A Professional Hair-Cut

A good hair-cut can take years off your perceived age and give you buckets of self confidence at any age, hair should look soft and flattering, and a clever hair-cut will emphasize all your good points while drawing attention away from your bad ones.

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Get Rid Of Grey Hair

Nothing is more aging than large Grey roots on colored hair and in order to avoid this you will have to make sure you book an appointment at your hair salon at least every six weeks.

Grey hair begins to appear due to a breakdown in protein synthesis, this is caused by a copper insufficiency so watch your copper intake but remember too much has its effects as well, stress is another major effect not only to premature Grey hair but it effects the whole body as well.

So if your hair is just beginning to change color, with the Grey making up less than 20%, it is advised to use a semi-permanent color that will begin to fade in about 6 to 12 washes, but if your hair is up to 50% Grey then opt for a semi-permanent color that will last for about 24 washes.

Only choose a permanent hair dye if the majority of your hair has turned Grey and always consider a shade slightly darker than your normal hair color as the color may fade with exposure to sun and hair shampooing.

There are also natural hair supplements and natural hair dyes to get rid of Grey hair, such as Henna and it is best to find what suits you and the type of chemicals you want to avoid.

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Hair Change

It is important to keep changing or tweaking your hair style throughout the years and not become trapped in a hair style that suited you when you were a teenager.

The best way to sometimes change your hair style is to try a new hair stylist or go to a hair salon that has a different approach than your usual one, all it takes is for a hair stylist to see you in a slightly new way.

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No Make-Up

You should learn a basic skincare and make-up routine that suits you because as we age our skin needs help to face the world, so the belief of bare-faced face with no make-up will help us look younger is false, it actually makes us look older.

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Understanding Your Skin

The skin alters its texture frequently depending on the environment your in such as weather and pollution, so you should purchase cosmetic products according to the environment your in.

The younger we are the more fat cells you have but as we age the underlying supportive fat tissues decrease, facial muscles become more slack and the bone deteriorates making the structure on which the skin sits weaker and making us look older because of less fat, that is why many larger older people have fewer skin wrinkles.

Knowing all the possible causes of premature skin ageing can help you take preventative action. The main causes of damage to our skin cells anr from exposure to the sun, toxins, pollution, poor diet, cigarette smoke, excessive alcohol consumption, stress, sleep and the use of harsh skin products can all accelerate the process.

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