10 reasons we might look better as we age

I have noticed for myself, that there are times when I know I've aged -- and other times when I'm OK with it. Well, ya gotta be OK with it, within reason, because I want to live long and prosper.

Plastic Surgery
I'd like to leave this out, but realistically, it's an option. A friend looks quite rested. I know what she went through, though I wasn't with her. I'd opt for all else first -- unless I knew I'd look great, then it might become #1. Hey, I'm honest!

I'm not 100% sure I'd want to be in the same room with a lot of women who've had work done because I might come up wanting.

But I worry about if I chose to -- what if I didn't like it? what if I looked horrible afterwards or thought I did. I try to be patient and wait on God. I think there are times when we don't look as good as we will in a year or so.

Why might we look better as we age naturally? maybe because of what life is dishing us at the moment, we see it on our face, but when life calms down, we won't. Maybe because we find some products that actually work! Maybe it's a matter of waiting until the change is more complete -- sort of like how eventually our second teeth don't look too big for our face.

Start a picture file of older women that look great
There are a lot of them, you know. I have a picture of a 90 something dancing. I even have pictures of a 100 yr old woman who was still a cowgirl, riding horses!

Analyze them. What makes them look great? Is it their attitude? Staying engaged in life? Are they too busy to be bitter, lonely, or looking back? Did they learn to move on, no matter how difficult?

Lears Magazine years ago had a pictorial of several older women. They were as different as night and day, from the coquette to the little older grandmotherly type. But they each shone.

10 reasons we might look better as we age naturally
10. Take good care of your skin. This includes the day to day regimen of caring for your skin. Don't be lazy.
9. Botox Is this aging naturally -- or not? Dunno! I've not tried it. My hairdresser who is in her late 30s loves it. I wasn't sure it would erase long standing lines vs. new ones. Plus, seriously, I want to be able to open my eyes with my forehead muscles. Is that funny! What good would it do if I had a super forehead, but my eyes were half closed, LOL!
8. Take good care of your skin This might include using hydroxy in larger percentages from a dermatologist or plastic surgeon's office.
7. Freshen your makeup Don't wear the same-o, same-o unless it is what truly works for you. Don't assume the ravages of time are natural. If you don't like the way you look, get a makeover. Buy some new color products.
6. Take good care of your skin Try to stay rested -- or use products that makes you look rested. (That said, I got 3 hours of sleep last night.) I think I look older if I look tired. Find some skin illuminators -- either like my sparkly powder mix or Mary Kay highlighters.
5. Wait Don't be precipitous. Sometimes our face is going through changes that will settle in nicely. I'm not sure it is all about our acceptance of the inevitable.
4. Stay active Don't exercise to be well, unless you are recovering from an injury, but because you are well. You are much more apt to stay with a program if you do it because it makes you happy, than because you are trying to sculp your body in 5 easy steps.
3. Stay active and young in your thinking Don't get in a rut. Keep fresh. Try new things. Make friends with those who are younger than you are.
2. Take good care of your skin At some point this includes the skin on your body too. What good does it do to have a 20 year old face, via surgery, but have 70 year old hands and arms?
Have age spots removed, if you must. Be careful in the sun.
1. Find happiness It shows on your face. Stay engaged in life.

Wait on God, but do your part to have a lovely older life. Make yourself indispensable to others. Be someone they'd like to be around. Be a joy-bringer, not a joy-sucker.

I do my best!

What do you think? What can you add?
Karin

Originally posted 2009-05-21 06:03:37.

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