Beautiful women ages 40-45

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Anonymous wrote:What about Michelle Pfeiffer? She looks great, no? Hasn't chopped her hair or seemingly had lots of work done.

But again, none of here were as naturally beautiful as Michelle Pfeiffer. I know some delulu is going to claim they were but being realistic, none of us at baseline were ever a Michelle Pfeiffer. We aren’t going to age into having her bone structure nor are we going to facelift our way there. We can agree she has aged beautifully and still looks amazing for her age AND that that result isn’t going to be replicated for us.

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My boss is 60 and I swear she looks so good. No cosmetic procedures done, she doesn’t look 60 that’s for sure. And she’s raising a baby of a family member. She is the poster model anyone (plastic surgeon) would want doing their advertising!! Women would see her and want themselves looking like that.

So I’m 43 and I look 43. I don’t think a certain number is key here. It just is what it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Those celebrities listed above are beautiful, but notice they are still replicating youthful appearances. Rita and Lynda with their wigs and Isabella (a personal idol of mine) and her hair dye.

So is there genuinely an attractiveness to older age in women or are we just applauding those who can mimic and stay youth-adjacent for the longest time? Genuine question.

Isabella might dye her hair, but she also wears it short in a way that embraces the changes of age. She has the body of a healthy person in their 70s, and wears caftans and loose, comfortable clothes that don't try to conceal this. She has jowls and wrinkles, yet regularly is photographed without makeup, or in minimal makeup, and doesn't appear to be getting procedures to "fix" these markers of age.

Rita might wear a wig but she's embraced gray hair. She looks like a grandmother. An energetic, delightful, lovely, grandmother, but a grandmother.

Lynda is the only one of these women who I think might have had some substantive work done, but I also think she embraces her age in her own way.

A lot of us do things to our appearance that make us feel more like ourselves as we age. I'm mid-40s and debating embracing my grays and going for a shorter cut, and one factor for me is that if I do both, I won't recognize myself. So I might just do one and see how it goes, then maybe try the other in a few years. I don't think that means I'm trying to look younger than I am. I am just servicing the psychological aspect of aging, wanting to stay recognizably myself even as I embrace the changes.

Anyway, the most "youth adjacent" thing about these women is their energy and enthusiasm for life.

You words are nice but ultimately they still support the idea that this is really about being youth adjacent in looks. You want to stay “recognizable” to yourself just means you want to stay how you are your youthful self. If your hair is now gray that is what your hair actually is. You just haven’t given your eyes/brain a chance to catch.

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I dunno, I'm turning 47 this year, and I feel just as pretty as ever. Nothing's changing much in my body, face, hair. I guess maybe around my eyes I notice a little bit more sunkenness, but nothing a good concealer can't fix. I've always had fine hair so I've always worn stuff like extensions and hair pieces. No change to my waistline. Still get "you're so pretty" comments often from friends and strangers. My mom is in her early 70s and still beautiful. She doesn't necessarily look wildly younger than she is (I don't think I do either) but she looks very appealing and beautiful to me. No cosmetic procedures. All these scary comments about falling off a cliff in menopause don't have to be true for everyone.

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Charlize therron

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Tory burch

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Andie McDowell! And anyone still reading this thread should google the clip of her talking about how a reporter asked her how it felt to be “losing her beauty” and her very awesome response. We can’t look 22 forever but we can still be beautiful!

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Anonymous wrote:At 40-45 most women still look great (and many haven't changed in appearance at all since their early 30s!)

It's really 46+ when looks go off a cliff for women. I've seen this in 50 or more friends and fellow parents at school, etc. Perimenopause hits, estrogren begins to drop and women age almost overnight.

Signed,
49 year old woman

This! Another 49 year old woman here.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.instagram.com/theritamoreno/?hl=en

92!

She looks old to me. I don’t think 92 years old women or men can be attractive.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.instagram.com/p/C20Orn2u4oH/?hl=en&img_index=1

72

She does look great, but she’s has work done and she doesn’t look young anymore. Still inspiring though.

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Casey Wilson. She was never heavy, but has recently lost maybe 20lbs and looks amazing.