40-50 yo women beauty/fitness routines

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:52.
Workout 1 hour every morning (Peloton)
Skincare routine is simple: AM vitamin C serum and oil+hydrosol on face, sunscreen
PM: Olay cream with retinol
I use box color for my hair and trim at home.

What peloton workout do you do or do you just ride the bike?

[Anonymous]

Age 48

I run about 20-25 miles a week and go to a yoga class every now and then. Running is free, yoga is about $18/class.

Demi-permanent hair color and cut every six weeks. $170, doesn’t feel worth it. My hair looks terrible.

Expensive tinted moisturizer, concealer, and blush. Drug store mascara. Probably spend $100 every few months.

Drug store moisturizers, which are creeping up in price lately. Another $100 every few months.

I’m resisting visiting a dermatologist for more powerful stuff/procedures just because it feels like once you buy into it, it’s hard to stop. I wish we could just age proudly.

[Anonymous]

Age 43, living outside US in a cheaper place.

Hair: Cut and highlights every 12 weeks (but think I’m going to have to move to 10 weeks to cover up grays). I blow out and curl my hair myself for special events or dates. Hair: $139 every 12 weeks

Skin: Botox in crows, 11s, forehead, every 12 weeks $500, tretinoin nightly (like $3 per 3 months, it’s dirt cheap). Sunscreen daily in AM, neutrogena, $6 a month. Kiehls ultra facial moisturizer when my face feels dry. Otherswise I have a ton of gifted fancy face stuff I use sporadically for fun but it doesn’t really do anything.

Teeth: I got SmileDirect during the pandemic, so I wear a retainer at night for straight teeth. Semi annual teeth cleaning ($70) and Crest White Strips ($25), with a monthly touch up.

Fitness: Run 3-4x/week (outside or in apt gym), spin 1x ($10)/wk, Padel 2x/week ($20). Watch what I eat to stay around 22 or 23 bmi.

Makeup: bronzer, setting powder, blush, brow pencil and gel, eyeshadow, eyeliner, mascara when I go to work or leave house for everything but bum errands.

Clothes: I have a lot of cute clothes.

[Anonymous]

42.

I use and vitamin C serum on face in morning, Retin-A in the evening, moisturizer, sunscreen. I use sunscreen no That is my skincare routine in a nutshell. I get 1-2 rounds of IPL (laser) to face in the fall. My skin looks great. No fillers or Botox. I will probably add neck and chest to the IPL sessions going forward.

As for fitness, I am in pretty good shape, weight is healthy and I look objectively good. I only workout twice per week, but they are super intense workouts. Otherwise, I just try to be active: clean my own house, do yard work, go for walks and bike rides. I should lift more weights though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:42.

I use and vitamin C serum on face in morning, Retin-A in the evening, moisturizer, sunscreen. I use sunscreen no That is my skincare routine in a nutshell. I get 1-2 rounds of IPL (laser) to face in the fall. My skin looks great. No fillers or Botox. I will probably add neck and chest to the IPL sessions going forward.

As for fitness, I am in pretty good shape, weight is healthy and I look objectively good. I only workout twice per week, but they are super intense workouts. Otherwise, I just try to be active: clean my own house, do yard work, go for walks and bike rides. I should lift more weights though.

Oh, to add I don’t color hair or do nails. Therefore my beauty cost isn’t that high. I get a $100 haircut every 4-6 months. The yearly IPL is $300/session.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 48. I have no fitness routine. Sometimes I go for walks. I go into the office one day a week and the night before I pluck any facial hair I can see. I wash my face about three times a week. Shower about twice a week. About four times a year I get my hair dyed - I go to a school so it costs under $100.

Do you not have a spouse?

[Anonymous]

48
Supplements and electrolytes (at least 150/month) - iron, B, magnesium, probiotic, etc
Fitness - member at a gym and have home gym (200/month)
Skin- Botox every 4 months (500), at home stuff (100/month) and then once a year I do a big thing- laser or something (1000)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:48
Supplements and electrolytes (at least 150/month) - iron, B, magnesium, probiotic, etc
Fitness - member at a gym and have home gym (200/month)
Skin- Botox every 4 months (500), at home stuff (100/month) and then once a year I do a big thing- laser or something (1000)

To add - hair highlights every 3 months (200). Not gray yet. And an occasionally mani/pedi but a few times a year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot! Lagree, light botox, high quality medical grade skin care, low dose semaglutide, HRT. I look great (I get lots of compliments on my skin, and my BMI is 19), but it's expensive and time-consuming. Haters are going to hate on here.

Your BMI is 19! And you are on a semaglutide? WTH. Do you not care about your health and bone density?

[Anonymous]

I am 59.
I teach 8 hot yoga/barre/sculpt classes a week and when I'm not doing that I golf and walk.
I use sparse oil and Vitamin C on my face when I remember and sunscreen every day - I'm a natural redhead.
I color my own hair every 6 weeks and get it cut twice a year. It's very long and it's just easier for me to have long hair.
No botox or fillers - feel like that shipped sailed.
I microdose tirz and love it. I have an inflammatory condition it has helped with immensely.
I do my nails myself but because I teach barefoot I have a pedicure every 6 weeks.
One of the BEST things I have done for myself this year is give up alcohol. People comment on how my skin looks better.

[Anonymous]

Late 40s, 5’10/145.

I ride my horse 5 days a week and feed/do barn work 7 days a week. I’m very strong.

I have upped my maintenance recently. I don’t dye my hair and get it cut once a year usually. I use a clay mask once or twice a week to reduce pores, and sometimes a collagen one for moisture. I use a Vit C serum and moisturizer. I keep one of those collagen sticks in my purse if my skin feels dry during the day. I guess it isn’t that much, but it is more than I used to do!

[Anonymous]

Lots of people seem to be using Vitamin C serums. Does anyone have a specific brand recommendation?

[Anonymous]

Some time around 50 the wrinkles, crepey skin, sun damage, etc. became really noticeable.

I work out four to six days/week, eat healthy most of the time, and maintain a height appropriate weight, but none of that counteracts what is happening naturally.

I know this isn't universal and many women look great well past 50s, but I encourage women 40+ to appreciate how great you look right now!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of people seem to be using Vitamin C serums. Does anyone have a specific brand recommendation?

The holy grail Vit C products are $$$.

I use Timeless (available on amazon) or Mad Hippie (their own site or Whole Foods). I don’t spend a lot on Vit C serum because it degrades quickly so I never use more than half the bottle before it starys turning yellowish (a sign it has degraded due to oxygen, heat, etc exposure).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm 48. I have no fitness routine. Sometimes I go for walks. I go into the office one day a week and the night before I pluck any facial hair I can see. I wash my face about three times a week. Shower about twice a week. About four times a year I get my hair dyed - I go to a school so it costs under $100.

This cleaning routine seems negligent. You probably stink.