Beautiful women ageing

[PoinsettiaLives]

I watched Saltburn last night and was struck by how Rosamund Pike’s looks have changed over the years. She looks fantastic and she has done it without trying to look artificially younger than she is- she definitely looks like a 45yo woman rather than a 45yo woman trying to look like a weird 30yo. An utterly beautiful woman fully growing into herself.

What’s the secret of this? (Other than being born beautiful?)

I had to goggle Rosamund Pike age and was a bit shocked to see that she is only 44. I would have put her at just over 50. I don't know @PoinsettiaLives if you use the word "beautiful" to describe her looks or her as a person? Personally I think she looks quite manly in her face structure and I think this is often a positive point as women age but beautiful not imo.

I looked up her age after I watched Nyad (61), couldn't believe it ! Even the way she moves is like a much younger woman. She's also just the coolest

A interesting thread.

I get what is meant by potato face. But what is meant by cheeks “bunching” when smiling? Any celeb examples?

I think that Victoria Coren Mitchell and Annabel Croft look younger than 51ish/57ish without having resorted to obvious treatments. They’re just examples of women I’ve seen in tv in recent weeks. But I don’t know why they look younger iyswim? Annabel’s physique maybe. Victoria is pretty. Not sure…

I thought the same about Nazanin ZR when she returned from Iran. How someone who’d been through so much could look fresh and gorgeous was beyond me. It’s a bit like the example of the earlier poster’s stressed-out friend who should look haggard but doesn’t.

Rosamund Pike is not just slim, she is very thin. No bigger than a size 6. Actors are much, much slimmer in real life than they appear on screen. There is not an ounce of fat on her in than fitted off the shoulder dress she wears in Saltburn and you can see her collarbones jutting out.

Kristen ScottThomas has fabulous bone structure

You can fake cheek bones with filler &
potato face recedes if size zero.

It’s 95% genetics. Provided you don’t smoke or spend too much time in the sun you will age pretty much the same as your mum. It kicks in about 45 and you can tweak and twerk as much as you like, but you’re only gardening. The minute you stop using fillers and potions nature takes over and you’ll look like your mum. You might have different coloured hair, but under the dye it’s the same colour as your mum’s. Even if you used to look completely different to her, by 60 you’ll be the spitting image of your mum.

@PastorCarrBonarra the round but above the cheekbone which is emphasised more when you smile. You do lose the volume as you age but the high cheekbones underneath give you a refined, elegant look.

Cheek filler can help but imo doesn’t replicate the natural impact.

If super thin are cheekbones not obvious for all? Not that this is a healthy goal :).

Good skin
suncream everyday so no sun damage
no smoking
exercise
tall and slim
straight white teeth
hair in good condition and natural looking (no fake extensions , no badly coloured greys)

If super thin are cheekbones not obvious for all?

everyone has cheekbones but weight loss won’t make them higher.

Staying slim and fit makes a huge difference. The best bone structure in the world won't help if it is hidden under puffy, flabby jowls.

Taking seriously good care of your skin. I have a friend who does this. She is mid sixties and her skin looks like that of a forty year old, if that. Never had work done, but she is meticulous with retinol and moisturiser and never ever sits in the sun. her skin is ivory coloured and unlined.

And I agree she is very, very thin in real life. I’ve met her.
she was luminously beautiful. Even with minimal make up on.

I'm aiming for healthy and wholesome. I'm finding things need to be simpler as I get older - make up, silhouettes etc.

To me there's nothing that beats the glow of self assurance and wisdom - gravitas- of middle aged women.

Physically it's all about poise and nailing your own style.

Being thin is, sadly, the most important factor in ageing well. I don't mean skeletal, but generally having a BMI around 18.5-19 makes a big difference.

Mine's around 20, which I'm generally fine with but would like to be thinner - unfortunately I like food!

It's as simple as .. taking care of yourself.

Money, and people who can teach you how to take care of your skin and use makeup properly, help MASSIVELY. There's no denying that at all.

Unfortunately too many of us don't take care of ourselves until we're trying to change something we don't like, by which time it's too late.

Kim Kardashian is in the new American Horror Story series on Disney and she very much looks 43 when she's onscreen with Emma Roberts, who is 32.

generally having a BMI around 18.5-19 makes a big difference

Hi where did you see this?
My new BMI is now around 22, I’m at my heaviest ever - never had to worry but things changed for me after 1 - I got covid and 2 - changed jobs from something very active out of the house to computer work wfh but…most of the time I’m still size 8 in some brands and others shifting to a 10 - I do carry weight in my belly though -

Trying to drop at least 5kg so I can still wear the clothes that I have

Provided you don’t smoke or spend too much time in the sun you will age pretty much the same as your mum.

Not if you don't resemble her in the slightest! I expect to age like my grandmother, with the benefit of treatments she didn't have.

I agree that staying reasonably slim looking after your skin and your teeth are key, judging by the people I know.

I say this as a fat woman, sadly to look young overall on first glance youthful it's being slim size 6uk to 12uk and no grey hair (dye it) and longer thick hair(good extensions if needed). The type of body that looks toned from working out and your walk is light and graceful. After an anklr injury from working out i have been hobbling, with my extra weight and classic wardrobe i look decades older.
Good quality veneers (no turkey teeth) but only if your natural teeth are really bad like severe staining and obviously chipped.

Wrinkles are easily fixed with botox its the fucking sagging 😭

Not every woman looks like their mother. I definitely have turned into my aunty (sister of my father). I’m also aging in the same way as that side of the family as I have the same skin tone and stature as them.

Good bone structure - which essentially boils down to having high cheekbones - and oval and heartshaped faces along with it, tend to age well. Olive-toned skin also tends to age well.

I have good skin, and both parents and grandparents on both sides of the family had good skin, so there is that. But there are a myriad of lifestyle factors that go along with it. Most people who drink alcohol, abuse drugs, smoke, have a bad diet, or have engaged in sunbathing do not age well.

I find it interesting that people always say it is mostly genetics. Ageing is said nowadays to be only around 25% genetics - the rest is down to lifestyle factors (some not in one's control, such as poverty, or pollution). Skin being the largest organ of the body should by rights be affected by the lifestyle factors that affect the cells and other organs, ie genes can only carry you so far.

generally having a BMI around 18.5-19 makes a big difference

The best BMI for healthy aging in older adults (mid-60s on roughly) is around 27-28. So unless you want to die young, looking very slim, it is not a good strategy to keep a very low BMI beyond middleage.

@PieAndLattes My Mother was a ballet dancer and really quite beautiful and incredibly graceful though very frail till the day she died in her nineties so I live in hope. We did all inherit her very high cheekbones and slim face with a quite strong chin.

@velvetsunshine we have olive tinned skin I had never thought about it in ageing terms more that people say we look healthy as not pale.

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generally having a BMI around 18.5-19 makes a big difference

The best BMI for healthy aging in older adults (mid-60s on roughly) is around 27-28. So unless you want to die young, looking very slim, it is not a good strategy to keep a very low BMI beyond middleage.”

This makes sense. If you get sick when older it seems sensible to have reserves in your body to draw on. Being stick thin you could soon drop to dangerous underweight in any illness. I once read a doctor’s item that also said it’s better to have a slightly raised cholesterol as you age. He said if you ended up in hospital when elderly you have a far better chance of coming out alive if your cholesterol is higher than the current recommended level which GPs encourage statins. Every cell in your body needs cholesterol.
There used to be an old theory that as you age you have to choose between your bum & your face, ie being thin your face looks drawn & haggard whereas being plumper means less facial wrinkles. But I suppose that was before the use of fillers & face lifts!