What makes a person look "older" (blond, curls, red)

[ihatetodust]

Originally Posted by BrassTacksGal

I don't know any obese people in their 20's and 30's. I don't recall ever seeing obese seeing someone under 40 or was obese. That seems to come later. But perhaps that's only true in my area of the country?

Heck it starts way below 20 around here.

[dizzybint]

Originally Posted by BrassTacksGal

Doesn't everyone think they look good for their age? Everyone I know does. No one even thinks they look their age which is impossible. I did until I passed a certain age. Women become invisible to men after 50. The opinions of the older folks are ignored unless they're in politics, have been for a long time, and have gained some stature. Nancy Pelosi comes to mind. She can corral Democrats in the House. But most women, and often men, are ignored after 60.

I don't know any obese people in their 20's and 30's. I don't recall ever seeing obese seeing someone under 40 or was obese. That seems to come later. But perhaps that's only true in my area of the country?

Pelosi has spent a fortune on her face.. she should maybe concentrate on whats inside more.

[skeddy]

years of smoking.

[rfomd129]

Originally Posted by skeddy

years of smoking.

True. It really does take its toll on the outside as well as the inside. I'm a former smoker. I quit the day I got married because my husband asked me to.

[dizzybint]

Getting older is a state of mind.not fillers, botox. hair dye or whatever. its the person inside who luckily feels much younger. acts , talks walks much younger... maybe luck or genes..My mother dies the age I am now in my 70s but she was a heavy smoker nearly all her life and it took its took with her skin and teeth and probably a lot more inside as she died of lung cancer and heart disease... but thats another issue I suppose...

[RamenAddict]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

Or you can just say "To heck with all this, I know I look good for my age!" and just go natural. But of course, one does have to look good for one's age to really pull that off.

I don't use any fillers or botox or hair color and I feel great about myself. I really don't care of people think I am (gasp) 59 - because I AM 59.

My mom has never colored her hair and consistently gets compliments and questions about whether it is natural. We were recently in a store together and saw a woman whose hair just went gray- 100% natural, but it had this funky ombré look where the top was gray and the bottom part was brown. My mom was going on about how it was the most amazing hairstyle she’d ever seen. It was pretty awesome. I am not sure why she just went gray like that, but it looked cool. My parents are the same age and I feel like my mom looks much younger than my dad. She is much more active than he is and his posture is horrible.

[dizzybint]

Originally Posted by RamenAddict

My mom has never colored her hair and consistently gets compliments and questions about whether it is natural. We were recently in a store together and saw a woman whose hair just went gray- 100% natural, but it had this funky ombré look where the top was gray and the bottom part was brown. My mom was going on about how it was the most amazing hairstyle she’d ever seen. It was pretty awesome. I am not sure why she just went gray like that, but it looked cool. My parents are the same age and I feel like my mom looks much younger than my dad. She is much more active than he is and his posture is horrible.

Posture puts years on anyone..

[dizzybint]

Originally Posted by RamenAddict

My mom has never colored her hair and consistently gets compliments and questions about whether it is natural. We were recently in a store together and saw a woman whose hair just went gray- 100% natural, but it had this funky ombré look where the top was gray and the bottom part was brown. My mom was going on about how it was the most amazing hairstyle she’d ever seen. It was pretty awesome. I am not sure why she just went gray like that, but it looked cool. My parents are the same age and I feel like my mom looks much younger than my dad. She is much more active than he is and his posture is horrible.

Posture puts years on anyone..

[PilgrimsProgress]

Originally Posted by dizzybint

Posture puts years on anyone..

Young people are developing dowager humps from looking down at their phones and computers all day.

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by sheena12

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- too thin eyebrows
- not caring for your eyebrows
- caftans and much of the clothes at Chicos which evoke the TV character "Maude".

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72RRKKi4-dM]

Seems one can't win with eyebrows: too thin, unkempt (whatever "caring for" them means)...maybe that's why the current fad for tattooed-on ones is popular?

Surprisingly, designer Trina Turk, which seems to be a youth label, has bright print caftans every year.