Nigella must have a hidden ageing portrait in her attic

[Housewife2010]

She looked amazing today & 20 years younger than her true age.

which is presumably why Louise Mensch was so up front about it.

If I was Nigella, I'd be pretty furious with the court artist's impression of me as a cannonball-breasted, tiny armed blow up doll.

Did Louise Mensch ever actually admit to having a facelift?

I was flabbergasted that a 40 year old woman though such surgery necessary.

yes she did. I think she's even named the surgeon that did it? Again with her it's the squillioinaire husband who comes on the scene and suddenly she's making serious grooming efforts.

maybe i don't scrutinise celebs enough. she looks good to me...and reading her account of her marriage certainly makes her free in my mind in comparison to the many photographs of her husband with his hand at her neck.

her head is held high. she's not denying that she has taken coke, she's explained - or if you are particularly uncharitable 'excused' that behaviour. she's walking into that court to give her account instead of scuttling around in teh wake of her ex-husband. so, yes. dignified.

I think she looks wonderful - I don't think anyone should be analysing her face discussing whether or not she has work - she looks wonderful because she looks strong and, as others have said, dignified. Don't forget the sisterhood ladies!!

(BTW, I go to the same hairdresser as her who has never said anything about her other than she is one of the nicest, most gracious clients she has ever had).

That's my favourite saying Petitdonkey!

Regardless of whether she's had work done, I'm still Team Nigella.

That Saatchi creature is an odious little runt.

I like nigella. She has always looked so fab for her age.

I don't think she needs all the make up in her later series's that's she's done. She looked very naturally pretty. And she's always looked very curvy and natural both before and after any weight losses. I

I wish her all the best. Another member of team nigella here.

I agree saatchi seems even
More creepy than her !

The court artist's can't make any sketches in court. I remember listening to an interview with Julia Quenzler (and you see her name on a lot of the sketches) They have to do it all from memory as soon as they get out and sometimes within a really short timescale to get them ready for the news. I imagine they may even do a few hearings a day if more than one high profile case going on in same court. But that doesn't really excuse some of the sketches of Nigella when everyone knows what she actually looks like, with or without work.

I thought she looked bloody magnificent.

I think she's a fine example of the wonders of good Botox.

As can I

I just thought the only difference to other recent pictures of her were that she has lots if good make up on lots, and on camera you don't notice it.

Why is everyone saying but this but that? If she's had work done who wouldn't?

She's had some great work done, and her weight loss suits her. She's looking much younger since her last set of pics in the press, around the time she spilt with Saatchi. He's clearly a total arsehole.

She does look amazing. I know this is completely silly, but I was thinking "how can you be unhappy when you have such amazing looks".

When you've got an absolute arsehole of an ex husband trying to destroy you...

Deffo Botox

She used to be a beauty journalist for Vogue, didn't she?

She wrote food columns for Vogue but cannot recall beauty ones. I may be wrong though.

I want her coat

She definitely had a beauty column at one stage during the 90's, think it was for the Saturday's Times. I remember it was the first time I'd read about Eve Lom.

She became the deputy literary editor of The Sunday Times in 1986 at the age of 26.

wow

(i'm sure I remember a makeup column - but am addled in old age)

Squoosh - that was it!

It was the Saturday times.
I remember it clearly.

Yes, Nigella wrote a make up column for the Times in the Saturday magazine. I used to read it as a student and distinctively recall one about gold make up for Christmas and one about wearing red lipstick.

She got replaced by Hannah Bettes.