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A is for Anti-Aging — It’s not All About Attitude

What makes a naturally beautiful woman of any age look, feel and act younger?  It’s all about attitude!  Yes, what’s inside your mind, body and soul are what make you vibrant, alive, sexy and youthful.  And a little help with the outside doesn’t hurt either!

Having an open mind keeps your whole body active and healthy.  One of the best ways you can improve your anti-aging ability is to change your attitude and stop acting and behaving like an old fuddy duddy!  Smile – you’ll look younger (and you’ll feel a lot better too!). Get some sleep because without enough sleep, you’re tired all day which makes the body produce excess cortisol, a hormone that disintegrates skin cells.  See Previous Post – S is for Sleep – Some Timely Tips for Sound Snoozing).

Here are some outward tell-tale signs of looking old:

Granny pants up around your waist or jeans that don’t fit and make muffin tops -

Wearing the wrong size bra – Back fat and saggy breasts or uniboobs – get a good fitting and get those girls up high and perky

Wearing clothes from Forever 21 when you’re forever 65.  Too much skin exposed, too tight or too short skirts, or too much cleavage hanging out – you’re not Britney Spears, you know!

Too much bling-y jewelry, too much jewelry of any kind – especially jewelry that doesn’t flatter your neck – Wattle necks are for turkeys, not NBW!  Wear some beautiful earrings that draw attention to your eyes and keep those chokers away from the wattle.

The little mistakes that we think people don’t notice – Long red nails or chipped and  discolored nails, roots showing or ashy-looking gray hair, teeth that are yellowing, cakey foundation that stops at your neck.  Lipstick spots on your teeth or lipstick bleeding onto the lines on your face.  All of these can be taken care of if we look into the mirror and pay attention.

What makes you look old is looking like you really tried too hard or else looking like you never tried at all.

What makes you look, act and feel young is what we’re all about here at Naturally Beautiful Women.  We’re back to the beginning with “A” again and we’ll be telling you all sorts of tips to live the best possible life you can – looking good, feeling healthy, being happy, staying motivated, and just plain enjoying life!

 

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A is for Anti-Aging Attitude

Aging is like the picture here – an optical illusion.  The same person can feel young at heart one day, and like an old lady the next.  What’s the difference?  Same person, different attitude.

Having an open mind keeps your whole body active and healthy.  Letting go of  the notion that you have to be right all the time not only makes you seem younger, but it also makes you a more interesting people, and interesting people have more fun in their lives.  And people who have more fun in their lives just seem younger.  One of the best way you can improve your anti-aging ability is to stop thinking and acting like an old fuddy duddy!  Learn something new!  Be Open!  Hang out with Youthful Acting People! Express a new idea!

See Previous Post ( Z is for Zest and Zeal and Zip a Dee Doo Dah – Hooray for Life!)

These are ways you can improve your mental outlook and appear to be younger than you might be.  There are also a few things you can do to make your outward appearance look younger:

Just to start off with the basics – Do clean your skin regularly and take off your makeup every night.  Do use moisturizer.  Do stay out of the sun. Do drink plenty of water.   Don’t smoke.  Don’t sleep on your face.  Don’t yo-yo diet because it will stretch and pull your skin out of shape.

Use light pink or nude lipstick or lip gloss to give your lips just a bit of a rosy hue.  As we get older, our lips tend to shrink and dark lipstick on thin lips can make you look older, especially when the lipstick runs out the wrinkles.

Draw attention away from your flaws and put it on your assets.  Wattle-necks and loose neck skin are really aging!  Don’t wear chokers and short necklaces that bring the attention there.  Wear beautiful earrings that draw the eyes up, up and away from the wattle.

Eyes are one of the best features we can use to look a little younger.  Using an eyeliner pencil rather than a liquid liner can create a softer look, especially if it’s smudged with a Q-tip to make it more natural looking.  If you must use liquid, make it smooth, or you’ll look like a shaky little old lady!

Eyebrows and eyelashes thin out with time also.  Use a brow pencil to brush upwards and shape your eyebrows into a nice arch. Use an eyelash curler to emphasize and separate the lashes you have left. This will give you an immediate eye lift!

The truth is we’re not getting any younger, but big deal and so what?  You can’t stop the clock, but you can stop the wrinkles and the lines and the frumpy old lady look!

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A is for Aging – An Attitude worth Changing – Use the Internet!

Age is an Attitude

According to a Pew Research study, only 31 percent of people 65 or older are on broadband, compared to 80 percent for those 18-to-29 years old.  The Internet has now been around for about twenty years now, and I still hear Healthy Senior Women saying “I don’t use the Internet,” or “I don’t use email.”  How, in this day and age, can you possibly not have an email address, or check your email, or never go online?

It’s an age thing, and saying these things make you look older than you really are, or want to be, or can appear.  Not using the Internet or email today in 2011 is like not using the telephone.  According to statistics, only 9% of the population in the US doesn’t have a cellphone!

A study conducted at UCLA by Dr. Gary Small, director of U.C.L.A.’s Memory and Aging Research Center, found that using the Internet triggers key centers in the brain that control decision-making and complex reasoning.   “A simple, everyday task like searching the Web appears to enhance brain circuitry in older adults, demonstrating that our brains are sensitive and can continue to learn as we grow older,” Dr. Small said.  Dr. Small writes about how the Internet and new technology can reduce the mental effects of aging and improve your mind in his book, “iBrain: Surviving the Technological Alteration of the Modern Mind.

The Internet and email are not going away.  They are a part of our lives, a huge part of our lives.  If you want to appear younger than your chronological age, learn how to use them – Aging is an Attitude and you have the choice to make your Attitude Internet-savvy!

 

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