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Forty has a fresh face in the new millennium, and being a woman means looking younger, feeling better and living longer. No longer considered old, forty-something is the new twenty-something and it's all about vitality and zest for life. There's no reason to miss your twenties when you can enjoy all the benefits that made them a great age.

Advances in technology and science have made looking twenty when you're forty a breeze. With a variety of hot products, designed to defy age and promote the glow of youth, there's almost no reason to look or feel your age, if you don't want to. From supplements and lotions to hormones and fresh foods, there is the perfect product for any woman who wants to squeeze the most out of her forties.

Active is the word for forty. Past the uncertainty of the twenties and the trials of the thirties, forty is about self-confidence and knowing exactly what you want. Skip the mid-life crisis that women used to experience and head for the weight-room. Gyms and spas are filled with women reinventing the muscle tone and flexibility they had in youth.

A killer combination of wisdom, youth and energy makes forty an age to celebrate, with plenty of time for a career change or a new family. Women are healthier and able to have children later in life, and the new forty-year-old mother has the advantage of experience and savvy in raising her children. She knows who she is and can devote more of herself to helping her children find themselves.

With the sweeping trend of healthier lifestyles, people are living longer and working longer. Forty is the perfect time for a career change. You've lived long enough to know what you want and what you're good at and there's plenty of time left to plan an adequate retirement. Experience and maturity is an asset to a company and being older in the new millennium doesn't put you at a disadvantage.

Dating at forty in the new millennium is fun again and filled with possibilities. You look and feel terrific and don't have the uncertainties of a twenty year old out in the dating scene. You've already done your trial run and know the ropes. Hollywood's famed women are dating younger men and looking fabulous doing it.

Get out there and live your forties for all they're worth. Women no longer need to keep their age a secret.

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