Bring on the Wrinkles!

I’m not sure when twenty-one-year-olds started looking so young. Notice I didn’t say anything about me looking older. I’ve just turned thirty-three, in fact, and that should hardly have me spending endless nights deciphering the latest skin-salvaging trends, but it does. On the one hand, older women are hot these days. The Desperate Housewives, for example, and Cameron Diaz. Uh, the union of Demi and Ashton?

On the other hand, with all the attention companies spend on anti-wrinkle research these days, anti-aging researchers may find the cure for much more than just crow’s feet by the time they’re done filling the fountain of youth. The messages are mixed. Older is better if it looks younger, right? Huh?

Don’t worry, ladies, and, um, considering the full manifestation of men’s skin care lines, gentlemen. One night, while surrounded by an entire restaurant full of spring-breakers, I confirmed a theory established while watching Friends reruns prior my thirtieth birthday. My theory? Women get better looking with age.

Looks: The Diane Factor

Let’s start with the Dianes, shall we? Diane Lane is gorgeous and is forty-two. Diane Keaton? Well, some things just didn’t give; she’s sixty-one. Oh, and you don’t have to be named Diane. There is Sharon Stone, forty-nine, Felicity Huffman, forty-hour, Terri Hatcher, forty. My husband thought Marcia Cross was thirty-seven, not forty-three. Helen Mirren, sixty-one, is the queen. In addition, Jennifer Aniston, thirty-eight, gets better with age. And to complete my list of evidence, Sarah Jessica Parker, forty-one, certainly didn’t look like that on “Square Pegs!”

You may think that Hollywood women aren’t a fair comparison and I’m sure you have a point. Still, think about it. I’m sure you know beautiful women of all ages. I do. My mother has amazing skin. My aunt has the figure of a twenty-six year-old. Beauty is everywhere and it isn’t just skin deep. The beauty that age truly brings is a confidence and self-possession that transcends numbers. Older women aren’t worried about the wrinkle/acne combo and neither am I!

Sensuality Increases with Age

We all know that men get better looking with age. Brad, George, Harrison, Sean, even Jack, to name a few. We expect them to get sexier as the decades go by. Now for the disclaimer. I don’t recall hearing people say, “Women don’t get better looking with age,” but the silence pretty much speaks for itself. I may be early for the wrinkle cream debate, but it doesn’t take age to get the general assumption that a woman’s great looks are supposed to decline both after having children, as well as with age.