Become more Beautiful

Have you ever wanted to achieve a seemingly flawless beauty like that of the movie and television stars? If so, this information should help you..

Get Fit

to become more beautiful get in shape

Every woman knows what it feels like when she is in a groove and on a good exercise program. When you feel fit and in shape you just feel and look better. Especially after forty even if you are slender your body becomes saggy and more droopy.

If you want to feel better about your body and spike up your self esteem then get into shape. This doesn't mean you have to go over the top and join a hardcore workout boot camp on the one hand. Yet just walking alone or barely exersizing much at all isen't going to work a miracle either.

Really the best way to get your body toned and firmed up is to do weight training combined with some cardio fitness like the stair master or bicyle. The weight training is key. Whether you use light hand held weights and a home video, or shell out for a personal trainer you need the resistance in order to get the toning.

Try nautilus machines, a personal trainer, home videos for firming up or pilates to tone up your body. I promise this will rejuvenate your looks and more importantly your positive attitude about yourself.

Hair

adopt a more flattering hairstyle

Women over forty tend towards a dowdy hair style. Sometimes, you can't have a good perspective on yourself. The best thing to do is find a celebrity who bares a similar resemblance to you and check out what they are doing with their hair. There is nothing wrong with being a copy cat.

Another idea is to cut hairstyle pictures out of magazines (we all read them) that you love. Create a little file and once you have it get a few consultations with a stylist. Research this carefully before cutting your hair off. Remember that some women who are over forty start to suffer from hair loss. So if you have plush hair you don't want to just chop it off on a whim. Stylists always say that should length hair or hair down to the collar bone is the most feminine. Think Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington.

Certain hair styles can help hide flaws better than others. Side swept bangs, highlights or lowlights can help conceal a receding hair line. Damaged hair looks best when darkened to a deeper hue as the bleached blond with roots look will only showcase split ends and frizz. If you feel blase then do your homework on flattering cuts, color and style for your facial shape. Go for it.

Style

revamp your style and go shopping for clothes

Most women have plenty of great clothes sitting in their closet yet they rotate through the same comfortable items which don't always look the best on them. Deep in your closet are probably some finds. What gives you the motivation to dig deeper into your closet? Shopping!

Heading to the stores periodically does not have to cost you an arm and a leg but it can help you take your current wardrobe way further. Certain items get frumpy over time and need replacing. Every few months try to rotate in a new pair of jeans, capris or a nice top. When you add a new item check it with your present wardrobe and find a few things that work then group that together in your closet. Also, try to get rid of one old clothing for every new one that you bring into your closet. Keep a rotation going adding new clothes every now and then.

Many women have daughters who shop at Urban Outfitters and then they themselves are wearing boring all black and nursing shoes for years on end without ever shopping at all for themselves. You have to get onto a routine of periodically buying something new to keep your look out of the frump zone. Avoid drab pastels and go for more jewel tone hues to freshen your look up. Stick with basics and solid colors that fit well and steer away from loud or busy printed fabrics. Go for classic styles that look really good on you. When in doubt, don't buy it. Wait for items that you are sure look great on you.

Makeup

learn how to apply your makeup

The women at the Nordstroms makeup counter look great for one major reason and that is that they know how to apply their makeup. So what if they are twenty years younger than us haha. They still know the makeup tricks.

One way to revamp your looks so that you become more beautiful is to learn to apply your makeup much better. Invest in a nice concealer and a good set of sponges and makeup brushes.

Its good to get your makeup done every now and then at the department store counters. This should give you concrete ideas about how to improve your look. Find that makeup girl who you think is absolutely gorgeous and ask her to help you. She will.

A quick tip is that older women tend to bottom heavy their face. What I mean by that is that they don't pencil their brows, keep their eyes too nude, and then apply lipstick. The result is a downard appearance to the face that ages you. Learn how to pencil in your brows, apply mascara, and add enough beige/brown natural color to your lids. This will bring focus upward and give you a makeup face lift. Try lining the inner lower eyelids for definition. Then, go lighter on the lipstick.

Another thing older women mess up on is that they apply bronzer, blush or heavy color into the lines of their face and make themselves look older. Keep the makeup out from right around your eyes, the middle of your forhead and around the mouth wrinkles. Use your fingers to lightly blend your foundation in towards those areas if you need to but never apply it directly to the most wrinkled area of your face.