Here is a photo of Nicole Kidman. If you are thinking the high life in Hollywood is taking its toll then you are probably correct but this photo does not reflect the actual state of Nicole. It is a photoshop creation submitted to a competition at Worth1000.com. Click here to view the original image from which this image of Nicole Kidman was created.

Worth1000 is a photoshop site that regularly runs competitions and the current one is to "un-airbrush" celebrities. There are some creative efforts, some taking the competition literally and simply reapplying the natural blemishes that are likely on a face and others embracing the challenge more enthusiastically and advancing the ageing process to predict how stars will look as age. Click here to view them.

Two that took The Green Mans attention were of Michael Jackson and Michelle Pfeiffer. The Michael Jackson one simply because it was completely superfluous, he has succeeded in making himself into a caricature of his former self in real life nothing more needs be done really. You can look him up for yourself on their site if you really need to see.

The one of Michelle Pfeiffer I include here because it struck me how beautiful she looked. One of the myths that many women seem to cling to, and is reflected in many cosmetic adds on television, is the men find the types of facial wrinkles present in this photo unattractive. At 30 Michelle Pfeiffer was a beautiful woman and she will still be beautiful at 50 so long as she resists the temptation to try and look like she is still 30.

Here is a little insight into the male mind for those female readers of The Green Man. Men can tell the difference between a 30 year old woman and a 50 year old woman with a face lift. A man who has never really matured into a well adjusted adult male will try to cling to his youth by dumping his wife for a younger model no matter how many face lifts she has had. A mature well balanced man appreciates that the characteristics of a womans natural beauty change with age but that does not mean that her beauty diminishes.

There is nothing more off putting than a 50 year old woman with a permanently surprised expression on her face telling you how her friends say that she looks 10 years younger. The challenge in life is not to stay young, noone can do that, but to look beautiful at whatever age you are and that has more to do with being comfortable with how you look and being healthy and confident.