Want to Know How to "Seem Younger"?
By Barbara Morris, R. Ph.
More, the magazine for women over 40, recently dealt with how to “seem younger”. Advice included: get your bikini line waxed, do text messaging and stop planning everything because that’s something young people just don’t do.
Girlfriend, can we get real? “Seeming younger” is the easiest thing an older woman can do and it doesn’t involve waxing, texting or any other juvenile activity.
“Seeming young” after age 40 is a no brainer. That’s the easy part of aging. If you have been eating properly and exercising on a consistent basis, your body is going to look great no matter what your age. If you do face exercises along with body exercise your face can “seem young” no matter what your age.
But how about those wrinkles? You can get them lasered away or get a peel.
If you avoid the trappings of the traditional senior culture that hasten mental and physical decline, then you got it made. You definitely will “seem younger.”
What else does it take?
There’s a great deal of angst among midlife women about how they should dress to “seem young.” Modesty and a sense of what’s appropriate have gone the way of the Dodo bird so that won’t even be a consideration here. So, how then should midlife women dress to “seem young”? I guess it all depends on how you feel about your body and how you feel about exposing it to the world and if you care about the sensibilities of others.
Dare I suggest application of common sense in the quest to dress to “seem younger”? For example, many, if not most women, no longer wear pantyhose. If your legs look spectacular I guess that’s okay but if your legs look like many middle aged legs, pantyhose will make them look better. If you are showing your bare vein-riddled legs because pantyhose isn’t the “in’ thing, and you feel comfortable with bare legs – go for it. But understand that you will “seem younger” if your legs “seem younger”. Can we agree on that? See? Common sense works every time.
Have your upper arms become saggy and you wonder if you should cover them up? If the sagginess bothers you, then cover them up, even if Michelle Obama has made sleeveless a fashion must do. That’s common sense.
How about hemlines? Can they get any shorter on women of all ages? Common sense says that if you are over forty, a hemline that is up to your wazoo does not make you “seem younger.” It makes you look ridiculous, even if you have fabulous legs.
After all is said and done there is only one way to “seem younger” and that’s to stop chasing youth and work to create healthy, vibrant mental and physical agelessness. What does that mean? It means you take care of your health very early on because what you put into your body and what you do to your body over a lifetime eventually manifests in how you look and feel in your maturity.
A woman who has achieved agelessness is amply endowed with common sense. When she looks in the mirror she knows what should or could be exposed without embarrassing herself or offending the sensibilities of others. She innately knows what makes her “seem young” and what doesn’t.
“Seeming young” is not the holy grail of an ageless woman. A mature woman knows who and what she is and doesn’t need to try to convince anyone that she “seems young.” She knows she’s still got it goin’ on and she doesn’t have to prove anything or show anything to anyone for validation. Know what I mean, girlfriend? J
Source: September, 2009 Put Old on Hold Newsletter
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