'I had to force her to have one': Eva Mendes' mother had first facial aged 80

Eva Mendes' mom had her first facial when she was 80.

The 51-year-old actress hasn't followed in Eva Pérez Suárez footsteps when it comes to having a simple beauty routine, and when she wanted to treat her mother to a luxury treatment, her parent enjoyed it but it is unlikely she will repeat it because she didn't want her daughter spending money on her.

Eva told New Beauty: "The stuff that was really important to her…I wonder how the hell she did it with four kids! I have so many photos of her in curlers—the old-school foam ones. The minute she would leave the house, whether it was to the market— we didn’t have a car, so she’d walk everywhere—she would take those suckers out, shake her head and her hair was done.

"Then, she put lipstick on. She wasn’t a foundation person or an eye person, but she always had her hair done and her lipstick applied.

"I have definitely not carried on that tradition. I don’t know how she did it. I really don’t. Unfortunately, I just haven’t been able to do that.

"The thing that’s always in my head, always, is that my mother would never, ever have a facial. I had to force her to have one a couple years ago - at 80 years old. She loved it, but she wants me to spend my money on myself, not on her. She’s totally an old-school mom."