As women age – over forty and beyond - the challenge is to stay current with fashion while wearing style that are flattering to changing faces and bodies. Clothing has to fit changing body types. Hair styles must take into account softer facial lines and changing hair color and texture.

In order to look up to date, your hair doesn’t have to be (depending on where you live or what year it is) the trendy stick straight and flat or completely wild and crazy.

Up-to-date hair styles are meant to blend with who you are and your personality
while still paying attention to what fits in with current fashion.

Fluff and softness are often the lines to look for in a style for the mature "over forty” woman's face. Straight, harsh lines often (not always) tend to be unflattering.

This layered style is blunt-cut at the bottom with some texturizing to help the nape section flip out slightly. Allowing the flip makes it easier to keep her hair in place with high collared blouses and coats. This model can also comb the nape area down and allow it to lay close to her neck. She has short spikey bangs that soften her forehead without appearing heavy on her face. Heavy bangs are often too weighty for aging eyes. The sides of this style are tucked behind her ears but may also be feathered forward.

To get this look, use body building shampoo and conditioner designed for fine hair. Dry and style using a blow dryer and round brush. Use a large (one inch) curling iron or a narrow flat iron to put a bend in the hair without creating a lot of individual curls. After the hair is dry and styled, use a light weight styling pomade to separate the layers.

To use pomade simply place a small amount of product into the palm of your hand. Rub your palms together, run your fingers through your hair and scrunch. Finish arranging the style with your fingers.

Top off your style with flexible hold hair spray to hold it in place without making it stiff.

Our model's hair has started to show some gray. Her natural hair color has also darkened and appears drab. Blonde highlights were applied throughout. The blonde blends in the gray, lightens and brightens some of the darker hair. In this way the highlighting blends the different colors of her hair to give her a soft warm glow. This is a much softer appearing hair color without the need for monthly touch-ups on new growth. Depending on how fast her hair grows, the highlights can be reapplied in 8 to 12 weeks.

Copyright 2011 by Lynne Chapman. All rights reserved

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