5 WAYS TO STAY CONFIDENT AND
BEAUTIFUL AT EVERY AGE

• 1. Embrace your age (and aging), starting today.

  Many women of all ages want to be seen, noticed, flirted with and valued. There’s no age limit to those desires.

  But lots of women believe that we can’t have that kind of attention later in life because society says: We lose value as we age.

  For so many of us, we start the futile battle against time as soon as the first gray hair or line appears. It is a battle nobody can win.

  The question I ask is, “How successful is that process and could it be robbing us of pleasure and joy?”

  Just think of the precious time we can spend feeling badly about ourselves—for the simple natural process of aging.

  What would happen if we embraced our aging to the point of celebrating it? I challenge you to do that. Here are a few ways to start...

• 2. Question what makes you feel bad about yourself.

  We often take negative messages about aging for granted, so we think they’re “true.”

  But negative concepts of aging are man-made i.e. invented by us. We only make them true by believing them.

  When you change your mind and practice living according to different points of view, you change what’s true.

  Now, it won’t happen overnight. It’s a journey to unlearn what society has taught us. But what’s important is to take the first steps.

  Try it by questioning concepts that make you feel bad about yourself.

• 3. Learn other culture’s beliefs about beauty.

  Our culture is just one of thousands all over the world—and many of them have very different ideas about beauty and value in relation to age.

  All societies adorn their bodies. It’s a natural behavior of our species, whether it’s makeup, tattoos, piercings, apparel, hairstyles, etc.

  Not all cultures use adornment to hide things or to try to slow the natural cycles of life.

• 4. Take the first step.

  Being realistic is one way I have come to feel confident with my age.

  It might feel like a leap—since we have been inundated with messages that say if we allow our age to show we will become invisible.

  But when we wear your ages openly and proudly, something astounding happens. When we find ourselves perfect as we are—it changes our persona. That changes how others perceive and react to us.

  If you take that first step, as you learn to love your age, you may find the world starts to respond to you and reinforce that confidence.

• 5. Experiment with your makeup routine.

  I’ve found that matte, dry and powder-based cosmetics dull my skin’s glow and radiance. It feels like a mask between me and the world.

  Try experimenting with what happens when you reveal your skin, by using cosmetics that allow your natural features to show, and nourish your skin rather than hide or cover it up.

  At BOOM!, we are collecting a community of empowered women who live our lives free of societal dictates and live with self-confidence.

  That’s why we created a line of pro-age cosmetics that celebrate your beauty at every age. Click below to see our line or read on to see what else is possible with BOOM!