[Alhanalem]

this is a bit weird but I feel I look kind of young.. i was wondering if anyone could give me any styling/beauty tips to make myself look a bit older.

I'm 20 years old but my friends say I look about 17 and I actually hate it.

I think the problem is my face rather than anything else. I have long, straight hair (damaged from excessive dying), would getting it cut a certain way help?

I generally wear very natural makeup, not heavy at all. Maybe I should do it heavier?
I really hate how I look in photos because I look so young. It's just starting to get annoying now.

[bellebrunette]

You'll be happy that you look young when you're way older! Anyway DON'T wear heavier make-up I love the natural look more people should do it. Maybe curl your hair, I don't like short hair so don't cut it off! It could be the way you dress too you know

[sil3nt_cha0s]

(Original post by bellebrunette)
You'll be happy that you look young when you're way older! Anyway DON'T wear heavier make-up I love the natural look more people should do it. Maybe curl your hair, I don't like short hair so don't cut it off! It could be the way you dress too you know

I guess it's different for a female. As a female, it's perfectly fine to look young. As long as you don't look like a little child (which you don't if you look 17), I don't see what the problem is. What's the problem here, OP? What's bad about looking 17 when you're 20, as a female?

Now if you were male, completely different story. For a young male, looking young = extremely bad, in so many ways. And the "you'll be glad to look young when you're older" is a load of rubbish. By then, a man will have a stable career, a house, a wife, nice kids and won't give a **** about his looks, by and large, because they won't matter by that age (unless you're in show business, where obviously looks will matter, but that applies to like 0.001% of men).

[Soph(:]

I have the same problem! I'll be greatful for it when I'm actually older but not at the moment haha.
Heavier make up and a more sophisticated hair cut

[snapper1]

I'm exactly the same really, I'm 20 and people always nearly faint in shock when I tell them my age. I'm 5 foot 8 but quite skinny/small boobs which probably doesn't help but still....it makes me feel too embarrassed about disclosing my real age to people! I guess I dress like a teenager though (skinny jeans and tshirts) but I like my dress sense and wouldn't want to change that. My hair is long and straight, but I just have a total babyface. I find doing my eye makeup helps a bit, wearing mascara probably cranks me up to 17/18 and wearing a smokey eye shadow with eye liner probably takes me to a solid 18 but I'm rubbish at doing it so tend not to bother.

Facially, I don't seem to have changed since I was about 11 lol! I just hope it changes a bit soon so I don't have to get much older and get similar reactions...I find it really embarrassing too though so you're not alone!!

[LemonLizards]

Do people really look that much older from 17/18-21? Never really noticed much difference in change. Don't think I look any older than I did at 18.

[Alhanalem]

(Original post by snapper1)
I'm exactly the same really, I'm 20 and people always nearly faint in shock when I tell them my age. I'm 5 foot 8 but quite skinny/small boobs which probably doesn't help but still....it makes me feel too embarrassed about disclosing my real age to people! I guess I dress like a teenager though (skinny jeans and tshirts) but I like my dress sense and wouldn't want to change that. My hair is long and straight, but I just have a total babyface. I find doing my eye makeup helps a bit, wearing mascara probably cranks me up to 17/18 and wearing a smokey eye shadow with eye liner probably takes me to a solid 18 but I'm rubbish at doing it so tend not to bother.

Facially, I don't seem to have changed since I was about 11 lol! I just hope it changes a bit soon so I don't have to get much older and get similar reactions...I find it really embarrassing too though so you're not alone!!

oh snap, I'm quite tall and skinny. maybe it's what I'm wearing then... I'll try doing smoky eyes more often as well!

[Alhanalem]

(Original post by LemonLizards)
Do people really look that much older from 17/18-21? Never really noticed much difference in change. Don't think I look any older than I did at 18.

I personally think I look a lot younger than 17, I'd say about 15. I have a sneaky suspicion my friends are being a bit nice about how young I actually look.

[Nick1sHere]

(Original post by bellebrunette)
You'll be happy that you look young when you're way older!

(Original post by Soph(:)
I'll be greatful for it when I'm actually older

Nothing pisses me off more about this than when people say, oh you'll be thankful when you're older

Who gives a **** about when you're older, seriously?

[Piko_Piko]

I have the same problem.
I'll share the one tip I know that works:
If you have a round face - wavy hair somehow de-emphasises the roundness and youthfullness.
If you have an angular/thin face - straight hair emphasises it's angularness.(is that a word? angularity sounds wrong too)

So maybe get the hair straightener/ curling iron out.