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Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I feel I might have misdirected this thread. It's not meant to insult anyone for not looking great at 40, or to ask how you can look younger than 40 when you are 40.

I really just meant to have a balm to that "what are mistakes people make at 40" thread wherein women who have dared get older and look older and still look awesome can be shared and celebrated.

As someone who is nearing 50, I am just really glad when I see women my age and older who look great - and don't seem to be messing up their faces with terrible plastic surgery to do it.

Perhaps this should have been titled "who's aging gracefully but actually aging and they make getting older look less scary looks-wise"?

Creating a DCUM thread is much like giving birth to a child. You do what you can in that first post- the title, setting context and a topic, much like eating right and avoiding alcohol while pregnant. But once you hit 'submit', you no longer have real control over who that child is going to be. I once did a post asking about conservative office style that within a couple posts devolved into pages and pages of anti-rich white lady screeds. DCUM gonna DCUM.

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She looks amazing.

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with Pp about Julianne Moore; she is beautiful at 60.




Brittney Spears is 39. She’s fit but the years haven’t been kind to her.



Salma Hayek is 54.



Regina King, 50
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Charlize Theron, 45

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Taraji P Henson, 50

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I feel I might have misdirected this thread. It's not meant to insult anyone for not looking great at 40, or to ask how you can look younger than 40 when you are 40.

I really just meant to have a balm to that "what are mistakes people make at 40" thread wherein women who have dared get older and look older and still look awesome can be shared and celebrated.

As someone who is nearing 50, I am just really glad when I see women my age and older who look great - and don't seem to be messing up their faces with terrible plastic surgery to do it.

Perhaps this should have been titled "who's aging gracefully but actually aging and they make getting older look less scary looks-wise"?

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Anonymous wrote:People who look amazing over 40 also looked amazing when they were younger. It’s not surprising that beautiful people remain beautiful.

Some people grow into looks, some people get a faces of meth situation, but for the most part? Yeah. Attractive people are attractive. There was a recent reddit post wondering how Heather Graham looks so great at 51. Step one? Look like Heather Graham at 21. A person who looks awful at 21 for the most part isn't going to transform into a hottie at 51.

(also I like to think that from everything I've heard and personal experience Heather Graham is one of the nicest people in Hollywood so that helps)

I think people know this. Yes, you have to be gorgeous to start out. However, the point is that being gorgeous at 21 does NOT mean you will be even moderately good looking at 51.

Just look at Britney Spears, who I don’t think is even 40. Brooke Shields is someone who was stunning at 20, but at 50, no one would even take a second look at her if they passed her in a grocery store.

My friend is a good friend of Heather Graham and he says that she legit looks like she’s in her early 30s in person. I mean, at 20, Brooke Shields was far more striking than Heather Graham was at the same age, but Heather Graham has aged much more slowly. I think these threads are trying to tease out the differences.

Heather never had kids. Bingo!!!

It’s scientifically proven women get less attractive after birth. I’m not even joking about this. Real science studies.

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Anonymous wrote:People who look amazing over 40 also looked amazing when they were younger. It’s not surprising that beautiful people remain beautiful.

Some people grow into looks, some people get a faces of meth situation, but for the most part? Yeah. Attractive people are attractive. There was a recent reddit post wondering how Heather Graham looks so great at 51. Step one? Look like Heather Graham at 21. A person who looks awful at 21 for the most part isn't going to transform into a hottie at 51.

(also I like to think that from everything I've heard and personal experience Heather Graham is one of the nicest people in Hollywood so that helps)

I think people know this. Yes, you have to be gorgeous to start out. However, the point is that being gorgeous at 21 does NOT mean you will be even moderately good looking at 51.

Just look at Britney Spears, who I don’t think is even 40. Brooke Shields is someone who was stunning at 20, but at 50, no one would even take a second look at her if they passed her in a grocery store.

My friend is a good friend of Heather Graham and he says that she legit looks like she’s in her early 30s in person. I mean, at 20, Brooke Shields was far more striking than Heather Graham was at the same age, but Heather Graham has aged much more slowly. I think these threads are trying to tease out the differences.

Heather never had kids. Bingo!!!

It’s scientifically proven women get less attractive after birth. I’m not even joking about this. Real science studies.

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of gingers, you know who is kind of a bummer? Amy Adams. The first pic below is the 2016 Golden Globes, when she was 41. And the second photo is last year (age 45). Maybe it's a temporary issue but she looked amazing in 2016 and just looks so puffy and more middle-aged in the second one. Not bad (she's obviously a beautiful woman) but the difference is really striking. I notice it because I have her coloring and similar bone structure and I'm 41 and like how I look, but when I saw her recently I was like "whaaaaat is happening?" If a rich celebrity can take that middle-aged turn so quick, I don't stand a chance!

I think she looks great in both photos.

+1

She looks more vibrant in photo 1, because her makeup brings out her eyes and her dress works well with her makeup coloring. The following time of the blue dress is a less sunny look yet she still looks good.

I think she is also tanned and a bit more golden in #1 yes. Agree she looks great in both.

I think she looks great in both, too. She does look a little fuller in the face in pic #2 but I think that might be how she's standing and because she's not smiling as broadly. Still, if you told me I'd look like pic #2 in five years, I would not complain! If you told me I'd look like that tomorrow, I'd be pretty psyched.

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Anonymous wrote:Speaking of gingers, you know who is kind of a bummer? Amy Adams. The first pic below is the 2016 Golden Globes, when she was 41. And the second photo is last year (age 45). Maybe it's a temporary issue but she looked amazing in 2016 and just looks so puffy and more middle-aged in the second one. Not bad (she's obviously a beautiful woman) but the difference is really striking. I notice it because I have her coloring and similar bone structure and I'm 41 and like how I look, but when I saw her recently I was like "whaaaaat is happening?" If a rich celebrity can take that middle-aged turn so quick, I don't stand a chance!

I think she looks great in both photos.

+1

She looks more vibrant in photo 1, because her makeup brings out her eyes and her dress works well with her makeup coloring. The following time of the blue dress is a less sunny look yet she still looks good.

I think she is also tanned and a bit more golden in #1 yes. Agree she looks great in both.

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Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I feel I might have misdirected this thread. It's not meant to insult anyone for not looking great at 40, or to ask how you can look younger than 40 when you are 40.

I really just meant to have a balm to that "what are mistakes people make at 40" thread wherein women who have dared get older and look older and still look awesome can be shared and celebrated.

I hear you, OP! How about Shohreh Aghdashloo? She plays Avasarala on The Expanse (great sci-fi show). Not sure how to post an image but let me try...



I think she’s gorgeous. And she’s 68!!!

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else feel that finer features don't age well? Think Glenn Close. She's always had a thin nose, thinner eye shape. As she ages I feel like there is a sharp, more harsh look to her features. Someone mentioned Meryl Streep and her features (nose, eyes) are larger and that seems to allow her face to look softer.