Every goal we set is usually two or three little words that come with the possibility of potential or regret - just like our attitude to looking younger.Let me explain.When starting something new, whether it is going to a workshop, starting networking or dressing to look the best possible version of yourself, you are faced with two choices.Try something new once only and it becomes the constant search for an instant fix.It may be plastic surgery, Botox, a makeover or a colour consultation that is bought or done once and then you move on in search of the next magic fix.The smart women do something very different.They realise that the makeover, the colour consultation or learning any new skill is the first step in developing a new habit.Instant fixes leave you feeling disappointed and full of regret.Creating new habits give you a feeling of excitement because it leads to mastery of a skill.Every small success along the way leaves you with a feeling of joy and satisfaction.Here are my three modern dressing tips for quiet achieving business and professional women over 40 to help you create new habits to master the skill of looking younger.Accentuating Your Positives.Bring a smile to your face by aiming to always accentuate the positive things about yourself.Stop trying to hide your negatives because that leads to constant fear that you are not hiding them well enough.Do you have tiny feet? Find and wear gorgeous shoes that bring attention to your feet and shoe-lovers will seek you out.Do you have nice hands or long fingers? Experiment with nail colours and always wear rings and bracelets.Make your feet or your hands a signature feature of your body.Do you love floral patterns, animal prints or elegant fabrics? Search for different ways to express those loves and wear them often enough to feel good about yourself.Sometimes the joy and satisfaction is in the success of discovering and wearing small things that reinforce who you are to you first.Face First.The best life-long habit to develop is to keep your hairstyle modern and your makeup light and enhanced natural.This habit will always be noticed and will bring you compliments.Make a friend of your hairdresser.Hair colour today is multi-tonal which reflects natural hair with a bit more oomph.Light colours close to your face make your face look younger and more vibrant.Consider adding lighter-coloured foils close to your face or slightly lower your necklines to show more skin below your collarbone.If the weather is cold or you need to wear high necklines, add a skin-coloured scarf or a necklace base in either soft gold or a skin-coloured cord.As you age, go a little lighter and softer with your foundation, lipstick and eye shadows.Be a natural woman rather than an aging, painted doll.Learn New Dressing Skills.Fashion and dressing always reflect changes in the attitudes and lifestyles of young adults.We baby-boomers relaxed the post-war dressing of our mothers just as Generation Y is relaxing our dressing styles.The smart women adapt and adopt.They adapt by not trying to look like a twenty year old but to think 20.They take the best and leave the rest.Look to a Fashion Translator, an Image Consultant or any woman whose modern style you admire and use them to become your educators and your role models.One new habit that you can easily adopt is the way Generation Y wears their scarves.Buy one or two new modern scarves and learn how to wear them the Gen Y way.This will instantly make your look younger and more modern.Making mistakes is part of creating new habits.Mistakes make great stories provided you eventually learn from them.Play and have fun.Last Words.Aim not to look younger but think younger so that you to create or continue habits that help you become more of a shining and quietly confident version of you every day.
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