Looking Younger

[Woody]

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When I met you, I definitely didn't think that nose was out of proportion with the rest of you...

Neil. Let me offer you some free advice from one who knows.

Never and I mean NEVER attempt to describe a women's figure in public. No matter how "innocent" yur intentions may b.

It will ALWAYS backfire.

[Neil D]

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When I met you, I definitely didn't think that nose was out of proportion with the rest of you...

Neil. Let me offer you some free advice from one who knows.

Never and I mean NEVER attempt to describe a women's figure in public. No matter how "innocent" yur intentions may b.

[Woody]

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I promise to stay out of your way then....

You would have no choice. The propulsion factor would push you out of the way anyways. It not that ... the aroma.

[Neil D]

Oh, that just stinks....

[Woody]

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Care to elaborate on that a bit?

If I do anymore elaborating ... we will get another order from headquarters.

[LynnDel]

*snicker*

[phkrause]

snicker, snicker

pk

[GreatLakesGramma]

Is there a time to stop dyeing your hair? Like when your face looks much older than your hair does?

Maybe, maybe not. As someone mentioned, your complexion changes as you age, nature's way of matching it to the changing hair color. I think nice, pure white hair can be beautiful, but I doubt mine ever will be, because our water is full of iron, and it yellows my hair.

Anyway, if someone doesn't have nice white or gray hair and wants to improve it, she should lighten her color as she ages, or she will look really old. I've seen some wrinkled older women with dark black hair that looks absolutely ghastly.

I love my salt and pepper hair, even though the salt is a little yellowed. I wear it long, and so long as it doesn't get frizzy, it looks like it's been highlighted. People pay good money to do that to their hair. I don't need to.

[phkrause]

Talking about dying your hair, I've seen some guys that do this and there hair and the rest of them just don't seem to go together.

pk

[Gail]

Right on, GLG. I say the same about ladies' cosmetics. The colours should be more subtle as the complexion (and hair colour) lightens.

That includes black mascara. I have nightmarish pictures in my head of an aging Bette Davis...

[GreatLakesGramma]

For sure, Gail.

[phkrause]

Right on, GLG. I say the same about ladies' cosmetics. The colours should be more subtle as the complexion (and hair colour) lightens.

That includes black mascara. I have nightmarish pictures in my head of an aging Bette Davis...

Not sure I even want to think about that one Gail.

pk

[Liz]

I also heard that make-up can cause wrinkles as well.

[phkrause]

I also heard that make-up can cause wrinkles as well.

I've heard that too.

pk

[Gail]

I wouldn't doubt it... I've heard that parabens have a drying effect (they can be found even in moisterizers)

[Liz]

What is a "paraben", so our moisturizers are actually drying our skin out? So what does the label need to say, in order to know that you have a "real" moisturizer?

[GreatLakesGramma]

Parabens are preservatives.

[Gail]

Yeah, Liz- that was the point, I guess! It was a colleague at work that first told me about them.

I've noticed that in the last year or so, few months anyway, that there are more products available WITHOUT parabens. Avon is getting better, and the line I'm using now for my moisturizer, Avène, doesn't use them.

[Gail]

Catherine is right, they are used as preservatives.

Also- I had stopped using Body Shop products because of this issue. At Christmastime I dropped into our local BS and asked them about a couple items, and mentioned to the girl that I was avoiding parabens. I'm glad to say that Body Shop had dropped them from their list of ingredients from the items I checked out! The girl told me that every day she has someone asking about them. So I guess I'm not the only one boycotting them!

[GreatLakesGramma]

Since I mentioned my hair, I thought I'd show you what I meant. I don't post photos of myself here, so I edited it a bit. It used to be a dark ash brown, but I like it this color a lot better. It's a little longer in the back.

[Liz]

Thanks ya'll, I learned something new, and will now look out for them.

GLG, I love your hair!!! Not just the color, but the style is very nice as well.

[Gerr]

Do you know why women's faces tend to wrinkle more than a man's as they grow older? It's because the bones of the face in women start to shrink and as they become smaller, more wrinkles develop.

Also, did you know that hair dye has been linked to Alzheimers disease? I read that in one of my medical journals. The darker the dye, the higher the probability is for Alzheimers. Just some trivia.

You mean a woman's skull gets smaller and their brain shrink that much more?

[GreatLakesGramma]

Thanks, Liz. I cut it myself. It's about the easiest haircut ever, even though it probably doesn't look like it.

[Liz]

You mean a woman's skull gets smaller and their brain shrink that much more?

Oooooohhh, Neil, I can't believe you said that!!! And somehow you did it while masquerading(sp?) as Gerry!!!

[Gerr]

What happens to men's bones?

Judging from the fact that certain physiological processes go in opposite directions as men and women age, I would say that men's heads become swollen because the skull gets bigger. When couples are young, it is the woman that gets that 9 month pregnancy silhouette. Sometime after 50, the roles are reversed. When young, females have more trouble voiding. When they get old, then they have trouble controlling it. For men it's the opposite. When young, no trouble voiding. When they get old, then they have trouble peeing. So, yes, I think men's heads would get bigger, and the women's smaller.