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Ageless Beauties sit down with Essence and share their stories.
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00:00My name is Suzanne. I'm 54 years old. My name is Arlinda. I'm 60 years old. My
00:09name is Bonnie. I'm 74. Do you really want me to tell you that? As of August 6th of this year,
00:17I was 89. Oh, just 103. What's the big deal, a new year? I advise I'd give my 21. I would
00:29have my eyebrows plucked and not use a razor to shave them myself. I would tell
00:35my younger self to relax, to try to stay in the moment. And I would tell my younger self to get
00:41lots of sleep. Love yourself. If you love yourself, you're going to do the best for yourself. My
00:49grandmother always taught me trying to make sure that I understood what beauty was, that you're
00:55only beautiful when you're being and doing those things that are important. My routine
01:01was washing my face. And when I got 29, I decided I could wear lipstick. I don't really have a
01:08real beauty or regimen. I change it up. I'll use something very mild to wash my face. I always
01:14wash it at night. I've never gone to sleep without washing it. The most important thing is to get
01:19water. And I would like to say get rest, but because I don't, I would say water and rose
01:26hip oil. Cold salt water and clean yourself up. That's all. Nothing really expensive, but I do take
01:33care to do something and an eye cream periodically when I remember. I mean, I do drink the water. I do
01:38wear the sunscreen. Exercise because it's body, mind, spirit. And once you exercise, it comes out on your face.
01:46I work out every day. I even work out before I get out of the bed. I just stretch out and do this and
01:54kick up and pull up my legs. And then when I get out the bed, I touch my toes and do the squats.
02:01My approach to beauty now, I think it's just kind of learning to accept certain things, you know,
02:06about myself as I begin to age, you know, just things aren't quite the same, but I wouldn't trade it. I
02:11like the confidence that I have, but I didn't have the same when I was 25. Be happy with what you
02:16have. If you're happy with what you have, then makeup doesn't really matter.
02:23What is beauty? Beauty is what you make it.
02:26Beauty comes from inside, not just facial beauty. How you think about yourself, how you think about
02:35others, how you treat others. That's beauty. That's what it's done.
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