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

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."

Despite her mom's simple beauty routines, Eva - who has daughters Esmeralda, 10, and nine-year-old Amada with partner Ryan Gosling - still follows her tips, but admitted there is one piece of advice she regrets not listening to.

She said: "When I put moisturiser on, I hear her voice. Ever since I was a teenager, I could hear her say, 'You always want to go up, up, up with the moisturiser.' I don't know where she got that from or what kind of old Cuban advice that was, but I'm always going up, up.

"That's one thing that's always stayed. Oh, you know what else? You're making me think of these fun, old things. She always told me to take care of my elbows, which, of course, I ignored.

"When I was in my late 30s, early 40s, I finally got it. Sorry, mom! I have to admit, she was right."