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free skin care · Sun Sep 02, 2012 5:18 pm

Swissmom wrote:

LMAO about Mrs. Doubtfire!! Laughing

I was in my mid-forties when I started stepping up my anti-aging game. So my husband was working all that time and leading a busy life. He never noticed all the stuff that I did to look good, he just knew I looked good and would at times proudly tell people how I exercise, etc.

So he retires and is less busy. One day he looks at my anti-aging arsenal of gadgets and serums, and creams (Oh my!) and says, with a look of shock on his face, "I didn't know you were so vain!" I looked at him straight in the eye and said, "Have we met?" Laughing

This is priceless... Thanks for a good laugh.

free skin care · Mon Sep 03, 2012 7:47 am

Isn't that great irony? at midlife, a man and a woman can be the same chronological age, but the woman almost always looks younger...

it is a hateful double standard, but there it is.

BFG

free skin care · Wed Sep 05, 2012 4:54 pm

Maybe off topic... I remember distinctly when I was in my twenties I saw a picture of a woman, don't know her age, wrinkled, smiling close mouthed smile, sparkling eyes, long fair (or white) hair, slim, simple,... my first thought was: Gorgeous. Something like Madre Theresa.
Another: I was on holiday in a southern town of the country where I live, and we came across a man, tall, long white hair, wrinkles, high, very high cheeks, sparkling eyes, half smile on his lips... like someone come across from the Yoga world of India...
What struck me of both images -picture and real- was the smile and sparkling eyes... the long hair has an influence because I love long hair but is not the case here. I mean, the wrinkles or sagging were totally secondary, if not completely ignored from my point of view, what struck me was the sparkling/lively eyes and the smile on the face.
Not to say I don't like to keep clear of wrinkles, quite the opposite, I seem to be obsessing which is no good!! but I do think a smile and a spark of life when one can is essential!

free skin care · Thu Sep 06, 2012 5:43 am

I sat here with a broad smile reading all these posts - so REAL and so relatable.

I will be 50 next April and it has been a bit startling at some of the changes that the mirror has been showing me - and of course I torture myself by using the magnified side - yikes!

I am pretty much done with menopause - went through it relatively early, and some days I'm thankful that I no longer worry about periods and such but some days I'm like "what the h*ll???" when I look at what a lack of estrogen has done to my face and body so I do try working at myself to feel good about myself...

I can sort or wryly laugh about it now - but I always had great skin (thanks mom) then I got melasma as menopause started...still have it...I always had fine but good hair...now it's thinning all over....so those aspects have been difficult to accept - I sometimes have wondered allowed if someone "upstairs" was trying to teach me a lesson about being vain...but I laugh alot - I actually seek out things that make me laugh - whether it's a movie, books, my kid...laughter and joy is my beauty staple!

I had my 30th HS reunion last November and there were ladies there that looked incredible and some that looked like they had lived very tough lives - stress, happiness, good/bad marriage...all those things can either age you or keep you young and sparkling and vibrant - to hear "you haven't changed" from my classmates was a comment I relished -

I will continue with my lotions, potions, supplements, healthy eating, etc. as I see what 50 and beyond will bring me!

You ladies all ROCK.

xoMaria

free skin care · Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:48 pm

ATester wrote:

... what struck me was the sparkling/lively eyes and the smile on the face ... I do think a smile and a spark of life when one can is essential!

Agree!

I was out shopping yesterday and noticed a lot of people with upside-down smiles and frowns, people who looked old and yet were not, and then there were some 'really old' people who looked young and radiant because they had smiles on their faces which in turn lit up their eyes, or the other way around.

I know that I look old when I am having a lousy day and yet when I say to myself 'this too shall pass' I immediately see a difference in my face - a bad attitude is aging for me!

free skin care · Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:00 pm

Mariav wrote:

... when I look at what a lack of estrogen has done to my face and body ...

I realise not everyone can supplement with estrogen, but after I started on HRT (estrogen only) my skin - body and face - reverted back to what it was like in my 30s insofar as the thickness and texture is concerned, and 5000mcgs of Biotin per day has done wonders for my hair.

I love being 50+ ... never, ever thought I'd say this!

free skin care · Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:10 am

I think our parents generation and before "decided" to get old. They'd wear dowdy "old lady" clothes..cut the hair short..even let it get gray..they accept extra weight with age and didn't work out.

Our generation is awesome..you really can't tell age that much any longer. I find it wonderful how people of all ages look their best...and even look better as they get older. Being well groomed and fashionable is our societies definition of youth..we can all do that.

free skin care · Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:42 pm

Now... this (to me) is the definition of aging gracefully. She is stunning, glowing.

http://www.oprah.com/health/Toni-Bark-Eating-Healthily

She apparently uses a dermaroller too!

free skin care · Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:10 pm

My 20th reunion was far different. My class had many women who were clearly working hard at looking good. It was outstanding and gratifying how good people looked. Yes, I was surprised but it was a wake-up call that the world of women had evolved away from (everyone) being okay with going downhill.

karenlee wrote:

I saw some photos recently, taken at our high school 20 yr reunion. I didn't go - I live abroad now - so looking at the photos was... shocking.

If most of the ladies who were at school with me were not wearing name tags, I would never in a million years have recognised them. Overweight, badly (inappropriatly) dressed, wrinkled and sagged, the majority looked about 15 years older than they were.

Which brings me to my view of ageing. I know I'm never going to look 20 again, and I'm okay with that. But I put a LOT of effort into maintaining my body and my face, and it has paid off. At 49, I still see *me* in the mirror and that makes all the effort worth it. If I went to a school reunion, they'd all still recognise me, I look older, but I still look like me.

free skin care · Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:38 am

In this economy, it pays to be vain! I am so much happier since I started taking better care of myself and frequently hear that I obviously am 30- people think they are putting me in my place when they say this but I just turned 42 last week. EVERYONE says I look a lot younger and it is because of a lot of the changes I've made in my skin care *and* diet- I'm not just slapping on serums and hoping for the best, I've overhauled my whole diet and exercise routine too. Some of the meno stuff gets to me like waking up at night to have to pee but as long as it doesn't show up on my face I'm happy.

free skin care · Fri Oct 26, 2012 10:51 am

gretchen -
Why do you think people are putting you in your place when they say you are obviously under 30?
Surely they are paying you a compliment - enjoy it!

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