I’m bitterly jealous of my own 14-year-old daughter’s beauty… I’ve looked at getting filler in my wonky nose to match up
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MUM-of-three Alice Macintyre, 41, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, confesses that she envies her daughter’s looks. And the writer, married to architect Chris, 40, says many mums feel the same but won’t admit it . . . TOPPING up my lipstick, I step back, look in the mirror and grin.
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As an exhausted mum of three and busy writer, I don’t often look glamorous. But after splashing out £150 at the hair salon on a cut-and-colour, and putting on a new £110 figure-hugging dress for a party, I feel pretty good. That is until my daughter, Charlotte, 14, glides down the stairs, long blonde hair flowing behind her.
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Long-limbed and wrinkle-free, she looks fantastic and my heart sinks. I love her so much, so I’m ashamed of what I’m about to say: I am jealous of her. Seeing her makes me feel old, wrinkly and past it. But I know that I’m far from alone in tying beauty so closely with youth.
![[A mother and daughter in matching white dresses hold a hand mirror.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/alice-macintyre-daughter-charlotte-mother-964991000.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
Hollywood star Brooke Shields, now 59, who was famed for her stunning looks in the Eighties, this week lamented being seen as “a disappointment” now that she is older. “I have watched people get affronted that I dare to be [nearly] 60,” the actress said.
![[A mother and her teenage daughter stand together outdoors.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/alice-macintyre-41-tunbridge-wells-964207139.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
It is a feeling actress Pamela Anderson, 57, seems to share. The former Baywatch “babe” has embraced a make-up-free look, saying she is now done with “chasing youth”. These celebrities’ honesty resonates with me. Ageing is normal but my daughter’s easy beauty makes me feel down — and I know I’ll be condemned for admitting that I’m jealous of my own child.
