A new survey, featured in The Independent , reveals men are “increasingly concerned about their looks and invest in products accordingly.” Among fragrances, the top three classic scents are Acqua di Parma, Dolce & Gabbana’s Light Blue, and Armani’s Acqua di Gio.
But any girl can tell you Acqua di Gio is the most popular – perhaps disturbingly so. It’s become like Axe for adults, and makes everyone smell like the same bad nightclub. Yet this is the problem with many men and style and grooming. They may be increasingly self-conscious, but they are afraid to think for themselves, shop for themselves and try things on for themselves. Is your man like this?
The guy I was seeing until recently has just turned 51. He is a good looker and he knows it but trys to pretend that he isn’t bothered about ageing. He dyes his hair regularly, now thinks about dry skin on his face and keeps telling everyone that will listen that “people keep mistaking him for a 40 year old”. Bless.
BellaSugar has noted something interested: do bizarre beauty treatments really work? There are so many odd ingredients in high-end beauty treatments these days, from bull semen to pigeon excrement to snail trail slime, but there’s only a little information out there about how - or if - these things work. A lot of these treatments seem a bit gimmicky. How many of them are just a way to charge more for the same old deep conditioner? Along with the likes of caviar and gold facials, hair treatments are also getting incredibly expensive these days, and the results don’t seem to justify the prices in this case. Have you ever had an experience with a treatment like this? And if so, was it worth it in the end?
Been off the radar for a while but always on the look out for interesting news on the beauty anti-ageing market. For some reason, the last couple of weeks have been really quiet. Perhaps the scientists have run out of ideas. I had an interesting conversation with someone the other day – I was talking about the fact that scientists have discovered the gene that makes our skin age and that one day, they will be able to isolate it and therefore treat it.
This got me thinking. At what point do we decide to have the treatment? in our 30s, 40s, 50s? Just think, we would all look the same age!! It would be weird to have our parents and grandparents looking the same age as us. Would our children be happy to get to, say 40, and then look the same age as their mum or dad?
I know I don’t want to look old or older and despise the new wrinkles and sagging jowl, but this debate has got me really thinking. A lot of people say that your face tells your life story – I am always being told that I look younger than I am (which I find really flattering) and that my smile lines mean that I must laugh a lot (which I do). If I had the anti-ageing gene treatment, my skin would be taut and wrinkle free. Who would then be able to look at me and comment – we would just all look the same.
Anti-ageing and wrinkly skin is one of my pet hates – I look in the mirror every day and find yet another nasty wrinkle. I’ve also noticed that below my mouth is starting to get that puppet look, in fact, this type of facial sagging is actually called marionette lines.
I’ve also noticed that my hands are starting to look old. Not so long ago, my other half actually thought that I hadn’t moisturised them for ages and said they looked dry. I could’ve cried as no matter what I do, the skin keeps on wrinkling.
However, I will say that one of the best products I’ve found for my hands (and I’ve just started using it on my decolletage) is Bio Oil. My much younger nieces have also been converted into using it whilst they are pregnant, with good results.
Bio Oil
You can buy Bio Oil from me (who else!) at my shop, mychoicebeauty. I can get you a 200ml bottle for only £15.50 exc p&p. It is from a genuine source and not a knock off from a car boot.
Yesterday I woke up to the weather forecast telling us that where we live, it was raining. Well, I looked out of the window and it was sunshining? It was so nice, I didn’t spend a minute in the house. In fact, I was outside all day, trying to finish off my stream and pond.
The sun also gave me an extra burst of energy and I even biked it half a mile to the other end of my village. It nearly did me in, mind you!
Half way through the day, I suddenly realised that I hadn’t put my mandatory sun protection cream on. I can tell you I ran upstairs and plastered my SPF30 on. It’s been too late though as I’ve woken up today witha red face and lovely coloured arms. Against my white legs, my arms look positively brown.
I then picked up my daily newspaper and read a really sad story about a young girl who was diagnosed with melanoma cancer at the age of 13. Her mum wrote the story and it is really sad – the girl died at the age of 17, just before her 18th birthday. I’m assuming that her cancer wasn’t to do with the sun though as her mum describes being fanatical about sun protection – her children were blondes with blue eyes and pale skin. Nevertheless, skin cancer is awful. The sun is lovely but please, please, please protect your skin. I have written about sun and skin on my website, mychoicebeauty. Not only will protection, the higher the SPF the better, help protect you from cancer, it will help your skin keeps its youthful texture. Sun damage and wrinkles are a well known combination.
