Age Before Beauty!

With our obssession with beauty and the pusuit of eternal youth, I decided to find some interesting, informative and funny sites to help us cope with the inevitability of aging, (gracefully we hope)!!

http://www.campaignforrealbeauty.com.au/dove-self-esteem-fund/
The True Colours Ad campaign that aimed to raise children's self esteem and let them know that they are all beautiful no matter what their perceived faults.


http://www.theage.com.au/news/education-news/paying-the-price-of-a-tan/2007/09/01/1188067376002.html "Tanning salons are in the spotlight after a user was diagnosed with cancer, writes Lisa Martin......"


http://parris.josh.com.au/humour/battle/OldBarbies.shtml "Finally a Barbie I can relate to! At long last, here are some NEW Barbie dolls to coincide with her and OUR aging gracefully. "


http://australianscreen.com.au/titles/age-beauty/Designed to provoke thought and discussion, Age Before Beauty examines the issues around ageing, as it relates to women.


http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=40215"IN THE WORLD OF BEAUTY products, the hint of a sea change came in 1997, when L'Oreal asked former "Melrose Place" vixen Heather Locklear to be a spokeswoman for one of its hair color lines."


http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/age-before-beauty.html"Older people should be given precedence over the younger, and by implication more beautiful...


http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1123838,00.html
"Clearly, older male stars— heroes like Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood, and Harrison Ford, and comfortably familiar comic charmers like Martin or Woody Allen — still know how to turn wishful thinking about the appeal of older males into a big-screen reality."

http://www.7perth.com.au/view/today-tonight-articles/20070427172613/
"While Botox, creams and face lifts can stall time, you can't ignore the sagging truth - so why not embrace it? "


http://www.taste.com.au/news+features/articles/365/holding+back+the+years
"There are no magical foods that turn back the clock, but good nutrition is important for looking and feeling our best as the years go by, says Nicole Senior."


http://www.beautyheaven.com.au/content/archive/features/skinvestigation-series-coming-of-age/ "You can have Botox in your lunch hour, go on surgery and safari (just slip off on holiday while you heal in the hope that no-one will be the wiser), peel layers from your face and apply myriad lotions, potions and elixirs promising to freeze, diminish and soften the signs of ageing...."


Compiled by Debbie Flaherty