Beauty Secrets of 'The Golden Bachelor' and Its Beloved Contestants

Experience Best of Beauty like never before. [View this email in your browser]( | [Manage newsletter subscriptions](newsletter=all2) [Allure logo image]( November 30, 2023 [Collage of The Golden Bachelor contestants]( The Women of The Golden Bachelor Told Us All Their Beauty Secrets This fall, we entered a golden age of reality television. For the first time in its 27 seasons, The Bachelor recruited a man old enough for Medicare to be the face of the franchise. Or rather, an offshoot thereof: The Golden Bachelor premiered on September 28th, and it’s been the subject of group texts, office chatter, and mother-daughter phone calls across the country ever since. Sure, there’s plenty to say about Gerry Turner, 72, a restaurateur from Indiana who—having lost his wife Toni in 2017—is on a journey to find love again. But it’s the 22 women vying for his heart—all of whom are between the ages of 60 and 75—who have emerged as the most talked-about stars of the show. There’s Leslie, a 64-year-old dancer and former aerobics champion; Joan, a 60-year-old school administrator who loves to cook; and Edith, a 60-year-old retired realtor whose hobbies include golf and salsa dancing. While these contestants have three or four decades on previous contenders, one might argue—and over the last few weeks, some have—that on the whole they have cultivated a youthful aesthetic not too far off from that of the Millennial women who have slept in those bunk beds before them. (Yes, they are staying in the same rooms in the same Agoura Hills mansion.) Hair bounces and shines, [teeth sparkle](, shoes teeter, necklines plunge. One might also argue—and over the last few weeks, some have—that this season, like the 27 before it, hinges on feeding our own preconceptions about age, beauty, and sexuality back to us. Read the [full story now on Allure](. [READ MORE]( [Sign up for Allure's Beauty Box]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( This e-mail was sent to you by [allure.com](. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, allure@newsletters.allure.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( or [Manage your newsletter subscriptions](newsletter=all2) Copyright © Condé Nast 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.