Jut put a news item on my website about a new cream that has been launched by 3Lab. It’s called Super “h” Serum, costs £215 and is only available in this country from Selfridges. Seemingly, there’s a waiting list of 100 people already! It’s got a human growth homone in it that’s come from a rare Swiss apple tree.
It’s not fair that to stay looking young you have to have loads of money. I can appreciate that there is a lot of research and development going on in this industry but how are the masses supposed to afford it?
In comparison to cosmetic surgery, I suppose that using a cream is better than going under the knife. However, if you need to buy a couple of pots of cream at this price each year, perhaps having cosmetic surgery is cheaper.
If I manage to win the lottery or get some cream to try out in the name of research for my business, I will let you know if it’s any good. In the meantime, I’m using really cheap Avon face cream that isn’t fancy in any way – and it’s doing a good job.
Just seen the news this morning and can’t believe that people use British Embassies when they are abroad for such stupid things. One that relates to my site is “Help! I’ve just had my breasts enlarged and I don’t like the size!” Seemingly, people have been phoning them up and asking for advice on jam making, going round to pack someone’s suitcase and even paying bills!
We all know that it is risky to go abroad and have plastic surgery. Yes, it is much cheaper but what if it does go wrong? or maybe you don’t like what has been done to you? Tough. The Foreign Office can’t help us with these kinds of things – we should use common sense before we go.
Isn’t the world of research getting good. It now turns out that ageing is down to loads and loads of genes, about 1,500 they think. I must admit I do spend a while thinking about how unique us humans are but it gives me a headache to know that we are soooo complex that it looks like we can be unravelled.
I know I fret every day about my wrinkles. I try not to look in the mirror too often but when I do, I am still shocked about the state of my ageing skin. The thought about this anti-ageing topic is that if they do find the ultimate answer, what will we all look like? There won’t be any more older ladies and gents with greying hair and a face and body full of wrinkles. And come to think of it, what age will the treatments make us look? We will all look 20, 30 or 40. Or even a child!! It would look really strange to see a 20-looking-something walking bent forwards with a walking stick. Or what about a mother like myself who looks exactly the same age as her daughter and sons?
Crumbs, the more I think about it, perhaps I should accept the fact that I am getting older and my face is telling the story of my life …
My oh my. I’ve just read about twin sisters, aged 34, that have spent loads and loads on cosmetic surgery. Daily Mail . I know I am bad about looking young, but blimey, I’m 47 and I’m not looking like I need to go under the knife yet. I’ll genuinely think about spending that kind of money when I’m past 50. Doesn’t it say alot though for our youth obsessed culture. I think the girls actually look older. Don’t you?
Decided to do something about Twitter today. To be honest, I’m not really sure what it’s purpose is. There must be a lot of people out there with loads of time on their hands. I’ll be lucky to update it more than once a day! If it gets my website noticed, then it won’t be in vain. One good side is that I found out that Richard Gere twitters!! He has been my heartthrob since I was about 18 and I think he looks absolutely fantastic, even at his age. I keep saying this – men over 40 and up to 60 look fabulous! I’ve got a friend who is dating a guy 22 years younger than her – I don’t know what the attraction is from both sides. Some people would say good luck to her. I don’t know if he is looking for a mother figure as my friend certainly does look older than him. My friend is going to be 50 next year and she does look good for her age. However, she does look older than him though. Look at Demi Moore. She has a gorgeous young guy, Ashton Kushter (by the way, I inadvertently now follow him on Twitter!) but she has spent a fortune on cosmetic surgery to look younger. Doesn’t that tell you that maybe she wants to look as young as him? I know that I would be paranoid every waking day, frightened that he would suddenly find me old and go off with someone younger. I have that paranoia now and my other half is only three years older than me. I know I must stop worrying about my wrinkles and sagging jowls – I’m sure my bloke wants to be with me because he likes my soul. But what will he be like when I get wrinkly all over?
