the graceof ageing Facelifts, botox, brow lifts, eye bag removal… the list of surgical procedures to help us look younger is ever growing, as is our desperate need to take the years off, no matter the pain or money it will cost. But whatever happened to ageing gracefully? As you gain wisdom and experience with your years, so too should you gain beauty and confidence. Good Taste has found out how to look and feel youthful in the face of the sands of time – without resorting to the surgeon’s knife – with the help of a dream team of experts and two lovely ladies…

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for youthful hairAs you get older, your hair can thin, lose shine and become more unmanageable. Keep your hair in good condition and your look more youthful with these expert tips from David:

• Shorter hair looks better on older people because long hair tends to drag the face down.• Layered cuts create youthful movement around the face.• Try lighter, warmer shades as you get older as it makes the face look a lot softer.

• As usual, get your hair trimmed every six to eight weeks.• Use an intense conditioner regularly. Try a keratin treatment at a salon to really revitalise your hair.• If you want to wear your hair up, make a curl with the hair, pin it up and leave loose, bouncing curls.

ageless shampoo; Dhs158; Frederic Fekkai; Boutique1

The gold mask; Dhs150-Dhs230; Miriam Quevedo; Iconic in Deira City Centre

protein spray; Dhs75; Label M; Toni and Guy salon; Emirates Towers

smooth lila leaf gloss; Dhs96; Molton Brown, The Dubai Mall

Tame it serum; Dhs62.50; Toni and Guy salons; Emirates Towers

Step one:David adds chocolate brown lowlights to Wendy’s blonde locks to soften them and add some depth.

Step two: Wendy has feathering and front layers cut into her hair to soften her look and give shape when blow-dried straight.

Step three: Wendy’s hair is curled using hair straighteners, by turning them 180° and pulling the hair through.

Step five: He finishes off the style with hairspray. This helps your look last longer, but don’t overdo it and go crispy!

Step four: David brushes the tight curls out with his fingers, leaving a soft, youthful curl to Wendy’s hair.

Sue, 58, and Wendy, 49, are our gorgeous guinea pigs. Admittedly a glamorous pair already, Good Taste can’t wait to see what our team of experts will do!

the hair stylistDavid JohnDavid owns his own company, David John Events, which covers hair, make-up, styling and more for professional as well as personal events. 050 745 1496; djevents1@mail.com

the stylistsSusan Green and Deepak Kumar

Susan is a conceptualiser for the brands Reiss, Aftershock and Koton. Deepak is conceptualiser for New Look.

the make-up artistLucito G Serrano Lucito is the make-up artist for David John Events. They make a dynamic duo!

With special thanks to The Palace – The Old Town for allowing us to use their gorgeous setting for our makeover and photoshoot. www.theaddress.com/en/hotel/the-palace-the-old-town

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Holistic therapist, accredited hypnotherapist and reiki master Melany Oliver (www.melanyoliver.com) shares how to keep your youth, no matter what your age:

• A healthy lifestyle (exercise, nutrition, proper rest) and a positive mindset can slow down the ageing process. Prolonged negative emotions have been proven to have a negative effect on the body and can accelerate ageing. If you feel young on the inside, you reflect this in your body.• Coming to terms with ageing and accepting or, even better, embracing the process is important; relish the experiences that come with each stage of your life. • Holistic and alternative therapies are a great way to help you deal with your emotions. Start each day with a 20-minute meditation. If you haven’t got the time, just taking seven deep breaths from your stomach, which takes two minutes, can help reduce anxiety.• There is an inner child in all of us; whether it be swinging on the monkey bars in the park, going to an arcade, painting, dancing like no one is watching or riding a roller coaster, it is important to have fun.

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Nutritionist Mira Abed Rabbo tells the top four ways to fight ageing with your diet:

• Have one tablespoon of orange zest once a week, perhaps as a finish to a dessert, or add it to water or your ice cubes. It is very high in antioxidants, which help prevent wrinkles.• Eat one cup of berries per day. Berries have many advantages in slowing the ageing process.• Eat one cucumber per day. Cucumbers contain a good amount of silica, a natural material that helps to prevent loss of collagen from skin. • Eat a clove of garlic a day because garlic contains allicin – a substance that plays a role in decreasing the signs of ageing.

for youthful StyleVery few people have the same body shape they had when they were in their teens, twenties or thirties, meaning you can’t dress the way you did then. Dressing for your age but keeping your look youthful is key to taking years off you, says Susan:

• Make sure you know your body shape, which may have changed from when you were younger, and dress to suit it to avoid looking frumpy.• Pay attention to current trends. If you wear the right colours for the season it shows you are on trend and stylish.• Good-fitting underwear is a must. Get this right and everything else will look great on you.• As you get older you should avoid wearing bold, frilly prints, twin sets,

mini-skirts, and make sure you don’t wear clothes that are either too big or too small for you.• If you are not a confident shopper, some stores have personal shoppers who can help you. Both Reiss and Aftershock, for example, have specialists who can help you when selecting that perfect outfit.• You shouldn’t wear too high a heel as you get older; depending on your height, two to three inches is high enough.

