French women know now to stay thin and, according to New York Times writer Ann Morrison, they know how to stay young, at least in attitude.
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Morrison says that French woman don't attempt to disguise the aging process with Botox and other medical procedures. Instead they embrace pampering rituals that our fast paced culture just can't slow down long enough to enjoy.
French women have captured the art of looking good by taking care of themselves from silky hair to pedicured toe. The use of anti aging products begins in a French girl's teens. Beautifying is as much an investment in their future as the stock market is in the U.S., and far more stable.
Gaining weight is the kiss of dead to a French woman and all excess in food and drink is taboo. Diet and weight loss products are welcome in a French woman's beauty cabinet along with lotions and potions for every area of their bodies. Prescriptions for a week at a health spa is a French woman's medical treatment of choice.
French women spend over $2 billion every year on skin care, more than British, Spanish and German women combined. Cosmetic surgery is only used to enhance the beauty of aging not distort it back into its misguided youth. Natural beauty, absent the sags and bags, is preferred.
