Tara Lipinski is all about glowy skin.
Lipinski, 43, exclusively opened up to Us Weekly about her partnership with Thayers and their new 80 Hour Milky Moisturizer which made her skin as dewy as ever. “I’ve used Thayers before, but for the last couple months, I’ve been using them strictly, and I am now 100 percent hooked,” the Olympian ice skater told Us. “For me, the dry weather and the skating and being in the cold that [affects] my skin,” Lipinski noted. “So I’ve been loving using their products and their toner.”
Lipinski, who returned to the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan to serve as a commentator, made sure to pack her Milky Moisturizer with her. “I’ll use it without makeup, and then I use it before I put on all of my makeup,” she told Us, gushing that it’s become her go-to.
Her current skincare routine consists of using Thayers’ PH Balancing Gentle Cleanser, which she swears by. “There are so few cleansers I can find that clean my skin without irritating it,” she said. Lipinski especially relies on the product because it gets “rid of all” her “makeup and grime” without stripping her skin. Next, she goes in with the Milky Moisturizer.
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“I’ve always been sort of a skincare junkie, and loved trying so many different things, but over the years, I’ve found my staples and what works with my skin,” Lipinski said.
Lipinski also reflected on getting older and seeing the “effects” that cold weather has on her skin.
“I just feel like being in the cold weather, I’ve always tried to really moisturize and hydrate, just because that’s where I live my life,” Lipinski shared with Us.
If she’s ever spending extra time on the rink and feels even more dry than usual, Lipinski has a hilarious hack: putting diaper paste on her face. “If my skin is ever really red or irritated, I will use the zinc oxide [paste] and it transforms your skin overnight,” she said.
Another thing Lipinski is adamant about is applying sunscreen every day on her face, neck and hands. She also takes extra precautions while getting her nails done with a UV lamp and wears gloves.
When she’s not hitting the ice or commentating for the Olympics, fans can watch Lipinski on season 4 of The Traitors, a murder mystery game hosted by Alan Cumming. She also opened up to Us about how the “psychological” game compared to being an Olympic athlete.
“The pressure of an Olympic Games is unlike any type of pressure there is,” she said. “But I will say that this was a new type of pressure. It’s psychological pressure and torment that Alan would bestow on us every single day.” She also noted that her and Johnny Weir’s strategy in the game was to act like strangers so that no one would detect their secret alliance, even though they’ve been friends for years and serve as Olympic commentators together.
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“I’m a competitor, so I think that’s the strategy that I had, and the strategy that Johnny and I had,” she explained. “We put a lot of thought into [pretending not to be close]. Obviously, my game play was to kind of be under the radar, but be part of the mix.”
She added, “Johnny and I were like, ‘We are not ever breaking character on this. We barely know each other.’ Even when he gave me a hug in the first episode, you kind of see he’s almost startled, because I even thought that was too warm.”
