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Eva Mendes Shares #TBT Red Carpet Photo From 2001: See Her $6 Goodwill Dress!

Eva Mendes at "The Others" premiere on August 7, 2001.
Eva Mendes wore a $6 dress from Goodwill to the premiere of The Others back in 2001. See her ageless face here!

The genes this woman boasts!

To celebrate the release of her latest New York & Company capsule, Eva Mendes shared a #TBT pic via Instagram on Thursday, March 26, from her very first red carpet in 2001. Spoiler alert: Ryan Gosling‘s love looks exactly the same!

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Just 27 years old in the photo, Mendes, now 41, was snapped walking the carpet at the The Others premiere in a thrift store find—which she styled herself.

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“The debut of my latest @nyandcompany collection has me throwing back to my first red carpet,” the new mom to Esmeralda, 6 months, wrote. “I did my own hair and make up and that’s a $6 dress from Goodwill. I’ve always loved a cheap find. Viva thrift shops!”

Eva Mendes
in 2014, Eva Mendes stepped out to a New York & Company event wearing almost identical beauty choices to her 2001 outing.

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Viva a flawless face is more like it! Check out the ageless actress in this photo from 2014, when she stepped out in a printed dress, paired with the same timeless beauty choices she modeled in 2001.

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Mendes’ secret to an eternal glow? Making her own beauty products. As she told Violet Grey in November 2014, “When it comes to skincare I love using things I can find in my kitchen cabinet! I use coconut oil as a moisturizer, and I combine yogurt and sea salt to exfoliate.”

Are you stunned by Mendes’ beauty through the years? Tweet with @UsWeekly using the hashtag #stylebyUs!

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