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So I got back from the yard tonight...looked in the mirror... and there it was, staring right back at me...

I've developed the 'ive had horses too long and my face has suffered as a direct result of wind/ rain/ hail/ occasional sun exposure' look !!!

Now this is somthing that I had come to accept as almost a right of passage, but I'm only 21! I didn't expect it to happen overnight.

I figure that my face takes enough of a bashing from the constant muck its usually smeared with, so I don't tend to wear makeup, unless for an occasion, but I religiously cleanse, tone and moisturise.

What other tips do you have to stop this lifestyle taking its toll?

Facepacks and cucumber slices for everyone :)
 
Speaking as someone much older than you....moisturiser and then more moisturiser ! Can't use it too often ....
 
A good industrial strength moisturiser (none of this £300 for a thimble full rubbish :D), and slap on the sun cream, even on dull days, even in winter.

I suffer from wind burn a lot, and only slapping on the Nivea several times a day stops my face peeling off :D
 
I think I must get wind burn too MrsElle, no sun today yet tonight my face is resembling a slapped bottom and its roasting!
Ill be keeping tubs of moisturiser everywhere from now on. Tack room, car, stable, drawer at work etc. Honestly, I feel like a haggered old woman haha!
 
Use Nivea Creme...fab stuff I have used it all my life and not a wrinkle, line or crow's feet in sight. I use it under my foundation too if I wear sny and I feel like a dried up prune without it. Costs around 3.00 for a big tub which lasts forever and it works far better than any of the expensive ones. (I am more than twice your age).
 
When you are down the farm use Waitrose Baby Butter! Its amazing stuff, very cheap and smells lovely. Its saved me all winter its amazing stuff i use it for lip balm, hand cream and foot cream. Its natural and made with Olive oil !
 
When I got back into horses I noticed a breed of woman - the 'HORSEY HAG'

It starts with weathering of the face and hands.

Then you develop unsightly nails, first hands then toes.

Gradually you give up trying to control your hair.

You begin to lose all fashion sense and just wear whatever is comfortable, no matter what colour schemes that gives.
Said clothes take up a smelly corner of your bedroom to be washed when they finally register on your desensitised nose.

After 15 years of horses this is the stage I am at.

The plus side is that I am transformed on a night out! My family are impressed at how I scrub up.

I am sure it is all preventable though and moisturiser is a good start x
 
Help melbiswas! Its engulfing me! I am morphing into a horsey hag! I'm currently wearing black jods with a brown fleece :/ black and brown..BLACK AND BROWN!

Is it reversable or a slippery slope?
 
There is a good side to this, my family and friends always see me as the 'horsey hag' and then its a special occasion and I wear makeup and nice clothes and they don't recognize me and I then get lots of compliments about my appearance.:D
 
I'm afraid it sounds like you have early - onset, poor OP.

Tell me, do you go out in public like this?

I think it's a bit like being a transvestite, when you are out in places like Tescos and not worried anymore you are a true Horsey Hag. Mind you they are a bit more accepting of us these days....

Slippery slope I reckon as horses are highly addictive.
 
melbiswas said:
When I got back into horses I noticed a breed of woman - the 'HORSEY HAG'

It starts with weathering of the face and hands.

Then you develop unsightly nails, first hands then toes.

Gradually you give up trying to control your hair.

You begin to lose all fashion sense and just wear whatever is comfortable, no matter what colour schemes that gives.
Said clothes take up a smelly corner of your bedroom to be washed when they finally register on your desensitised nose.

After 15 years of horses this is the stage I am at.

The plus side is that I am transformed on a night out! My family are impressed at how I scrub up.

I am sure it is all preventable though and moisturiser is a good start x
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OMG.

I am a horsey hag.

Although...I did once wear a skirt.....everyone almost passed out.:D
 
I am a confirmed horsehag. (and like others more than 2 x your age). The great thing about it though is I am often incognito and nobody puts together the scruffy hay in hair, unmade up, wind burnt face with thread veins, muddy boots, scruffy trackies with the suited and booted made-up lady who pops into the local shop ;)
 
I use sp15 everyday in face and hands. Always use night cream too. My nails grow so long I have to cut them. I don't want to be a horsey hag :0 I will resort to Botox when it happens. I did get asked for ID to buy cigarettes the other day and I'm 35 in August, so the cream is working so far!
 
On the day I got married I walked down the stairs in my wedding dress and met my Dad on the bottom and the first thing he did was lift up my skirt! When asked what on earth was he doing he just answered that he was checking to see if I had my jodhpurs and boots on underneath, says it all really.:D
 
melbiswas said:
When I got back into horses I noticed a breed of woman - the 'HORSEY HAG'

It starts with weathering of the face and hands.

Then you develop unsightly nails, first hands then toes.

Gradually you give up trying to control your hair.

You begin to lose all fashion sense and just wear whatever is comfortable, no matter what colour schemes that gives.
Said clothes take up a smelly corner of your bedroom to be washed when they finally register on your desensitised nose.

After 15 years of horses this is the stage I am at.

The plus side is that I am transformed on a night out! My family are impressed at how I scrub up.

I am sure it is all preventable though and moisturiser is a good start x
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Oh dear - I am just about there and I have only been in the horsey world for 3 yrs :p

I spend every spare moment at the yard and my sister and partner keep commenting on my awful fashion sense which normally consists of a comfy pair of jods and a hoody haha!

I am trying desperately to try and cling on to a little bit of femininity by scrubbing my nails furiously every night and putting on a coat of clearn nail varnish every now and then haha!
 
I swear by Liz Earle Skin Repair Moisturiser - it contains Vitamin E which according to the packet is an antioxidant which helps protect skin against free radical damage caused by pollution and the sun’s radiation!

I also moisturise my hands ALL the time :D
 
Diprobase, diprobase, and more diprobase!

I have horses AND sailing to batter my skin, but the diprobase does a brilliant job of protecting and moisturising. (So much so, I got IDed buying booze the other day - I'm 35!)
 
melbiswas said:
Said clothes take up a smelly corner of your bedroom to be washed when they finally register on your desensitised nose.

...

The plus side is that I am transformed on a night out! My family are impressed at how I scrub up.

I am sure it is all preventable though and moisturiser is a good start x
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Uh oh! The clothes pile is particularly ominous. Am also told I scrub up well. I assume they are congratulating me on the fact that I scrubbed at all...

I also recommend the Nivea Creme. The big blue round tub. I won some Clarins posh crap at Christmas and it's not a patch on good old Nivea!
 
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