Beauty Tips
Look 10 Years Younger by This WeekendWant to shave a decade off your appearance? Steal these look-younger tips that don't involve knives, needles or wrinkle creams |
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Why: There's a reason you've probably never seen an elderly woman with a thick, flowing head of silvery hair. Scientists have researched the thickness of hair in women of all ages and found that there's a measurable difference in the thickness of strands between young, middle-aged and elderly women. So even if you don't experience gradual hair loss (knock on wood), your strands literally thin with age.
Try: If you've ever been disappointed by volumizing products in the past, take heart: Recent advances in technology have led to products that are clinically proven to plump each strand from the inside, literally thickening its diameter with continuous use. Pantene Expert Collection Age Defy and L'Oréal Paris Volume Filler are two product lines that utilize these technologies.
In the meantime, fake thick hair until you make it. "Dry" sprays -- dry shampoo, dry finishing spray and dry texturizing spray -- are capable of http://www.totalbeauty.com/reviews/product/6561612/batiste-dry-shampoo the finest-haired ladies bodacious-looking body instantly. (We like Batiste Dry Shampoo, Redken Wind Blown 05 Dry Finishing Spray and Shu Uemura Art of Hair Dry Texture Wave.)
If you have mid-length to long hair, styling hair in loose waves goes a long way in creating the illusion of thickness. Just look at celebs like Jennifer Lopez and Julia Roberts, forty-somethings whose luxuriant waves make them look so much younger. Try an easy-to-use automatic wand like the Kiss InstaWave.
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