Hey Awesome Ones, have you heard the phrase thinner by dinner?
I don't know about you but I definitely could use some slimming tips right about now.
You know as hard as I try I still have my little tummy here and I do want to let you know right now
this is not in any way a body shaming video. As a matter of fact I want you to be authentically you.
I want you to enjoy your curves but again if you're like me and you could use some tips
and tricks on how to be thinner by dinner I have seven of them. Let's start with tip number one
looking at the ill-fated no ill-fitted blouse. Now if you're like me you need a little more room for
the girls up there but then you're sacrificing a shape with a wider waist in most blouses and tops.
This makes your waist look bigger than it actually is. My favorite accessory the stretchy belt
will certainly help this and today I've chosen one of the thinner versions.
I just put that around my waist and voila! I have a slimmer hourglass kind of figure
going on that is much nicer than the oversized waist in the before picture.
And by the way I'll have many of the items such as that thin stretchy belt they'll be underneath
the video description or also in the comments. All right let's take a look at tip number two. A lot of
us are gravitating towards you know the thicker bulkier sweaters and it's not always a good look
for us. Let's take a look. So here you can see an example of a turtleneck that looks trendy but I'm
swimming in it and I also believe that turtlenecks just accentuate the wrinkles in our faces.
Now here I have an old cardigan I pulled from my closet and I just put a scooped neck black
top underneath. I still look stylish but the black top and tighter cardigan makes me appear slimmer.
Speaking about cardigans I just bought the most amazing, it's actually a lightweight
long cardigan and it's wonderful for helping me look taller and leaner. Let's take a look.
Here I have just a regular white top with beige pants. It's nice but not at all slimming.
Now all I did was add this darker cardigan to it and the length and style gives me a long and
lean look. You can really see the illusion of a more slender me. Now as most of you know I have
Live events where I'm chatting with you every Wednesday night and a lot of you have said to me
Heather please source some petite sizes. I'm happy to tell you that I have been doing that and
the white pants that you've seen so far the black , pants that you've seen so far and even the beige
ones that I just showed you they are available in petite, regular and also the tall sizes.
Oh and that long cardigan I also found a shorter version for you. If you don't know
about this, what I'm talking about about these Live events every Wednesday night they're at amazon.com/shop/awesomeover50
every Wednesday night at 8pm eastern standard time and if you miss it
the reruns there's a click there...er...a link there rather for the reruns. I think I've got about 40
of them and I talk about fashion, makeup, skin care, even housewares. I would love for you
to join me there. All right so let me take a look at what I have next. Oh yes the next item
is wearing a smaller handbag. Now I've told you many times about the perks of a smaller purse
especially easing the strain on your neck and shoulders. Sometimes we feel like we need
a big purse for our big brush, our big makeup bag and maybe even the kitchen sink. Well I found that
less is more. I have a fold up brush here just a lipstick and my photo ready anti-shine. That's
all that's really necessary and the light crossbody looks much more fashionable and lighter.
I'm also taking a lot of bulk away from my midsection giving me a leaner silhouette.
Next is what we do to our hoodies. We all love to wear them but doing this makes us look a little
bit heavier. Do you use your front hoodie pocket to store things like a wallet, keys? Well first
of all things won't be that secure and also why add bulk to your belly area. It's better to keep
those pockets pristine and flat. You'll look much leaner and you won't have to retrace your steps
wondering where you lost your keys. For my next tip I'm going to show you how most of my pants look
around the midsection the tummy area but first let's look at the before look. I used to buy the
bulky fly front kind of man style pants but you're kind of encouraged wearing this to
tuck a shirt in and of course that's adding a lot more bulk. These days I prefer wearing a jean or a
pant like these Lee jeans where I'm encouraged to wear a top over the high waistband and the
faux fly this gives me a much more sleek look. And by the way these are stretchy and really comfy.
Now I mentioned about my favorite pants but did you know that at amazon.com/shop/awesomeover50
I have my favorite fashions, makeup, skin care even my favorite household items. And like there's
over 500 of them. By the way a big thank you if you go there because I do make a little bit
of commission and it kind of helps to put the lights on here. Anyway oh and by the way there's
a subscribe button down there somewhere and if you like tips and tricks like this don't forget
to subscribe to my videos. All right let's move on. Okay so next is a makeup trick and it will
help you to look slimmer because well I notice as I've aged my face it seems to have gotten fatter.
But I think when I look at older people that's what happens. A little bit of magic with
makeup and contouring will help. Let's take a look. Here I have a basic foundation and absolutely
no contouring and just for simplicity's sake I'm going to use the Bronze Goddess by Estee Lauder.
My color is a medium02. I can use this for blush and also for contouring. Now I'm just going
to use a brush like this and what I'm going to do is just sort of put a little bit of color on
my cheeks here. And then what I want to do is I want to use a brush like this and I'm just
going to go down the side to do a little bit of contouring and kind of blend it in a little bit.
Now I'll do a little bit up here as well. Now if you have jowls you know okay we're going to
call it the jawline but if you have a jawline that you don't really like if you know what I mean you
can use a little bit of this bronzer or your blush. You can just go along like that and believe me
nobody's going to notice. It's just very very subtle. Now also did you know that our nose appears
larger as we age? Like all these great things right, jaw lines, nose. Anyway I'm using a brush like this
it actually came in with the Estee Lauder bronzer. I'm just going to look at the mirror a bit.
I'm going to go down the side here and I'm also going to go underneath my nose and that will help
my nose to look a lot a lot thinner. All right so let's take a look at the before
and now let's take a look at the after. Can you see the difference how my face looks wider?
Over here it's got more of a slimming effect? You can see that I really have the illusion
that I lost some weight in my face with these two looks.
Now I know I know that lots of us are well aware of some weight that we've gained. But
you know hiding under big clothes or consistently dieting and then maybe doing the yo-yo dieting if
you know what I mean, it's it's just not the way to be. I want you to you know well I'll tell you
what I do. What I do is I've got one of those exercise watches and I'm really trying to get
my steps in. I'm really trying to eat healthy but at the same time I'm enjoying life. I'm enjoying
being out with friends the companionship and of course being with my family. We really need to feel
good in our skin and anyone that's judging us because we're not a size zero anymore you know
they're they're just they're putting that negative feedback into our mindset. We don't need that.
Take it from a woman who was a former model. You know for sure I'm not a size zero anymore but
but I'm I'm trying to keep my weight down. But at the same time I'm just living with a I don't
know, let's just call it aging with attitude. I think that that's what I want you to do. I
want you to go out there and strut your stuff and and be happy and just ignore the negative
feedback or maybe even your own negative mindset. And of course enjoy your life and keep it awesome.