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oh there you are. Style mistakes that might be making you look old.
My name is Sheila and this is Chic and Confident a channel for women over 50 who want to dress well
with ease. For the best style tips, hit the subscribe button and ring the bell and you'll
be notified every Tuesday when I upload a new video. Today I'm going to show you five style
mistakes that you might be making and how to avoid them. These are general guidelines and are true
for most women but not for all - so for example if you're Christy Brinkley this might not apply to
you (JOKE). So let's get to it. Mistake number one is skirt lengths. Most women probably don't think
much about skirt length but it has a lot to do with how you look. Usually I talk about the most
flattering skirt length for your body shape and for your height, but today I'm going to talk about
how your skirt length could be making you look older. The skirt length that will make you look
older is a skirt that is too short. When you're in your 20s and 30s short skirts are great and
even for some people in their 40s, but generally speaking once you've passed that 45 age you have
to be very careful about wearing short skirts. It just takes that extra inch to make a difference.
Just take a look at these two skirt lengths and for someone who is over 50 and especially over 60
when your skirt gets too short, it has a reverse effect of making you look young but actually makes
you look older. The most flattering skirt length - and this is a general guideline
because if you've seen any of my other videos about proportion and you can watch them
here - you will know that we are all proportioned differently both horizontally and vertically
so with that in mind the most flattering skirt length is--- one inch above the knee, at the knee,
or one inch below the knee. If you wear a skirt that's one inch above the knee one inch below
the knee or just at the knee you're most likely going to be safe with your proportion. The second
mistake is a makeup mistake and it's wearing too much black eyeliner. You could wear it too thick
and you could possibly wear it on your lower lid. If you wear it thickly on your upper lid and
also on your lower lid you are creating a downward look that is dragging your face down
and it's also creating a harshness because it's so dark - especially if you have light
hair. Here's the dark eyeliner on the lower lid . Can you see the difference ? The best way to
wear eyeliner is on your upper lid only and a very thin line very close to your eyelashes.
This mistake is - too much of a good thing - it can be made at any age but over 50 it's aging,
and that is wearing too much jewelry. For example, too many rings. Less is better
and in this case less is certainly better. Number four is wearing a hairstyle that is typically
meant for young people and I just want to draw your attention to this because it's easy to do
and easy to fix. This is a hairstyle that will make you look older and the reason it makes you
look older is because it's typically seen on young people. When you see it on someone older there's
a clash. This is a much better hairstyle, more classy and more elegant. Number five is colour
mismatch. First of all, it's very important to wear your best colours and those are the colours
that are in harmony with your hair, eyes and skin tone. Let's say you have all that and
you're wearing your best colours. The next step is to wear makeup that matches your colouring.
For example, if you're a cool colouring and you wear warm lipstick colours and warm blush colours
there's a mismatch and that will make you look older. here I'm wearing
warm lipstick and warm blush this is cool and you can see how there's a clash.
Even though this colour isn't my colour, it's warm and it matches the lipstick better.
Now I'm wearing cool lipstick and cool blush and this is a cool colour so everything is in harmony.
It's a very easy mistake to make because it's subtle and not really easy to see.
So if you keep your makeup colours in harmony with your clothing colours
you will look younger. if you do the opposite it will make you look older. If you'd like to
know more about colour I've put a link in the description box below for my free colour guide.
Thanks for watching and if you've enjoyed this video give it a thumbs up and keep on styling.