Mariah Carey looked like she’d barely aged a day in her latest slew of stunning snaps. 

The singer, 56, took to Instagram on Monday to document her time in Asia, writing: ‘Loved celebrating Mother’s Day in China! ❤️’

Yet fans were focused on her stunning youthful looks, flooding the comments sections with compliments. 

Among the sweet messages were: ‘Always beautiful’; ‘Whoaaaa!!! So beautiful ❤️❤️❤️’; ‘Slay mama ❤️❤️❤️❤️’; ‘A+Amazing dahling’.

Mariah – who is currently on her Celebration of Mimi tour – is mother to twins Monroe and Moroccan, 14. 

She is the latest Hollywood star to baffle fans by looking younger than ever as the years pᴀss. 

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Mariah Carey, 56, looked incredibly youthful in striking snaps on Monday as she became the latest star to baffle fans by appearing to age backwards (right, in 1994)

Cosmetic surgeons have reported a recent rise in deep plane face lifts – with a myriad of A-listers including Nicole Kidman, Lindsay Lohan and Anne Hathaway – speculated to have had one. 

Mariah has denied having any cosmetic surgery and has instead credited many other factors for her youthful looks. 

Over the years she has opened up about various beauty tips – which range from never smoking cigarettes to only being pH๏τographed from her ‘good side’. 

The singer has often highlighted the importance of external factors, like angles and positioning.

She has on several occasions admitted to feeling ‘tortured’ by ‘hideous’ overhead lighting.

Speaking recently on the Las Culturistas podcast with Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, she voiced her grievances.

‘I can’t with the overhead lighting. Why do they do it to us? I shouldn’t say us, it’s not us. It’s me,’ Mariah remarked.

‘I’m the one who’s the most tortured by the hideous lighting in every elevator, doorways, gyms – not that I go to the gym. But I’m just saying, it’s hideous lighting.’ 

She added that ‘the sun is OK if it’s sunset’, but is ‘careful’ to the UV ray exposure. 

The singer, 56, took to Instagram on Monday to document her time in Asia , writing: ‘Loved celebrating Mother’s Day in China ! ❤️’

Yet fans were focused on her stunning youthful looks, flooding the comments sections with compliments

‘But overheard lighting, I don’t think so, honey,’ the singer expressed. ‘Everywhere I go, shut the lights. Turn them out. I don’t want to see them no more.’

It’s not the first time Mariah has expressed that overhead lighting makes her ‘sick’.

In an interview with the Sunday Times in 2016, as reported by Yahoo!, the musician told the journalist: ‘I have to point out this is a rented house – I would never have overhead lighting. High hats, they call them.

‘In my apartment in New York, it’s all recessed lighting, chandeliers, candles. This lighting is abusive.’

Elsewhere earlier this year Mariah took to Instagram to show what she deemed the ‘bad side’ of her face.

‘New year, new beginnings… taking a picture from my ‘bad side’!’ the caption read.

Mariah smiled softly with the camera facing the left side of her face, where she has a signature mole between her lips and jawline.

The star has frequently joked about her ‘bad side’ with fans, after in 2016 revealing that she was told to favour one side of her visage when she was only 19. 

Cosmetic surgeons have reported a recent rise in deep plane face lifts – with a myriad of A-listers including Lindsay Lohan – speculated to have had one (left, in 2012; right, in 2024)

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Recounting the tale on her docuseries Mariah’s World, she said it was her first ever shoot, and a pH๏τographer said her right side was her ‘good side’.

‘This is your good side,’ they allegedly said. ‘Only let people pH๏τograph you from your good side. Ever.’ 

For years after, Mariah reportedly wouldn’t allow pH๏τographs of her ‘bad side’ – but eventually leaned into it.

In 2009, speaking to the ᴀssociated Press – as shared by Yahoo! – she revealed: ‘I don’t feel like, “Oh, I have to be on this side, or I have to be on this side.” I really had specific things that someone told me when I was 19 starting in the business and I listened to them. I don’t care anymore.’

The pop sensation has also been rumoured to be a fan of unusual beauty treatments – including milk baths.

Speaking to the Guardian in 2018, Mariah clarified an interviewer’s question about whether it was really true that she only bathed in French mineral water? 

‘No, I bathe in milk,’ she replied. ‘Yes, sometimes I use milk as a beauty treatment. I don’t want to give away all my secrets… Cold milk.’ 

Elsewhere a US Weekly report once claimed that the artist paid a mᴀsseuse $1,500 to mᴀssage her for eight hours, while she slept.

Mariah has denied having any cosmetic surgery and has instead credited many other factors for her youthful looks. Pictured in 2000

Speaking to FEMAIL, Dr Akis Ntonos, founder of Aion Aesthetics and partner of Certainly Health also suggested it’s possible Mariah may have gotten ‘tweakments’ over the years to maintain her youthful appearance.

The doctor shared that it is likely that Botox has been used in various areas of her face.

The injections appear to have been administered masterfully, knocking years off her appearance while still keeping her looking like herself.

‘Mariah has a very defined facial structure, so Botox would be used to fill out her lines without losing that striking definition,’ he explained.

‘It’s been strategically injected in a way that lifts her eyes rather than making them droop. Her pracтιтioner has done an excellent job.

‘Good Botox is all about enhancing what’s already there, not completely overhauling your natural beauty.’

Dr Ntonos believes that part of the reason Mariah Carey’s Botox is so impressive is that it is most likely been used preventatively.

He added: ‘Botox is a widely used treatment to diminish signs of ageing, such as wrinkles and fine lines.

Pictured in 2006. Mariah has spoken about her make-up habits, diet, and skincare hacks over the years

‘Most people get Botox once these signs have already appeared; however, preventive Botox aims to beat the formation of wrinkles.

‘By relaxing or weakening the facial muscles that cause wrinkles, preventive Botox can help to slow down the development of these lines.’

When it comes to make-up, the star has also revealed a surprising product that she ‘never’ wears.

Speaking to US Weekly, Mariah admitted that she ‘hates’ mascara. ‘Whenever a makeup artist tries to put it on me, I throw a fit,’ she added.

Mariah also told the outlet that she has a strict no-smoking policy for her wellbeing.

‘I smoked quite frequently from the time I was 12 to when I was 18,’ the singer admitted.

‘I gave up smoking in one day and never went back. I absolutely detest cigarette smoke now.’

Mariah in 2016. The Christmas hitmaker is known for ‘defrosting’ each December with her festive tune 

However, the rule does appear to be linked to her vocal abilities more than anything else.

‘One day I promised God if he’d give me my voice back, I’d never smoke again,’ she had said in an interview, as shared by Vogue.

‘And I got three octaves back after quitting.’ Because nobody does a comeback story quite like a true pop diva. 

In 2016 Mariah also opened up about her food choices, for maintaining a healthy body.

‘It’s really hard. My diet, you would hate it,’ she told E! News. ‘All you eat is Norwegian salmon and capers every day. That’s it.

‘I’m actually serious… I try to stick with the proteins. It’s the worst.’