Another reason I have a girl crush on Gwen Stefani. She always tells the truth about staying in shape and looking young. While most celebs will tell you their perfect bodies are because they have good genes despite the fact that they hate the gym and eat junk food all the time. Not Gwen. This is not the first time I’ve read that she said it takes sacrifice and a lot of vanity to stay focused on staying fit over 40.

It is refreshing to hear Gwen Stefani admit she ‘tortures’ herself to stay in shape with an intense exercise regime and healthy eating lifestyle. “There is no secret: You just have to eat healthy, work out, and torture yourself!’ she jokes, in an interview with U.S. Harper’s Bazaar.But Gwen also has a huge incentive: ‘I like to wear clothes too much, so I try to keep focused.”

She also talked to Bazaar about how she always keeps her ‘face on’ no matter what.

‘I already put my makeup on twice today: I put it on to take my kid to school, and then I went home, washed my face, and put it on again to have lunch with you.’ And Gwen wears her trademark red lipstick around her home: ‘I like to make my husband [Gavin Rossdale] like me more, and he likes it when I’m wearing makeup.’

Here are some snaps of Gwen in Palm Beach looking ah-mah-zing at 42 in a teeny bikini. 

And a few from her photo feature in Bazaar: