Fad clothing was okay in your youth but now that you’re a mature, confident woman it is important to avoid faddish clothing, especially faddish clothing from your youth. One of the things that ages anyone is dressing the same way during the 30 years after you’re 20th birthday. It really doesn’t matter if you’re male or female dressing in the fashion of your youth, whether clothing, hairstyle or makeup will age you.
This isn’t to say that you can’t modify a style that you like to be more modern and enjoy wearing that style. For instance, big hair was a popular style of the 80’s, today if you wear that same big hairstyle it will age you. However, you can modify the big hair look by getting an updated version of that idea and you will immediately look and feel younger. If you used to bleach your hair blond, try subtle highlights instead. Try a more relaxed big hair look by avoiding the cement hairspray and having a more tussled look. More relaxed styles a little less made up will create a younger impression.
If you liked wearing leggings you still can, just avoid the silly patterns and harsh colors of the old days and opt for the newer sleeker fabrics, and tunics of today. If your legs still look great you can keep wearing short skirts and dresses, just make sure they fit well and that the patterns are not school girlish. You can wear jeans that have a rise below the belly button if you have the body for it but it’s probably better not to wear shirts that show your belly. Simple modifications are all that you need to bring what you like into the times. Be sexy with soft silky fabrics instead of showing too much skin.
Don’t forget makeup and accessories. As you age, lighter make is usually better. Thick makeup often sinks into fine lines that would not show had you not caked on the pancake makeup. Choose lightweight foundations, avoid powders opting for creams unless you still have oily skin powders age you and look less natural than creams. You can get cream foundations, eye shadows, and blush today that will enhance your appearance without over powering your skin. As for accessories, wear then! You don’t always have to use accessories for which they were created, you can use a necklace in your hair, double it up for a bracelets, use an extra-long necklace as a belt. Have fun with it. After all, you deserve to feel great!
Your skin is the largest and most porous organ on your body. We have already shown that drugs can be absorbed through the skin so it goes to wonder why we aren’t more careful about the type of makeup products we put on our skin since whatever we put on our skin is absorbed into our blood stream.
There is a lot of makeup full of pesticides, dangerous cancer causing additives, and even lead. Sense makeup is not classified as a drug they are apt to put pretty much anything that they want into the makeup. The skincare business is effectively unregulated in that the government does not require any type of testing on products to prove safety or effectiveness. You may not realize it but if use sunscreen today, it likely contains a hormone interrupting contaminate called oxybenzone.
You’ve likely seen the studies about lead in lipstick and other contaminants being in almost all skin products across the board. The reason this happens is that no one is checking, no government entity and certainly not the cosmetic industry. I invite you to watch this video to learn more about what is in your cosmetics. There are many items that can be more dangerous than we think. We all remember the recent cell phone guidelines to not talk with the phone next to your head on your ear due to the possibility of radiation. The issues with makeup are far worse and yet hardly anyone is talking about it. The FDA is not responsible for regulating makeup and skin care products.
Most women are putting an average of 180 chemicals on their skin every single day. From shampoo to lipstick to sunscreen and even baby lotions chemicals that are outlawed for use elsewhere are getting into our systems and our families’ systems. What’s worse the cosmetic and skin care companies do not have to put their ingredients on the label. The damage this is causing is not really known at this time, but I hope this article encourages you to find out what is in your cosmetics by only buying skin care that lists ingredients that is organic and as natural as possible.
*Names have been changed to protect privacy.
At 55 years of age I still felt like I was about 30. I still loved doing things out of doors with my husband like skiing, both kinds, snow or water. It doesn’t matter, we really love being active. Together Todd and I had raised six children, the youngest of whom is 27 years old. We’ve been on our own for quite a while actually having started our family young. Over the years, I had endured three caesarian sections, and three vaginal births. Time had taken a toll on my body. My face still looked pretty young, at least my dear husband always tells me so. Moreover, honestly, when I look in the mirror I’m happy with what I see. It’s only when I remove my clothing, or dress in a bathing suit that I have a problem.
My husband is kind but no matter how many times his fingers trace my stretch marks or kiss them and proclaim how beautiful they are due to the lives they produced, I can’t help it. I felt like my youth was stolen from me and now that the kids were gone I wanted it back. I knew that time could not literally be given back to me. But I wanted that feeling of confidence that I had not had since I was 17 years old ( I got pregnant in high school and married my high school sweetheart) of walking around naked in my home, or laying on the beach with Todd and not having a single thought of how I looked.
I was tired of finding it hard to fit pants that didn’t look funny on my lower tummy that still pooched out no matter how much exercise or dieting I did. I hated the Share Pei puppy look of my stomach all wrinkled and folding. I swear, before the surgery I could fold it up in my control top panty hose. I could not ever wear a two-piece bathing suit and a one-piece was difficult because the skin literally hung out under the sides of my swimsuit. It was humiliating. No one else knew, they saw me as confident and happy but inside I was really starting to lose my will to keep dieting and exercising or do the outdoor things that my husband and I love.
So, one day I just decided. I call it my Mommy Menopause Makeover. I was through menopause and suffered relatively few side effects and decided one day that I was going to do it. My husband was afraid but he was supportive. He said he’d rather have me here and used than young and fresh and dead. I get it, I think I would have a nervous breakdown if he wanted to get an operation too, but I just needed to do it for myself. I was scared, but now that it’s done and let me tell you, my husband definitely appreciates my new perky breasts and he also appreciates that I can wear two piece again. Yea I’m 60 years old now, and I wear a two piece. I feel great and our sex life is better than it ever was. It’s amazing. I realize most of the effects are mental since everything being better is only because my mind is better but I’m glad I did it. I don’t have any regrets.
I don’t think anyone else should do it just because I did it. Nevertheless, I do think that if you really are having serious problems with depression or feeling down about yourself that nothing will pull you out of and you have the means, and you can live with the risk, then it might be something you want to do. I had my breasts lifted without implants (they’re smaller now and I love that!), and I got a tummy tuck and a bit of liposuction. The recovery was hard, and it was much more painful than I anticipated but today I can honestly say that I would do it again.
