Next, Hayek Pinault—who is 58 but, like a four and a half year old who can’t wait to turn five, declares several times that she’s “nearly” 60—pulls back her hair. She points to her ear—an area where surgical scars are often discreetly tucked—to show me she hasn’t had a facelift. “I have no plastic surgery,” she says, adding, “no filler!”

Moments later, Hayek Pinault flips her head forward to show me that she also doesn’t have any extensions in, and invites me to run my fingers through her hair to confirm myself. It doesn’t seem like she’s going to return to an upright position until I do, so… I do. 

I feel nothing except exceptionally smooth, thick strands. “I’m not bullshitting you at all,” she says. (For the record, I never doubted her.)

Hayek Pinault credits her impressive head of hair to the fact that she stopped coloring it about two years ago. Today, there are a few wisps of silver framing her face, more so at her temples. “My hair doesn't like to be dyed,” she says. “I look better with healthy hair that’s white.”

 Her at-home routine involves applying oil at the ends and the occasional DIY mask: “I did something with the [pit] of an avocado,” she says. “You grind it.”If you’re wondering how an Oscar-nominated actor and celebrated director and producer finds time to grind an avocado pit for the purposes of a hair mask, you should know that

 Hayek Pinault—who takes a bath each morning and likes to put on music while she takes her makeup off—is very committed to creating beauty rituals. “It’s gratifying to spend time with yourself; it really lifts you up,” she says. “We’re very ritualistic, women.”