Last night I was listening to some music by Shania Twain and her most famous song came on: “Any Man of Mine”. This is one song which is guaranteed to make me feel better, no matter what kind of mood I am in. It is such an uplifting song, both in terms of the music being upbeat, and the words being almost an anthem for the modern woman.

I love the line when she says that even when I’m ugly he still better love me. To me this is the crux of the song. For as we all know there are days when we feel wonderful and believe that we could give Angelina Jolie a run for her money. Then there are the other days when we feel as though we look more like Brad Pitt in “Kalifornia” than his wife! The thing that keeps us going is the thought that somebody loves us, no matter what we look like.

To me the ideal looking woman is Shania Twain. I think that she is perfect right from her glossy hair to her manicured feet. However I know that a lot of the image which we see is carefully cultivated and that even she must have days when she feels ugly. However I do not think that she could ever look ugly, only not as glamorous as we are used to seeing her.

There have always been beautiful women who have been lucky enough to have been born that way, and then there are the rest of us who have to work hard at looking good on a daily basis. For some women, it is enough to just put on a coat of lipstick to look great whereas for some it is a full sixty minute job with the whole contents of the make up bag.

The thing to realise is that no matter how hard we try, we are never going to look as good as the Hollywood celebrities, simply because we do not have the resources available to us that they have. They have unlimited money and influence to hire the best personal chefs, trainers, stylists and make up artists. This is all without mentioning the access to the best doctors in the field of cosmetic surgery and aesthetic medicine to deal with any problems which may arise that cannot be dealt with in a conventional manner.

We only get to see the best side of these people, and they try to ensure that we only get to hear about the positive things in their lives. This is why you will never hear of a celebrity having varicose and spider veins treatment, or stretch marks treatment. These procedures do not fit in with the carefully projected image which we are shown and which many people take to be the true persona of the person. In reality, they are like many normal people who have to try and look good on a bad day.

We all know that it is inevitable that we are growing to grow old, in fact that we are growing older all the time. That is off course if you do not die young, which is quite likely these days due to the unhealthy lifestyle that a lot of people are leading. If we do manage to get to the old age stage, it would be nice if we could live with dignity and enjoy all our faculties. One way to do this is to try and prepare while we are still young.

This is mainly a matter of looking after our health, mind and finances. The finances part is the way that we invest our savings and the spending habits we develop. We need to realise that we could live for many years after we retire and that we need to be able to support ourselves at a comfortable level. Also, we will need to spend a lot more on healthcare and need to budget for emergencies too. For the mind we need to try and keep it alert and active and there are certain foods which do encourage thought processes and help the memory.

As for the body, there are a few things that we can do which will help us to be healthier as we get older. The first thing is that we need to try and keep our weight down as there are a lot of illness associated with being overweight, such as diabetes and heart disease. We need to try and keep ourselves active so that our joints stay supple and we do not have difficulty in moving around. Also, the more active we stay, the more our bodies will function better.

When it comes to our diet, we need to make sure that we eat a variety of foods and that we have something from each of the food groups. There are certain foods which will ensure that our bodies remain healthier and if we cannot manage to eat these foods, and then we should make sure that we take vitamins and supplements to try and ensure that we get all the vital nutrients.

These precautions cannot guarantee that we will not have any problems as we get older, but they will act as an anti aging treatment to some extent. If you keep your weight down and stay active then you will hopefully not need to have varicose and spider veins treatment as you get older.

Even the appearance of our faces can be affected by the way that we live. You will notice that a person who is slim and active looks younger than one who is overweight. You will have less need to resort to cosmetic surgery for a facelift if you try and look after your skin and have a healthy lifestyle. These things all seem like such obvious measures, but the problem is that we do not give them importance until it’s too late.