War on wrinkles rankles with defiant Gabby
| Published date | 22 January 2022 |
| Publication title | Daily Record, The / Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) |
"Who decided wrinkles were even something to try to keep at bay anyway? They're kind of the marks of your history, of your life. Other cultures are more open to seeing it that way."
Logan is blessed with great skin, though, and taking care of it has always been a pillar of her self-care (her mum, Christine Yorath, was a beautician). "I've been having facials since about 22. If your skin is healthy and hair is healthy, all those things are related to self-esteem and feeling good about yourself."
A mainstay of BBC football and athletics coverage, Logan has been a real trailblazer for female sports hosts and her podcast, The Mid.Point, in which she interviews stars about health and life in middle age, is now in its forth series.
The public eye has become a "more accepting and more welcoming landscape" for women beyond their 30s, she said. TV has made big strides since being "littered withmiddle aged white men, when women's roles were kind of subservient, turning over cards or running on with a prize [on game shows]".
But there's still a way to go. "Sometimes it's a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you don't see it, then you don't believe it could be and you think, 'Well, this is me finished at 40 because I can't see who those women are out there'," said the
I'm to age, to look don't want a face not move - that's aim mum-of-two. Experience has brought Logan clarity when it comes to body image. "When I was younger, you never have what you want. If you have a strong nose, you want a button nose. I have come to peace with my straight up-and-down, no curves figure.
"I try to say to my daughter [she has 16-year-old twins, Lois and Reuben, with ex-rugby player husband Kenny] try not to waste any time on it because it doesn't do your self-esteem or your mental health any good."
Some find self-acceptance earlier, she said, and some "go to their grave wishing they could have had longer legs".
Still, she can't quite believe she's turning 50 next year. "I can't ever get my head around it. It's not that I want to be younger but it's almost about moving the perception you had of that age. When I was 21, what I thought a 50-year-old would be like, I don't feel like that."
She's got a great role model for positive ageing. "My mum looks amazing. She's 71 and still works really hard and loves socialising and she's...
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