Some time ago, an Australian woman asked people to guess her age. She was shocked when most of the answers were between 50 and 60.
She toldFEMAILthat people have โlost touch with realityโ because they are so used to seeing faces with filters, Photoshop, and cosmetic procedures that theyโve forgotten what real life is.
Emily is 36 years old now and lives in Sydney. People of all ages who watched her film gave itโwildโresponses that shocked her.
A woman wrote under Emilyโs TikTok,โIโm 57, and I think youโre my age, maybe a few years younger.โ
โYouโre in your mid-40s,โsaid someone else.โItโs your grey hair, skin, the fine lines around your eyes, and frown lines.โ
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Emily said she stopped dying her hair while she was in lockdown.
โI embraced my grey. Women want to feel comfortable being themselves. Weโre all tired of trying to be 25 all the time.โ
โI know most people my age wonโt show their grey hair, but this is the truth.โ
Many people think Emilyโs graying hair is a sign of getting old or being over 50. It began when she was 19 years old.
โIโve never got Botox, Iโm not wearing any makeup, Iโve never had any work done,โshe said in the video.
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She also said that the reason she has bags under her eyes is because her baby son keeps her up at night.
Even after Emily said how old she was, the opinions kept coming in.
Someone told her,โYou look great for a 55-year-old.โ
โIโd say you were 37 to be nice, but in reality you look like youโre 44. Itโs the skin under your eyes and your hair,โanother one wrote.
โ36 going on 60. It probably is the hair that ages you but you are still very gorgeous,โa man wrote.
Someone aged 15 thought she was 42, and someone aged 60 thought Emily looked the same age as her.
A few people in their mid-30s and late-20s got Emilyโs age right: she was 36.
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In a follow-up video, Emily talked about how shocked and horrified she was by all the comments.
โSomeone is 35 and they think Iโm 58. Do I genuinely look that old? Like Iโm near retirement age?โshe inquired.
โI think it is essential to remember that what you see on social media and what you see on television or what youโve seen in magazines, and people have said this for years, it is not real.โ
The mom started a sleepwear line to counteract all the social media ads that tell people to look younger.
โI founded Dawn & Dusk Co. because to me, PJs are the ultimate gateway to comfort. When a woman feels comfortable, everything else falls into place.
โShe can do amazing things when sheโs not paralysed by the need to be accepted. Iโm on a mission to empower women to embrace their natural beauty and feel confident in who they are, at any age.โ
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