Hi,

I'm an art teacher, a writer and a painter. I enjoy practicing Tai Chi and Baguazhang and am very physically active.

I know I don't look it, but I'm actually 53 years. I use Christie Brinkley's skin care line faithfully and take Biosil every day.

I'm 5'2" and my measurements are 35-25-35. My weight fluctuates between 112-115, depending on what I've eaten in any given day. I know that qualifies me as an hourglass but I think I look crappy in traditional hourglass clothing because anything that divides me at the waist cuts me in half and makes me look like Cousin It! (I have long hair) I also have a bubble butt and I don't like anything that makes me look like a Kardasian! I wear minimum make up but when I do wear it I go for light tints, BB creams, clear gloss (like in the photo) pinks and reds. I think I am a deep winter because I can wear a "few" of the deep autumn colors but not all of them. I can wear all the winter colors just fine though. I especially look good in black and red.

My issue is with my Kibbe type. I want to discover it because I think that system is really great from what I've seen, but when I take the test I'm all over the place. I come out as a Flamboyant Gamine with long arms and legs and a boney frame, plus I have a curvy, howbeit slightly short-waisted, body. What I really look best in is anything that shows my legs because they are long, lean and muscular. But you can't teach elementary school in cut-off jeans and mini skirts. So, I need a look that I can wear to work and still feel stylish while showing my best features, which are long, lean arms, long lean legs and a great butt, even though I do have a tiny waist. I just don't look good to myself nor feel comfortable when I focus on the waist.

Eek...this is my first post and I've accidentally posted it in the wrong place. I think. I don't know how to move it to Who's Who.