ROSIE GREEN: 7 beauty habits that are making you look older

Fickle creatures that we are, once autumn hits we're all craving a beauty step change. Out with the beachy hair and sun-flushed skin we wanted in spring – now it's polish and sophistication we're hankering after. With the #demure look trending, it feels the time is right to pare things back and go for simplicity.

As we get older our skin colour changes, as does our hair texture. I'm always shocked when they reach for volumising products at the hair salon. I want to tell them, 'I think you are mistaken, I have thick hair.' Then I remember I had thick hair. Just like I had pale skin. And full brows. Now I don't. So look hard in the mirror. Is that hairstyle really working for you? Should you switch your parting? Is that eyeshadow the best shade for you now? Ask your hairdresser what they think. Visit a make-up counter (I'd go for a make-up artist's brand such as Bobbi Brown or Charlotte Tilbury) and listen to their opinion. Or, if you're really brave, ask a teenager.

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