I keep seeing the age topic, which intrigues me. I'm myself 33 years old (so one year younger than Anna) - which also could mean that I'm 40 according to some.
and the comparison with 20 year-old "fresh" girls.
I am a strong believer that age is just a number, though. I wouldn't trade being in my thirties with twenties for nothing in the world. I feel at my best now, I feel so much more confident and I do think that I look much better. I would go back in time but only to fix things I would have liked to do differently or not to miss opportunities like I did because I was not mature enough. At 20 I was naturally skinny, but now I am fit and strong and more active than I've ever been. It is not mandatory to get saggy or wrinkly if one takes good care of themselves. I always said that and will keep saying it.
People actually think that I am around 25, and this is not to brag, as it is not always great in the corporate world, which means that I had to work harder to prove my value and that I am not only a pretty/ young face with no brains.
Maybe there are here older women, so I'd really like to convey this message - that you can look amazing at any age and it is not a cliche! I am an advocate of hard work in everything that I did, professionally and aesthetically. For me that's "levelling up".
The photos of those Instagram babes - we all know they don't look like in their pictures. I've seen enough in real life, so I don't find it healthy to compare with them. Many of them are so lazy they can't even walk, so they do have cellulite at 20, which I don't at 33. Yes, I saw that at the beach in many fancy destinations where all of them come to take photos they facetune then for hours.
Again, this post is not about me, I just want to support and empower women they can look amazing at any age and there is no "expiry" date.