The secret to Ageing Gracefully

At what point do you stop getting your hair dyed as a fashion statement and start dying your hair to hide the grey? And at what point does makeup become as essential as underwear when getting ready to face the world? When I was 21 I thought, like the rest of us that I would age gracefully.  Now 20 years later, the only nod to graceful I want to make is gliding gracefully in a pair of 7” heels.

The reality is we all want to look our best and never more so than in this competitive world, constantly bombarded with airbrushed pictures of perfect men and women.  Even if we choose to discard these images as unrealistic nonsense we can’t escape the feeling that most people are younger or at least look younger! Why can’t we still look as young as we feel, or at least wear as well as Cindy Crawford? All is not lost. Just like Cindy Crawford, our polished French and Italian cousins have a secret weapon that you too can have. Qualified aesthetic practitioners offer access to skin care products that can’t be bought over the counter. My own favourite is Agera Rx. Founded on over 10 years of research and provides greater results, with a higher concentration of active ingredients by using nanotechnology, and deeper penetration of the skin, than over- the -counter products.

And this is the secret.  Super-models attend their aesthetic practitioner like we regularly attend the dentist. Aesthetic practitioners give professional advice on skin care. The right products for your skin can be prescribed at the same and often cheaper prices than the high street. You can also avail yourself of the Nikki Hambleton-Jones “10 years younger” approach and enhance your regime with Botox, Dermal Fillers, Skin Peels and Micro-dermabrasion, whether it is for a special occasion, a pick me up or frankly in the words of L-‘Oreal  – “because you’re worth it”. Of course visiting a spa, dentists or receiving a home visit means you never have to share your secret, merely agree that you are aging gracefully.