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You cannot hide your age. That's because you gain wisdom with age. Even if the face is without wrinkles, you can tell within minutes how old the person is. In fact an unwrinkled face now, means less than it used to, because the majority of actors, actresses, and other celebs, all do anti-aging surgery. They all look 20 years old now.

What will keep you young, is having a positive energy. The older you get, the easier it is to stop trying.

"The older you get, the easier it is to stop trying."

I just love that line, thanks for sharing your thoughts.

I dont think there is any thing wrong with people wanting tro wear makeup to look younger, the whole point of this is to feel good about your self, fine some people go alone with the wrinkles, n gray hairs, because there comfortable with it, i know growing older isn't a very good experience for me i see the facial changes, and its not a pretty change i will be 60yr old this june, im having a hard time dealing with the changes, also the changes in the face that comes with weight lost, im happy for people who can grow older and look good, but i don't feel thay way

I do use makeup and color my hair. I hope I didn't sound otherwise. It never occurred to me to go grey...I was already coloring my hair, so I just kept on coloring it, and I've always loved makeup.

But I'm not 20 years old anymore, it just doesn't interest me to hide my age in that sense. I don't want to be 20 years old again. It was great while it lasted, but that is only one phase of your life. I've done a lot of things since I was 20.

We are at an interesting point in our history. We're living a lot longer, and the baby boom is getting old. So I think there will have to be more and more acceptance that people do get old, and it doesn't have to be a bad thing.

I have a friend who is 71yrs old she colors her hair (black) don't get me wrong i'm glad she feels good about herself but when you have an old face and young hair it just doesn't look good, im trying to talk her into a different shade, i thought it might hurt her feelings but she looks at it in a different way and is so glad i said something after all thats what friends are for

Yeah, I've found it's good to go a bit lighter if you're covering grey. It looks softer and more natural.