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Look at Kate Moss and Paris Hilton at Milan Fashion week. Beautiful, but you see the neck in older women is where age starts to show.

With today's photo filters, everyone is presented with unrealistic images of celebrities. It's pretty amazing when you see the 'untouched' photos.

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Umm- years of heroin embalmed Kate Moss and Paris Hilton has been using fillers and tucked everything since she was 19… there is almost nothing real left there. Objectively, they make clothes look nice though. Models exist for clothes to look good- they are walking hangers.

I am 49, a brown skinned Asian and a lot more curvy (like 25 lbs more) than I was in my 30s. It’s nice to have boobs for the first time in my life and an actual ass. I look like a woman.  Looking at photos, I was a cute girl when I was younger and grateful for that experience.

For me, it’s about timing.  I indulge in a ‘tox treatment guilt free  a month or so before I know that I am going to be photographed up close (new work headshots) or on a panel that will be filmed/photographed. It helps smooth out my skin for professional make up. Using retinol and doing hydro facials has helped with keeping firm skin. I get highlights around my face, grew my hair longer and still color my roots because I have about 30% gray. Depending on your hair type, mid length to short might work so well after you enter peri menopause.

Fashion and fitness: I cull through my wardrobe every 6 months, toss tired things and selectively update with a few current pieces.  I wear shoes that I can walk in comfortably and stand tall in. I don’t dress for the male gaze anymore-I dress for me. I wear more color and new cuts that accentuate my hourglass curves. I do less cardio and more strength/stretch plus added Pilates.  I don’t look in my 30s, I look like a strong, confident 40s woman and I am accepting that.

As a parent, I don’t want my tween daughter to see me freaking out on a daily basis about my wrinkles or weight. I talk to my therapist regularly and meditate more when feeling anxious about aging. My mother is 75 and it is sad to me that she and her friends are always talking about diets and dress size. I love fashion and beauty- just for me, I don’t have to be able to wear it to appreciate it. Being a larger body person now feels better every day- I deserve to take up more space in the world and my wrinkles show my life experience. Enjoy the journey all!

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