High quality makeup and YouTube are far more accessible now. My wife is big into fashion and can 100% look like a celeb when she wants to. She learned it all from watching videos of pros like Scott Barns. (A makeup artist for celebs like Jennifer Lopez) At 42 she routinely gets ID at liquor stores and even in Vegas.

Also, youth is a big factor with attractiveness for females. If you are 25 and under and have a reasonable weight most men will find a girl like that physically attritive. Over 25 -30 things can tank pretty quick. I've met 3 "hotties" from my old high school throughout the years and man, it's pretty sad...time has not been kind.

The opposite goes for men. When I was in my late teens I was awkward and scrawny but the older I get the better I look. I've put on much more muscle and have some gray going which I'm told makes me look very distinguished and mature. Both things women find very attractive. Also I'm pretty fit which is a huge factor for men especially as we age. Even just maintaining a healthy weight is big with women as most men are now overweight. (Double so for men over 30. The beer gut is not a good look.)

Overall I think men have it better then women. Women have a timer. The older they get the harder it gets. There are attractive women over 25 but there prospects shrink every year as more and more men are taken and all that's left are the rejects. Men are the opposite. We are worthless when we are young and get better as we age. There is always a new generation of women coming up for older men to court. Also young women tend to be naïve and fall for older males and their bullshit, thinking they are going to find someone to care for them when in fact all these guys want is a good lay and then move onto the next younger thing. Think Leonardo Dicaprio, once you're 30 dump'em and move on down the line.