Whatever your motivation to work out — blowing off steam or losing inches off your waist — you can add one more to the list: maintaining your youth. A study on older adults shows that those who exercised functioned physiologically similar to younger people.
But this may keep you young on the inside, but what about the outside? “Your skin is the largest organ in your body, and the only one you can see. Anything good for your body is good for your skin,” says Brown. While you may have heard warnings that specific workouts, such as running, can cause wrinkles and sagging from the up-and-down motion, Brown says that’s not the case. So, carry on with your running, dancing, and/or lifting.
They don’t hide behind the make-up: If you have wrinkles, brown spots, and under-eye bags, you’re probably tempted to slap on a thick coat of foundation and powder all over your face. That technique backfires, says celebrity make-up artist Ashunta Sheriff. “Make-up can’t completely cover aging. More is not more,” she says. She advises not to cake it on, instead, build it by layering.
She likes starting with a blurring primer to disguise the signs of discoloration and hyperpigmentation. Top it off with a liquid foundation (it doesn’t settle into lines like heavier cream formulations, which is best for mature skin), dust your T-zone with translucent powder, and finish with a cream blush for a youthful, healthy glow sans the cakey, fake look. via tribune.