“IF you wEar ThE right colours

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for youthful SkinAs you get older your skin produces dark patches and redness, as well as lines and a sagging of the skin. With some of Lucito’s clever make-up techniques, however, you can have more youthful-looking skin in minutes:

• Use concealer and foundation to even out your skin tone, but keep it light on areas with lots of lines as heavy make-up can make them look deeper. Mainly use it on wide surface areas.• Make sure you wear the right shade of foundation. It should blend into your skin, leaving an even tone. The cosmetic counter is unlikely to have the exact right shade for you, so you may have to blend two shades to get it right.• Use sheer foundations to give your skin a youthful glow.• Don’t be afraid of eyeshadow. Your eye colour is something you hold onto the longest as you age and so you should emphasise it with a pop of colour. Just be sure to blend properly.• Use your eyebrows to give your face shape and definition. Use a fine eyebrow pencil to create a shape with light, small strokes. Always match the pencil colour to your eyebrows.• Always use a lip pencil to create a better outline to the lip, which gets less defined as you age. Make the line thick and blend it inwards with a lip brush.• Go for more natural shades of lipstick as you get older.

cellular eye cream platinum rare; Dhs1,650; La Prairie; Bloomingdale’s, The Dubai Mall

revitalift night cream; Dhs49.50; L’oréal Paris; Choithrams

reNutriv Ultimate Lift age-correcting cream; Dhs1,132; Estée Lauder counters

Step one: After adding a primer, Lucito blends a mix of two tones of foundation onto Sue’s skin.

Step two:Lucito blends a highlighter beneath Sue’s brow to create lift before blending a popping purple around her eye socket up to just below her brow bone.

Step three: He adds a line of colour under Sue’s bottom lid to balance the look before defining her cheekbones by applying blusher under the apples of her cheeks.

Step five: Lucito finishes off by curling Sue’s eyelashes with a heated curler and a slick of mascara.

Step four: A thick liner outlines Sue’s lips before being blended with a lip brush. Lipstick is then applied and a slick of gloss.

Ultra calm mist; Dhs149; Dermalogica; sister Beauty Lounge, The Dubai Mall

extra repair serum; Dhs505; Bobbi Brown studio; Festival City Centre

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The Revital Radio Frequency treatment is a non-invasive laser treatment that claims to help rebuild your depleted collagen as well as encourage new collagen to grow to plump out and smooth sagging skin. It uses heat to penetrate the outer skin layers and work on the underlying tissue structures. Subtle changes should be noticed after the first treatment, but four to six sessions are recommended, with the most noticeable difference occurring in three to six months’ time, once the new collagen has been rebuilt. Sue’S verDict…The treatment felt like a warm facial at first, becoming hotter and a little uncomfortable at times. It lasted around 45 minutes and I looked a bit rosy afterwards, but this died down in about 30 minutes and I could get straight back out in the sun. I only saw a slight difference at first, but I am hopeful that, with the correct number of treatments, a marked improvement would be seen.Dhs4,000 for three sessions; Dhs7,000 for six sessions; rebecca Treston aesthetics at euromed clinic, Jumeira Beach road; 04 394 5422; www.euromedclinicdubai.com

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A jazzy print will make your look fresh

Coordinating your outfit will make

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A chunky watch gives

your look a funky edge

These fabulous trousers are bang on trend and so comfortable!

Platform shoes are fashionable, youthful and easy on the feet as well as the eyes

wendy As we get older we get wobbly bits and cellulite in places we never thought possible, but there are treatments out there to help. Contour 4 is a series of four treatments over two hours that take your body through a slimming process targeting wobbly bits and cellulite. The oil contains ingredients that penetrate the skin to work on the under layer, releasing toxins and breaking down cellulite-prone areas. A series of sessions over a couple of weeks guarantee best results. WenDy’S verDict…To start, the body brush and scrub helped get my circulation going while smoothing the skin. A partial body wrap was then placed around my problem areas to ooze out my toxins. The best part, though, was the vigorous anti-cellulite slimming massage. After the treatment I felt weightless – I floated out of the spa. For days after my skin was glowing and felt as soft as a baby’s. And the best part is you’re recommended two treatments a week – yes please! Dhs395 per session; akaru spa, aviation club; 04 282 8578

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Sue’S maKeover verDict: The whole makeover experience was, in a word, amazing! The whole team of skilled and

professional make-up artists and stylists worked their magic on me, and you can see the results for yourselves. I love the clothes! I felt glamorous and decades younger as I strutted my stuff in the photoshoot. It has made me feel and look a million dollars (or should I say dirhams!). 

WenDy’S maKeover verDict: I loved the selection of clothes that Deepak chose. They were age-appropriate,

yet youthful and fashionable. David did an amazing job with my hair. I adore the colour and it’s the best cut I’ve ever had. The eye-shadow colours were quite different to what I would usually wear, but it complemented the clothes, my skin tone and new hair colour. I loved the final results – everything matched perfectly.

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Top, Dhs350,aftershock

sunglasses, model’s own

Trousers, Dhs350, aftershock

shoes, Dhs129, new Look

Bag, Dhs695 reiss

Watch, model’s own

Wrap dress, Dhs595, aftershockBag, model’s own

White shirt, Dhs189, new LookBlue vest top, Dhs19, new Lookcropped jeans, Dhs105, new LookNecklace, Dhs65, new LookBag, Dhs650, reiss

Fitness expert Parveez Mohamed shares his tips on keeping fit and healthy, even if your joints don’t feel like it:

• Aqua aerobics (aqua zumba, aqua jams, and so on) with resistance is a good way to keep your bone density up and keeps the joints mobile and muscles active.• Walking with ankle and wrist weights is quite easy, yet effective, providing the weights are light enough to walk for 20-40 minutes without breaks.• As you get older the muscles tend to get tighter and more injury prone if they are overworked. Classes such as yoga and pilates encourage flexibility and can be done at any level.

Dress, Dhs895,reiss

Watch, stylist’s own

shoes, new Look, Dhs209

Don’t be afraid to show off a good bust with a low neck; just keep it modest with a

vest top underneath

Just above the knee is the perfect skirt length

Wedges give you height without the pain!

Sue

A synched-in waist adds structure to an outfit and definition

to your figure

Top, Dhs199, KotonBelt, Dhs19, new LookNecklace, Dhs395, reiss

shoes, Dhs159, new Look

cropped trousers, Dhs99, Koton

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