March 10, 2020 • rose ceremony ready
How Astrid Loch 'Embraced Getting Older'
Astrid Loch turned 30 on February 23, and she's ringing in the decade with a brand-new mentality.
The "Bachelor in Paradise" alumna posted a selfie on Instagram and admitted she "used to be so scared about turning 30." The fear subsided and Astrid instead turned to embracing her age.
She wrote, "The worst part...I didn’t even have a good reason for it, it was just something that was engraved in my brain. So...over the last few months I’ve embraced getting older."
Astrid elaborated on her efforts: "I stopped getting Botox, I removed my eyelash extensions, I started wearing less makeup, and I put all my focus into being healthy."
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The Florida native deemed this new change "really freaking scary at first," but after some time, she "woke up feeling better than ever" on her birthday.
Astrid assured, "Now it’s important for me to note that this doesn’t mean I’m against any of the above (heck, I’ll prob go back to some of it someday). What was most important to me was remembering what I actually looked like, feeling comfortable in my own skin, and learning to love myself (& my laugh lines)."
The 30-year-old encouraged her friends and followers to "embrace your natural beauty" and appreciate it. Astrid's fiancé Kevin Wendt jokingly commented on her post, "I’m sorry I make you laugh so much everyday and give you laugh lines. I’ll tone it down."
Astrid and Kevin recently traveled to Mexico with their close friends Rachel Lindsay and Bryan Abasolo as part of Astrid's birthday celebration. They soaked up the sun in Playa del Carmen and enjoyed quality time with each other right next to the cerulean water.
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Before that, Kevin surprised his fiancée with a multitude of birthday tributes. He finagled a news anchor to say "Happy birthday to the queen of Canada, Astrid" on live television. As if that weren't enough, Ice-T left her a personalized video and joked he plans on "showing up" to their wedding "whether you invite me or not."
Thirty will undoubtedly be a big year for Astrid. Kevin proposed to her in August 2019, and they'll tie the knot this year in her home state of Florida.
