I was perusing some of my daily fashion and celebrity websites and came across this picture of Ashley Tisdale the very young actress from the famous High School Musical franchise.
Ashley Tisdale
The oddest thing happened though, at first glance I thought she was Debra Messing. Isn’t that weird, Ashley is 21 and Debra is 40 ish.
Debra Messing
It got me thinking about this trend in Hollywood for young girls to look older whilst the grown ups are just trying to look younger and younger.
Where have we seen this before? the first example that comes to mind is Ali Lohan (she’s 14), whilst a lot of people say she is trying to look like her mother I think she looks like a young Ann Margaret. I even think their voices are similar.
Ali Lohan
Ann Margaret
In a world where women are trying their utmost to look and feel young it seems an odd phenom doesn’t it?
I do remember wanting so desperately to be a grown up when I was in my teens, then my twenties came and I thought I knew it all. Then I turned 30 and I realised I knew very little. Now I am turning 34 in February and feel like time is going by so fast. Just saying that makes me feel old… The concept of age changes for me every decade, someone who was 40 seemed old when I was in my early twenties and now that doesn’t seem old at all. Even my aunt, who will turn 70 in March next year doesn’t seem old to me, instead she is fabulous with an amazing short white pixie haircut.
Getting older and wiser is an interesting process for me, the more I know the less I know and the older I get the better I look. Its just that I feel I am beginning to fully understand what looks good, which make up to wear and clothes to buy, and on a deeper level what I want out of life.
I’ll close with saying I love my life right now, I am content with how I look and well, I haven’t accomplished everything I wanted yet, but I have time….
