Anonymous wrote:Dated hairstyle. Just because it looked good on you in your twenties doesn't mean it necessarily still looks good on you with changing jawline, skin and hair texture, etc.

I mean, it can still be right for you. The mistake is not re-evaluating to check.

I agree with this. I think the same goes for makeup. Getting stuck on a look and not evaulating if it continues to work for you and flatter as your age. One of the worst makeup offenders:

Heavy black eyeliner ringjng the eye looks terrible on older women.

Wearing too much foundation that settles into lines.

Not taking care of aging teeth.

Anonymous wrote:Too much Botox...which happens when Botox was started too late. If you start early enough, you'll only ever need tiny bits of it, a couple of times per year at most. If you start too late, you have to go heavy because the muscle ends up needing a ton in order to calm it down. And because Botox doesn't do anything to the skin, you can still see the wrinkles laying on top of a tight forehead. I think Botox looks awful and should not be done if you're at that point.

What? You think the amount providers inject to get a result is dependent on when someone started doing Botox, because it affects the muscle differently, or the muscle needs more?

Do you have a cite for that? Otherwise it sounds like something made up either to defend someone's choice to do it early, or to make other women feel shamed for not starting soon enough.

Granted, once the wrinkles are there, then they are there. But the Botox itself does not affect the muscle differently, at least according to my training. The dose range is not dependent on the patient's history.

The biggest beauty mistake is caring about following these rules. I saw this online and I love it: What should a woman over 40 wear? Whatever the f**k she wants.

Anonymous wrote:Haha. These conflicting opinions highlight why being a woman is so hard! Make yourself happy.

Reading thru I thought is was comical. But in reality it is sad

Too much Botox...which happens when Botox was started too late. If you start early enough, you'll only ever need tiny bits of it, a couple of times per year at most. If you start too late, you have to go heavy because the muscle ends up needing a ton in order to calm it down. And because Botox doesn't do anything to the skin, you can still see the wrinkles laying on top of a tight forehead. I think Botox looks awful and should not be done if you're at that point.

Haha. These conflicting opinions highlight why being a woman is so hard! Make yourself happy.

Foundation all over their face. Hair above shoulder. No wearing sunscreen. Shimmery eye shadow

Too much Botox and filler.

No doing botox and starting botox after 30

Refusing to do anything fun/avoiding brights because they're over 40. Morphing themselves into some depressing Karen cookie cutter look that really isn't as flattering as anyone thinks it is.

Hair too short.

Hair too long.

Dated hairstyle. Just because it looked good on you in your twenties doesn't mean it necessarily still looks good on you with changing jawline, skin and hair texture, etc.

I mean, it can still be right for you. The mistake is not re-evaluating to check.

What beauty mistakes do women over 40 commonly make that cause them to look less attractive?