Gwyneth Paltrow recently revealed that she was embracing her 'loosening skin and wrinkles' ahead of reaching her fifth decade

Gwyneth Paltrow looked in better shape than ever on her 50th birthday as her friends shared a sweet tribute picture.

Leading the tributes was Gwyneth's longtime friend, fashion writer Derek Blasberg, who shared a sizzling bikini snap of the actress posing with his family while he marveled 'this is 50!'

The Iron Man star looked sensational in a tiny navy two-piece that showcased her toned abs as she posed between Derek, his partner Nick Brown and their twins.

Last week Gwyneth penned a candid essay about her aging as she told how she has 'accepted her body and let go of the need to be perfect' ahead of reaching her milestone birthday.

Elsewhere in the extract, she opened up about owning her past mistakes, learning to set boundaries and her hopes for her future.

The section about her aging reads: 'My body, a map of the evidence of all the days, is less timeless. A collection of marks and irregularities that dog-ear the chapters. Scarred from oven burns, a finger smashed in a window long ago, the birth of a child.

'Silver hair and fine lines. The sun has left her celestial fingerprints all over me, as if she soaked a brush in dark-taupe watercolor, flecking it over my skin.

'And while I do what I can to strive for good health and longevity, to stave off weakening muscles and receding bone, I have a mantra I insert into those reckless thoughts that try to derail me: I accept.

'I accept the marks and the loosening skin, the wrinkles. I accept my body and let go of the need to be perfect, look perfect, defy gravity, defy logic, defy humanity. I accept my humanity.'

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