal “Ors blond” colorings, and a favorite perfume, Eternity by Calvin Klein, which accompanies him like a discreet trail, almost as emblematic as his smile.