David Beckham uses his wife's face cream.

The soccer star takes a keen interest in his appearance and says he has learned a lot from spouse Victoria, though he can't resist helping himself to her beauty products.

He said: "Before I met Victoria, I'd use body lotion on my face! Now I steal her face cream.

"I've always wanted to look and smell nice but I don't use a lot - body cream, moisturiser and aftershave. My cupboard isn't full of lotions, but fragrance is important to me. I remember always trying on my grandad's aftershaves."

However, David may now be ready to buy beauty products of his own instead of taking his wife's.

The sportsman - who has sons Brooklyn, 11, Romeo, eight, and five-year-old Cruz with Victoria - recently bought an expensive moisturiser, but is doing his best to make it last as long as possible as he had no idea of its huge price tag until he went to pay.

He admitted to Britain's Cosmopolitan magazine: "The other day I bought something bloody expensive and didn't realise until I gave my credit card. It was a La Prairie anti-ageing cream.

"I loved the texture and smell so it was worth it, but I use as little as possible every day to make it last."