Easy on the Eyes (39 page)

The great thing about being forty-five instead of thirty-five or twenty-five is that I don’t have to be perfect, and I don’t
have to know everything, and I don’t have to get it right the first time, or all the time. I just have to try. And I just
have to be myself.

In the five years I’ve written for 5 Spot, I’ve grown to not just like myself, but love myself. I love even all the bad stuff
about me, the negatives like pride, and temper, vanity, willfulness, and ambition, because without the bad, I wouldn’t have
the good, and the good is very good.

Easy on the Eyes
reminded me that I still have a few goals and dreams left. I want to be allowed to age gracefully. I want to be valuable
even with wrinkles and extra padding. I want to be loved even though I’ll always be flawed. And I want to keep counting my
blessings.

Humor, optimism, tenacity.

Especially tenacity. Because as I’ve learned, as long as we don’t quit, we don’t fail.

1
Make Your Hair Look Great

Play your hair up with a good cut and color and have fun. You don’t have to cut your hair off after forty. Long hair is gorgeous
at any age.

2
Softer Makeup

A lighter lipstick is more flattering as we hit our forties and beyond. Darker lip colors tend to age. Discover how softer,
lighter colors can light up the face.

3
Own Your Style

Don’t chase trends. Develop your own style and make it work for you. We’re big girls now. We don’t have to play follow the
leader.

4
Go for a Great Fit

A perfect fit always flatters, and well-tailored clothes look gorgeous no matter the price.

5
Be Happy

There’s nothing more beautiful than a woman who smiles. Enjoy being you!

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