have you ever asked the question do I look old earnest well if you have joined
me today in my 10 years younger series and learn styling tips on how to wear
active wear for mature women over 50 hi I'm Schellea and welcome to Fabulous 50's
if you're new to fabulous 50s click subscribe and ring that bell for
more videos created for women over 50 today I'm going to show you some really
great tips on how to style your active wear and so many people ask me do I look
old in this these styling tips are to help give you confidence when you're
choosing your outfits so that you're not confused whether you look too young or
too old because it can be a minefield and we don't really know what to do
first things first old is good I love being older and the older I get the
better I get and you and I will never ever be as young as we are today so we
may as well enjoy it and embrace it and for me being old it's just a mindset and
it's an essence of who we are so if you're 70 and you want to look 60 or 50
or if you're 50 and want to look 40 or 30 why not let's have fun with it and
we'll do it in a way that makes us feel good and makes us feel proud of
ourselves and in an elegant way all of these tips will apply to you no matter
what your size so you can see it on me and then apply those rules to your shape
your figure and your beauty the number one biggest mistake we can make is to
give up don't be giving up you've got a long time to go yet and enjoy this
here's me dressed in what I call old lady clothes nothing wrong with old
ladies I love old ladies but I'm just trying to help okay so I'm going to
point out all of the elements that contribute to making me look 10 years
older and then I'm going to demonstrate how you can make small tweaks to get a
much better result and looking 10 years younger will be an achievable and
instant result for you we're going to start with the socks ankle socks
no angle socks will bring attention to anything that's big down there so if
you've got thick ankles or holding fluid those socks
I'm going to show them off because light colors make big and dark colors recede
so that light color on my ankles is drawing all the attention that's saying
look at me look at me so if your ankles aren't very skinny and beautiful and
slim you don't want to wear ankle socks they look old-fashioned and we can do
better the next thing I want to draw your attention to is these shorts the
hemline finishes at a very unflattering part in my leg and it's emphasizing my
knees that aren't very attractive and that straight line is unattractive and
then we go up to this top this is kind of a uniform for many women but we can
do better so we've got a straight line at the hem and for many of us that's the
widest part of our body so that line is drawing attention to it and these
stripes don't really look great on anybody a wide stripe makes us look
bigger and see how the arms flare out of the sleeve well that's a masculine look
and it's not flattering and it just does nothing for me and the structured collar
in this top is also old fashioned for workout wear and then I can do something
really really wrong and tuck it all in and have a look at me that's not good
and that's not OK so I don't want you to wear your workout
clothes like this and the other fashion rule that I'm breaking here is I have a
loose pair of pants and a loose top so the rule is you wear tight on the bottom
and loose up top or loose on top and tight down the bottom the first thing
we're going to fix is my socks and this is the style of sock that's best to wear
they fit just around the heel and they come low down so when you've got your
shoes on you can't see them which is great you can see there's already a huge
improvement so if you're wearing socks that cover your ankles this small tweak
will make you look younger don't be afraid to wear workout tights they are
so flattering on your leg compared to shorts but there are a
couple of tips with these pants that you do need to know first number one the hem
of the pants needs to be at this
any part of your lower leg I'll use the example here where I'm going to hem it
at my carb which is the widest part in my lower leg and you can see it makes my
knees look more wobbly and it's bringing attention to the width of my carbs so
that's not ideal for me it just makes my legs look strange
and if I take it up to just above my knee which as you can see that's a
smaller part of my leg it comes in it looks more in harmony
with my leg they don't look all knobby and wobbly and then if I bring it down
again to show off that tiny bit in my ankle it's more in harmony with my legs
and it looks so much better so you'll be able to do this with yourself that
length on the left or the length on the right is perfect for me and that's all I
need to know now you know we need to get rid of this top one of the most common
questions I get is is it okay to show your belly in workout gear after we're
over 50 and my answer is I don't think so I don't think that anyone really
needs to be seeing our bellies you know at our age I don't think it's elegant
unless of course you have a beautiful six-pack and a beautiful set of ABS you
go and do that this lady here is over 70 and her abs look amazing and with all
that work why would you not want to show them off every single day so yes go for
it if you have a beautiful set of ABS but if you have to ask the question the
answer is no here's a solution though you take something that shared a
beautiful shear singlet top and you can put it over a sports bra and a midriff
and it looks more elegant and you look more put together and it's more
age-appropriate if you want to cinch in your waist both ways look great and you
can experiment on your own you can also add a sleeve to this kind of look it'll
still look great you can show off your midriff without it really having to be
on show the next thing you can do is take a very simple singlet that kind of
sucks you in a little bit as well I'll leave links where you can get all these
and you can put a t-shirt on so depending on
the shape wear something that's loose and flattering and you can wear a sleeve
if you like to cover your arms and you'll notice the arms on this top are
soft as opposed to the arms on the other top that were very stiff and square and
flared out it's a more feminine look and a more youthful look and again if you'd
like you can cinch it in at the waist with a knot and you've got this little
bit of fabric and covering you and you can wear this look at any age but I'm
definitely looking 10 years younger for sure just by making a few very very
simple tweaks and ask yourself the question are you looking younger and
better now than you did before not are you looking younger or better than
somebody else or your neighbor or your friend that's the wrong question to ask
it's about you improving on your look and enjoying the way that you wear
clothes and enjoying the way you present yourself to the world that's it
here's another top this is from Jim shark I don't think they make them
anymore but you know as soon as I saw it I knew that it would suit my body and it
would suit so many women's bodies but it's very very difficult to find work
out where that is age-appropriate for women our age so I'm making a huge call
out there to anybody who knows where you can get great work out where that's just
age-appropriate let me know when you add an asymmetric hem to any workout outfit
it's going to look great on you compared to the straight line in the striped
shirt it looks 100 times better and of course black is a receding color so it
makes me look smaller than what I really am and another tip if you wear black on
the bottom that'll make your legs look smaller black on top will make your top
look smaller and if you add the right color to your top it'll make your eyes
pop and your skin look radiant so that's another trick to make you look younger
color is very very youthful a really great tip to take away a few years is to
even out your skin tone with some body blur mixed with a moisturizer and then
on top of that I a clinic chubby stick glow stick but you
can use any kind of non sparkly shimmer that you have and then just put it on
your arms so it reflects light because reflection of light is very very
youthful and covering all of our skin imperfections is also youthful and a
very simple trick to add life to your face to make your face look younger is
to add lip color and I use the rule nude plus 3 so that is the natural color of
your lip plus 3 shades and that's a really natural workout color so it
doesn't look like you've got a whole lot of makeup on but it lifts your face
instantly and gives your face life you can't go past the Charlotte Tilbury lip
liners and lipstick for this look and her nudes are perfect so these are just
great for a minimal makeup look that make your face come alive so now when
someone asks you do I look old in this you'll be able to give them some really
great tips to help them make some small tweaks I really hope you enjoyed these
styling tips please give a thumbs up if you did and share it with your friends
and if you enjoyed this style of video watch either of these videos next for
more tips and tricks on how to look 10 years younger slimmer more fabulous than
you already are and I think you'll enjoy them thank you so much for watching and
have a beautiful day