Too Old For Fashion?

too old for fashionYou’ve probably heard the old adage that age is just a number; this applies equally as well to fashion as it does to life. Many people have a misconception that once you are past the age of twenty-five, wearing things like mini-skirts and bikinis are a major fashion faux pas.

However, you can easily continue to look great well into your sixties – you don’t have to give up the styles you love just because you’re getting older. What’s the secret? If you have a great diet and exercise regularly, you’d be surprised at how good you can look at an older age. In addition, cosmetic companies are making great advances with cosmetic products – they’re more effective now than ever before.

A healthy diet full of fresh fruits and vegetables along with plenty of water to drink can keep your skin looking young and healthy. If you haven’t been eating well all of your life – and face it, who has? – changing your diet now can do wonders to increase the radiance of your skin and reduce wrinkles as well as unsightly flab. Regular exercise is important, too. Don’t neglect strength training in your workouts – many women are afraid to include a strength training regimen in their routine because they don’t want to end up looking like a bodybuilder.

Unless you practically devote your life to eating a bodybuilder’s diet and doing intense exercise, you aren’t going to look like one anytime soon. Strength training on top of cardiovascular exercise and a healthy diet produced a lean, toned look that will allow you to wear anything you want with confidence.

You can’t change how old you are, but you can definitely change the way you look with a little work. Looking better will lead to increased confidence and will allow you to pull off a look that a twenty-two year old would be jealous of!


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Going Natural – Can You Cope Without Makeup, Even for a Day?

Somehow, it’s quite an irony that ‘natural look’ is among today’s trends to permeate the world of cosmetics. Come to think of it, ‘natural’ signifies ‘bare’ – without makeup. Thus, it is only logical for one to ask what need it is spending money in order to appear how we were originally created. Some people would put the question straight, ‘what is the essence of makeup then?’

going naturalIsn’t it amusing how we drift so quickly to trends? With those lip-gloss on our lips and curl of an eyelash, it’s so easy to forget our exact look before making up. As you cake on the shadow, liner and gloss, it’s easy not to remember what ‘natural beauty’ actually appears like.

Taking this into consideration, it’s quite an irony and also amazing that the most recent trend to enter the world of beauty advices us to use makeup that produces a more natural look. It’s even more amazing how an increasing number of celebrities is trading their conventional beauty regimen for the camera in-between – in such a way that really appears public. Perhaps you’ve not bothered to check the newsstands recently; if so, you probably had not taken note of the recent trend in cover girls – stunning celebrities who do not mind showing all just to reveal the real looks outside of makeup.

Normally, celebrities would not want to pose for this sort of non glamorous shots; however, a lot of them are now opting to look natural – without makeup. It hasn’t yet escaped my memory how it was the vogue for cover girls to apply makeup lavishly. However, it seems to be an old-fashion thing now – what you see these days over the newsstands is makeup-free faces – the cover girls are now wearing natural looks.

Now, here’s the question; what’s the significance of this new trend, at least for beauty achievement in the future? Another critical question is this; what has the natural makeup got to do with the latest trend of ‘bare face’ (without makeup) that is now popular among celebs?

If you are the fashion addicts, it’s possible you must have heard this phrase in different ways; good economy causes the hems of skirts to go up, while the sour economy makes the skirt hem to come down. In essence, it appears as though the economic state has a way of dictating the turn of events in the fashion world. Is it really so?


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A Dilemma with my Curly Hair

Not quite long, a close friend scolded me for showing so much fuss about my hair, which is quite curly (I’m sure you already guessed that). This hair of mine grows in volume during summer, and when it is rainy or humid, it gets frizzy; thus, no matter the kind of gel I apply, the hair just stares at me in such a shabby manner.
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This close pal of mine has straight and lustrous hair that would not react negatively under a blow-dryer. So, it’s not easy for her to understand my hair frustration.

She irritates me terribly each time with her “it’s just hair” words. She will now add to my fury by saying that I needed a lot of therapy and improved self-esteem. Maybe, she should wear my shoes and see how it pinches – or perhaps put on a wig that has the texture of my hair just for seven days so that she can get a feel of my frustration.

It may seem like it is ‘merely hair’; I don’t deny my excessive complain about the hair, and I also understand that I have to be thankful that it is not something as grave as life-threatening ailments or even obesity. There’s no doubt that I have a great life – in essence, my hair condition is not something serious.

But I need to be frank. The hair makes me want to go crazy! Each time I feel the ends. It appears as though am touching straw. There’s no life left in it, especially now that summer is here. Most times, my hair typifies a combination of Ramen noodle and dried-out frizz – the result of excessive gel and less moisture.

Envy is aroused in me each time I watch my friend prepare for the day with ease, with no hair frustration to face. Once she applies a little amount of spritzes from the spray container and comb through lightly and touches up with blow dryer, she looks as stunning as a model and good to go.

By 8am, you will find me still looking like a wet dog. My hair would experience more dryness when I try using a blow dryer. Yet, it beats my imagination why it is not easy for me to just fluff it out. When am up in the morning? It still appears shabby, even after I style it. I wish my friend had a glimpse of my daily frustrations trying to manage my hair.

No matter the amount of conditions I apply in the morning in the course of my shower, my curls appear as though moisture is drained off it before evening. I practically go to work everyday with wet hair since it appears to work when I dry the hair naturally. It sounds so easy, but it is quite an arduous task trying to achieve manageable hair that I can go to work with.

But come to think of it, what if I have an interview or a highly official meeting? It will be a crazy thing appearing in such official settings with wet hair!


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