Drew Barrymore Has No Intention of Embracing Her Grays: ‘I Don’t Feel Ready’ (Exclusive)

There are many women in Hollywood who have recently embraced their gray hair, from Andie McDowell to Alexandra Grant and Stacy London.

But one woman who just can’t do it, at least not yet, is Drew Barrymore.

“I love that it’s trendy and that it looks so beautiful and a fashion statement,” she tells PEOPLE of women who rely on their natural hair color. “But I just don’t feel ready to go down that road.”

The talk show host and mom to daughters Olive, 11, and Frankie, 9, who has been coloring her hair at home for years and recently launched her own hair color with Nutrisse, jokes that she knows she has a lot of gray hair these days. , the only question is if and when they will decide to show them.

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Drew Barrymore holds her new hair color, in collaboration with Nutrisse.

Garnier Nutrisse

“I’m only 48 so I’m not completely gray, but I definitely have a lot of gray,” she says. “But I can also keep coloring it. I don’t care if I look like a Just For Men ad when I’m older.”

When it comes to her hair color, she says she likes it honey blonde now after years and years of bleaching it to keep it light blonde. “It’s almost bronze,” she says of her hair color Nutrisse 70 Dark Natural Blonde, for which she graces the box for the first time. “It’s not too light. Light is something I can’t do anymore because of maintenance. I can’t deal with roots, roots, roots.”

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Barrymore adds that even though she’s here for a little hair maintenance, she’s feeling it opposite when work needs to be done on her face.

“Never say never, but I haven’t resorted to it yet,” she says of getting injections or fillers. “I’m going to keep it up as long as possible. Because I’m not only interested in seeing myself as a Just For Men ad, but also as an old leather bag.”

Although Barrymore jokes, she notes that her addictive personality makes her nervous about getting topical treatments and plastic surgery. “I’m afraid I would keep chasing it, and be like, now this, then that.”

Shade of Nutrisse hair color Drew Barrymore.

Garnier Nutrisse

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After years of the wild Hollywood ride, Barrymore knows that the most important thing is to be healthy and happy.

“I saw something from Cindy Crawford on her social media saying she’s embracing aging. It’s such a positive, healthy message. She said, it means you’re here, you’re alive, you’re living,” says Barrymore.

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She adds that everything has gotten simpler as she’s gotten a little older, including her beauty routine, which only involved using micellar water to remove makeup and vitamin E oil.

“It’s so streamlined right now because of where I’m at in my life,” she says. “Whether it’s perimenopause or just my age or my skin, I can’t stand many products anymore.”

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