Jill Zarin Talks Make-Up, Facelifts & Botox

Jill Zarin made headlines last week when she showed up at TV Land Awards with what appeared to be a fresh face free of lines and a more contoured nose leading some to speculate she’d gone under the knife.

However, the Real Housewives of New York star told Access Hollywood that her new look is simply a series of injections, some makeup and a new hairstyle.

“I have a new makeup artist,” Jill told Access at NBC Universal’s Central Park Beautification project event in New York on Tuesday. “What really changed is he lifted my hair off my face… It just made me look longer. And I guess I have a good night, you know, sometimes you look better than others.

“I do a liquid face lift. It really works,” she continued explaining that she received Botox and Restylane shots in her face. “It’s very subtle, very subtle, but it works. It pulls out the smile lines.”

Jill said fans will see her receive the liquid fountain of youth in coming episodes of her series.

“I got it done in January,” she explained. “I did it on the show, which is really going to be interesting, when you see it on the show.”

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Jill Zarin Explains Her Knife-Free Facelift

When Jill Zarin showed up at the TV Land Awards last week, her fresh face and narrower nose sparked speculation that the Real Housewives of New York City star had plastic surgery.

What's her secret? "I have a liquid facelift every six months," Zarin tells PEOPLE. "It really works. No knives!"

A "liquid facelift" is "just using injectables," says Zarin, who started visiting Dr. Patricia Wexler a year ago to get the procedure. Rather than using a filler to tackle individual smile lines, the dermatologist says she lifted Zarin's face by injecting Restylane along the jaw line and up along the sides of her face. The procedure can cost between $1,000-$3,000 per visit.

"I won't say it doesn't hurt," says Zarin, 47. "But it's 100 percent worth it. She took ten years off my face."

As for her new nose, Zarin says it's not needles or knives, but rather the work of her new hair and makeup artist, Jim Crawford.

"He put brown contouring makeup on my nose and thinned it out," she says.

Getting rid of bangs also changed up the Housewife's look. "With the bangs down, the nose takes up the largest percentage of her face," Crawford explains.

Though proud of her surgeon-free makeover, the TV star doesn't claim she'll stick to injectables forever. "All the sudden if I woke up with jowls, that's it," she says. "I'm going under the knife."

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