Beautiful signs of aging

I like to think of life in eras: for me there was the era of being a child, then era I moved to london to go to uni, then the era I was working and met DH, then the era we got married and had kids and I eventually became a SAHP. I had darker hair when I was younger but also had more acne and now I'm starting to have wrinkles but also have 3 kids!!!

My mum keeps complaining of her wrinkles and ageing but when she had no wrinkles she also had no grandchildren and she loves that!

It's very sad when people are so stuck in disliking their appearance that they refuse photos, keep looking at the mirror and being disappointed.....

Audrey said ‘don’t you dare touch any of my wrinkles...’ it was to the editor in reference to photoshop as he asked her if she wanted them photoshopped out. I love that story. She was very beautiful. (She died 1993).

I tried Botox around my eyes and I missed my crow’s feet! They make me look happier and smiley. I also think Botox can create more wrinkles under the eyes so trying to make peace with having them around my eyes instead!

Lovely, refreshing thread.

I'll admit though, I had to think really hard!

I actually quite like my age spots on my cheeks. Only a few, but I think they just look like larger freckles and are quite pretty. I'm always seeing make up aimed at covering every single "imperfection" or blemish, but I think they give my face a bit more character. Character seems to be the word of the thread actually I guess that's what aging is.

Nice thread OP!
I think it's a necessary thread - so tired of the narrative that we have to attempt to look younger to look good.
I agree with all said upthread. Being comfortable with the natural passage of time is really attractive!
Love grey hair, crows feet, wrinkles, all of it. Adds character and beauty to a face!

I was a very blonde child. Went darker in my teens. Now the little greys have started to brighten up my hairline again.

I just feel better in myself. I don't dress to impress anyone- I wear what I want.
No hair dye
Just trusting my body
And I bloody love it

I do absolutely nothing apart from take good care of my skin and eat well.
My only beauty treatment is having my nails done religiously, always red and always short & neat.
I never expected to feel or look this good in my 50s and it's a glorious feeling. I wear what the hell I like and while I do have days when I don't feel great, they're thankfully rare!
I mistakenly thought when I was younger, that the only way of looking and feeling great as you age, was to spend vast amounts of money on treatments and even surgery. I realise now I was wrong!

Aah, I’ve heard of the quote but I thought it was to do with make up.

I think 'photoshop' has just become the word we use now so I'm paraphrasing (like 'google' instead of 'search online'), but airbrushing has been a thing for a long long time!

Audrey Hepburn famously said, "don't you dare photoshop my wrinkles out, I've earned every single one of them." Thats always stuck with me.

In the last year I seem to have developed a lot more on my face, and at first I was upset. It was like I'd aged overnight. Suddenly I've got comfortable with them. They show a life lived, the crows feet remind me of the times I've smiled etc.

I have an acquaintance who is my age and beautiful. It made me rather sad to see that shes set up a fillers/aesthetics company recently. Im not judging anyones choices but society has a lot to answer for as she is definitely a Hepburn.

My late grandmother was the epitome of growing old gracefully. She was stunning and remained so through the years.

She had luminous white hair (but looked amazing when it was salt and pepper too), signature coral nails, lipstick.

I adored her age spotted hands and am noticing I'm getting my own (I'm 35, is that early?).

I'm convinced we only notice ourselves ageing in a bad way.

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Let us know how you get on!
Be warned, it's messy so make sure you rinse it off any surface it touches asap
I don't bother with gloves as I put it on in the shower but I find a dollop of exfoliating wash gets rid of my orange palms!
My hair looks so glossy afterwards though, so definitely worth the little bit of hassle.

Simple make up, accurate pale manicure.

classy, relaxed, neutral-coloured clothes: linen, wool. Nothing too tight, or short.

I’m SO tired of starting to read interesting threads only to see them derailed by another poster honing in one one seemingly un PC comment. It’s so fucking boring.

Totally agree - although it can be interesting trying to wonder just how long it will take for the first comment! I really think some people are attention seekers and that's why they do it.

I'm in my mid 50s and have red hair. I've never dyed it but now I'm just starting to go grey it looks like I have blondish highlights which I rather like.

I love my white hair. I had it cropped very short to grow in the grey in my late 50s (really couldn’t be bothered doing it slowly to keep it longer). I’m 62 now and it’s properly white, not grey (a bit of salt and pepper at the very back). I don’t love the texture (because that changes with age too), but I accept it. I’m not a fan of the wrinkles around my eyes. I had Botox a couple of times and liked it, but I’m retired, on a lower income and can’t justify it on an ongoing basis, so it’s good to hear that some people find them attractive 🙂

I really can’t understand these celebrities who go in for umpty face lifts, fillers, Botox etc. Some of them end up looking completely unrecognisable from their younger selves. You wonder what their children, if they have them, think.

flowers this is essentially a feminist thread because it’s elegantly and easily pushing back against the prevalent societal concept that female ageing = unacceptable.

surely only a numbnut would miss that

Big chunky silver streaks in my dark hair.

I like my crows feet and also my cheekbones, which I can now see as my face is more angular. My hair has thinned a little too, which is a relief as it was so thick and coarse when I was younger I couldn't do anything with it and it stuck out like a bush (I can blow dry it quite well by myself now!)

I also like my round belly, because I can crook my arm around it when I'm in bed and it's very comforting. I never had much of a shape before but I've got more of a waist and hips now as I've gained a little weight (I'm actually a pound heavier now than I was when I first signed up for WeightWatchers some twenty years ago - I'm 48 now - and I honestly don't know how as I remember being appalled by how huge I felt at the time) and my body feels strong, healthy and feminine.

Most of all I can wear whatever I like and not give a shit because everything feels fabulous (it may not look it, but I no longer care what anyone else thinks)