Skin Care Top Tips

Living in Spain and the UK has shown me how sun damage and the cold and wind of winters in the UK can age women beyond their years. One top tip to avoid premature ageing of the skin is to use a high factor (at least 30) sun cream every morning summer and winter, apply after showering and forget about it.
To make skin look even toned and more flawless, mix your sun cream with a little foundation and apply with fingers or a make-up brush.
This not only improves the appearance of your skin, and provides sun protection, but also makes your foundation last longer.

Sun Cream: I love - Delial factor 30 by Garnier.
Foundation: Estee Lauder Resilience Lift Extreme (this also has SPF 15).

If like me you find that beauty consultants always recommend foundation, which is far too dark for you - I think it must have something to do with the florescent lighting in stores. And, as soon as you apply it at home, it gives you the appearance of a clown, and no matter how much you try and blend it in, it refuses to improve the look of your skin. I suggest that, you try using a high factor sun cream, which is usually white in colour and creamy in texture, and mix it with your dark foundation – this will dilute the colour and make it easier to apply.

Don’t Buy Into That ‘Old Age’ Scenario

Attacking ageism has to happen on all fronts – not only do we have to talk the talk but we have to walk the walk also – so to speak. With this in mind, and if we are to attack ageism on all fronts – then the most important thing that we can do as individuals is to not buy into that ‘old-age’ discourse.

New Ageing means ageing successfully. Be pro active and start taking responsibility for your own quality of life and well being. If you don’t feel old, don’t act old, and more importantly, don’t let other people treat you as ‘old’ just because you’ve had more birthdays.

Don’t let those insensitive and ageist individuals treat you as a species apart.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light (Dylan Thomas 1914-1953)

This blog intends primarily to challenge ageism in all its insidious forms, at the same time, show those ageists out there that New Ageing is here. We do not intend "to go gently into that good night" but as the man says we will rage, rage against those who intend to turn the lights out, just because we reach a certain age.

One of my biggest beefs at the moment is those advertisements on TV that advertise life assurance policies for the over 55s. You know the ones, you have fairly well known people looking seriously into the camera and saying, that for a small sum each month you could guarantee that on your death, your children and relatives will not be left with funeral expenses, or the worry of having to find money to cover these costs.

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for Life Assurance, but to use emotional blackmail as a cover to sell a product is just typical of the way society treats older people. Not only do these adverts feed into institutionalised ageist practises, but they perpetuate the myth that once past 55 or so, that we should start preparing for death.

I do not intend to go gently into that good night!