How to age like Gwyneth Paltrow?

[Anonymous]

I read something about celebrities once that has stuck with me. It's their JOB to look good. And that sort of sums it up, doesn't it?

She works out TWO HOURS A DAY SIX DAYS A WEEK. That's a job. That is a work requirement for her and she does it.

The same for her various treatments, facials, etc. It is literally part of her job to maintain.

Once I saw it like that it helped me understand the difference between wanting to look good and your job to look good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aside from being thin, she looks older than most women her age. Heavy wrinkles, puffy eyes, washed out face-she’s aging horribly.

Oh come on. NP here. She does not look “older than most women her age.” Lol. She wears very light make up, and so maybe that’s what you’re seeing when you say “washed out.” Maybe you’re used to women wearing heavily made up faces?

I don't know anyone at her age or early 40s who looks as good as her.

[Anonymous]

A lot of it is how you handle stress. My husband is early 40s but looks 25. He is a former smoker and eats dessert frequently (though generally has healthy habits), but he lets stuff roll off his back and I think that's why he's aged well. His younger brother looks 45 and is in his 30s because he's the opposite

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aside from being thin, she looks older than most women her age. Heavy wrinkles, puffy eyes, washed out face-she’s aging horribly.

+1

Sandra Bullock, Andie McDowell and Salma Hayek on the other hand, wow!

Andie McDowell looks like crap. That gray hair crap she’s pulling now is especially harmful to her looks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aside from being thin, she looks older than most women her age. Heavy wrinkles, puffy eyes, washed out face-she’s aging horribly.

Oh come on. NP here. She does not look “older than most women her age.” Lol. She wears very light make up, and so maybe that’s what you’re seeing when you say “washed out.” Maybe you’re used to women wearing heavily made up faces?

No I’m not used to that most people her age that I’ve seen generally wear minimal makeup but don’t have the sallow, washed out complexion she has. Maybe you’re ugly and used to seeing ugly ppl so she looks beautiful in comparison?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aside from being thin, she looks older than most women her age. Heavy wrinkles, puffy eyes, washed out face-she’s aging horribly.

+1

Sandra Bullock, Andie McDowell and Salma Hayek on the other hand, wow!

Andie McDowell looks like crap. That gray hair crap she’s pulling now is especially harmful to her looks.

Andie McDowell is 63! She looks great for her age. What do you want from her?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vogue.com/article/andie-macdowell-gray-salt-and-pepper-hair/amp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Aside from being thin, she looks older than most women her age. Heavy wrinkles, puffy eyes, washed out face-she’s aging horribly.

+1

Sandra Bullock, Andie McDowell and Salma Hayek on the other hand, wow!

Andie McDowell looks like crap. That gray hair crap she’s pulling now is especially harmful to her looks.

Andie McDowell is 63! She looks great for her age. What do you want from her?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vogue.com/article/andie-macdowell-gray-salt-and-pepper-hair/amp

+1

I think she looks great

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I read something about celebrities once that has stuck with me. It's their JOB to look good. And that sort of sums it up, doesn't it?

She works out TWO HOURS A DAY SIX DAYS A WEEK. That's a job. That is a work requirement for her and she does it.

The same for her various treatments, facials, etc. It is literally part of her job to maintain.

Once I saw it like that it helped me understand the difference between wanting to look good and your job to look good.

EXACTLY. If it were my job to look good, I'd look a thousand times better than I do. I think the answer to her 'secret' is that she works at it and throws money at it and presumably has an extremely talented aesthetician, dermatologist, trainer, etc. I would assume given her fair skin that she is meticulous about sunscreen to reduce wrinkles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read something about celebrities once that has stuck with me. It's their JOB to look good. And that sort of sums it up, doesn't it?

She works out TWO HOURS A DAY SIX DAYS A WEEK. That's a job. That is a work requirement for her and she does it.

The same for her various treatments, facials, etc. It is literally part of her job to maintain.

Once I saw it like that it helped me understand the difference between wanting to look good and your job to look good.

EXACTLY. If it were my job to look good, I'd look a thousand times better than I do. I think the answer to her 'secret' is that she works at it and throws money at it and presumably has an extremely talented aesthetician, dermatologist, trainer, etc. I would assume given her fair skin that she is meticulous about sunscreen to reduce wrinkles.

oh and I agree with the person who said leisure and lack of stress.

[Anonymous]

Too bad GP has such thin hair. Must not be anything you can buy to fix that -- other than hair pieces when she is working.

[Anonymous]

Have you not heard of goop.com, OP? It’s where Gwyneth sells you everything you need to emulate her lifestyle. /s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of it is how you handle stress. My husband is early 40s but looks 25. He is a former smoker and eats dessert frequently (though generally has healthy habits), but he lets stuff roll off his back and I think that's why he's aged well. His younger brother looks 45 and is in his 30s because he's the opposite

No one hear will want to hear this, but I agree.

I have aged much better than my mother at my age, and also avoided the middle age weight gain she experienced, and I honestly think it's because I go to therapy and learned to process feelings. I know that sounds new agey, but I saw up close how stress, emotional repression, probably unprocessed trauma, all impacted my mom's health, weight, and specifically her relationship to both food and exercise. I think I've avoided it because I have better mental health and that makes eating decently and getting exercise a lot more straightforward (and maybe more effective?) for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of it is how you handle stress. My husband is early 40s but looks 25. He is a former smoker and eats dessert frequently (though generally has healthy habits), but he lets stuff roll off his back and I think that's why he's aged well. His younger brother looks 45 and is in his 30s because he's the opposite

No one hear will want to hear this, but I agree.

I have aged much better than my mother at my age, and also avoided the middle age weight gain she experienced, and I honestly think it's because I go to therapy and learned to process feelings. I know that sounds new agey, but I saw up close how stress, emotional repression, probably unprocessed trauma, all impacted my mom's health, weight, and specifically her relationship to both food and exercise. I think I've avoided it because I have better mental health and that makes eating decently and getting exercise a lot more straightforward (and maybe more effective?) for me.

i don't think it's that new age-y. stress is inflammatory (you release cytokines, cortisol goes up, etc). these things affect our appearance, such as enhancing collagen degradation.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23659624/

[Anonymous]

I’d rather look like JLo to be honest. Also more my body type.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too bad GP has such thin hair. Must not be anything you can buy to fix that -- other than hair pieces when she is working.

Yep, she has the stringy, dried out hair of a homeless person. OP must be super busted to think this is fresh.