It’s My Birthday!

Posted by Ling on August 20, 2010

It’s my birthday today!  Happy birthday to me!  Let’s not go into detail about what age I have turned…  Age is just a number, but boy, this age makes me sound so old.  Well, thank God, people say I look young.

Here are my tips on looking younger than your age :-

1.  Hang out with young people

• Walk and talk like a young person and others will think you are young too.
• Suck out their youth and age them, not yourself.
• The majority of my friends are younger than me.  I don’t know how to talk to people older than me.  They tend to want to talk about serious matters.  Do I look serious?  No.  Do I want to talk about work?  No.  Do I want to talk about politics?  No.  Do I want to talk about how cute Hello Kitty is?  Yes!

2.  Good facial skincare

• I am lazy about moisturising my body, but I always try and treat my face well with good skincare products, e.g. La Mer, SK-II.
• Day cream MUST have UV protection!!  The sun ages skin.
• Must start moisturising hands though because ageing wrinkly hands are a dead giveaway of being old.  ARGH!!!

3.  Botox

• Yeah, if you have the money to splurge, I highly recommend Botox for the wrinkle-free forehead.
• Unfortunately, the last time I had it done by my friend, she messed it up and my forehead was still alive.

4.  Date / Marry a younger man

• Women tend to let themselves go once they are in a secure relationship.  Dating or marrying a younger man keeps you on your toes.  Like hello, must try and stay young and fit for the toyboy!
• Note : please make sure that the boy is of legal age though!

5.  Be happy and positive

• Trust me, there’s nothing worse than being constantly down and depressed.  Looking like a sour plum will just age you.
• It is also important to surround yourself with happy and positive friends who do not put you down and constantly remind you how OLD you are.
• Celebrate your age!  “Yes, I may be 30 but I look like I am 25!” (Actually, in my head, I am still 21…)

6.  Eat well

• People are sometimes shocked at the amount of junk food I eat, but I do balance that with healthy foods too.
• Some people are strong enough to cut out carbs or chocolate or junk food – but I can’t be assed with dieting and all that jazz.
• I have done all the eating disorders in my days – from being anorexic to being bullimic to bingeing.  Trust me, your hair looks crap, your skin turns crap and you look crap.  The best thing is eat what you want in moderation.  (As for me, I am blessed with relatively high metabolism but that is partly from going to the gym.)

7.  Dress young

• I used to look at my friend’s mum and think, “What is she wearing?” She’s like this lady in her fifties and she’s prancing around in see-through tops so people can stare at her wrinkly droopy cleavage.  GROSS!  It’s like Madonna in her leotards.  I never really understood why these old ladies wouldn’t dress their age.  Now I know why!!  Haha.  Yes, dressing younger will make you look younger.  But please do it in a tasteful way.
• As for me, I have to refrain myself from buying cutesy Hello Kitty T-shirts.  I am not 12 anymore…

8.  Don’t cut your hair short and perm it

• I wonder if this is a Chinese old lady thing.  But seriously, all the old ladies seem to hack their hair short and poodle perm it when they turn 40.  It is not flattering.  It is extremely age-ing.  And I will NEVER do that EVER!

Of course, I have more tips on how to stay and look younger than your age.  But hello, it’s my birthday.  I’m in Rome.  It’s the second last day of my honeymoon.  It is 35 degrees sunshine outside.  I’m gonna slap on some sunscreen and head out with my toyboy hubby and we are gonna eat.  Oh yeah!

Go on, wish me a happy birthday!!  I know you want to.  *smiles*