...but this mum says: I wish I’d had her looks!
Author and mother-of-five Emma heatherington, 42, is from Donaghmore, county tyrone. her daughter Jade, 17, is at college studying for her A-levels.
MUM EMMA: My girl has timeless beauty — and so many products
JADE is much prettier than I was at her age, but that’s down to her being a classic beauty. She has a timeless grace. Ever since she was a baby, she has received compliments on her looks.
I was the eldest of six children, so we bought things everyone could use — and vast selections of make-up weren’t on the agenda! We didn’t have the products or the know-how to enhance our looks the way Jade’s generation does. But beauty comes from within.
I teach my children it’s a privilege to get older. My mum died at 36, so I never saw her grow old.
DAUGHTER JADE: Sorry Mum, but you could definitely have used my help!
I LOVE my mum, but there’s just no contest — I look much better than she did at my age! It’s not her fault — the Nineties were all about the grunge look: permed hair, baggy jeans and little or no make-up.
She could definitely have used my help. I have three different make-up bags and my morning routine takes up to 40 minutes. It might sound like a lot, but it’s normal for my generation. I love how I look and I’m so happy I’m a 17-year-old in 2019, not 1994.