A woman says she regularly gets told she looks 20 years younger that her real age and has explained her anti-ageing tricks 鈥 including keeping her hair long and watching Love Island. Nerys Middleton, 52, says people often assume she鈥檚 in her early 30s 鈥 and believes it鈥檚 partly down to her long locks and youthful outlook on life. The mum-of-one says she doesn鈥檛 believe in following old-school rules about what women should look like past a certain age. 鈥淧eople tell me they think I鈥檓 in my 30s because of the way I am,鈥 said the fashion influencer, from North Wales. 鈥淚 hang around with people in their 30s, so they talk about what 30鈥憏ear鈥憃lds talk about, like Love Island. I say to my older friends, 鈥楬ave you watched Love Island?鈥 and they鈥檙e like, 鈥楪od no, I wouldn鈥檛 watch that.鈥 It鈥檚 just little things like that. 鈥淧eople also tell me I鈥檓 too old to have long hair, but when you look at people like Cindy Crawford, they all still have long hair, haven鈥檛 they? As long as it鈥檚 healthy and you look after it, there鈥檚 no reason it can鈥檛 be longer over 50. 鈥淐utting it short is an old鈥慺ashioned thing my mum did.鈥 Nerys says she spends about 拢400 a month on vitamins, skincare and beauty treatments 鈥 and sees it as part of maintaining her health and confidence. The mum ensures she uses retinol and vitamin C treatments alongside CO2 laser facials and hydrofacials every few months. She鈥檚 also been getting Botox in her forehead since she was 29, wears SPF 50 every single day and doesn鈥檛 drink or smoke. But Nerys says keeping a younger mindset is the most important part of maintaining her youthful looks. She said: 鈥淢ostly it鈥檚 my mindset. I think if you think old, you become old. If you start thinking, 鈥極h God, my back鈥檚 aching, my legs are aching,鈥 you start dressing old, you start acting old. 鈥淚 think it helps if you have younger friends. Most of my friends I met through work are younger than me and we get on because I have a young mindset. My older friends are all married and settled 鈥 a bit fuddy-duddy. 鈥淚 spend a lot of time with young friends. We go on holidays, we go clubbing in Budapest. I wouldn鈥檛 go away with people my own age; they don鈥檛 like going out and partying. I think it鈥檚 not just about looks, it鈥檚 how you act. Because I鈥檝e got younger friends, we talk about younger things and I spend a lot of time with them. 鈥淢y older friends talk about what they鈥檙e crocheting.鈥 Nerys says she also religiously stays out of the sun, doesn鈥檛 drink alcohol and steers clear of junk food 鈥 all in order to feel and look her best. Style-wise, she avoids florals, ripped jeans or anything that feels like she鈥檚 鈥渢rying too hard鈥. The mum said: 鈥淚t stems down to clothes and things like that. Try and keep make-up to a minimum and see what trends are out there; see what other women are wearing. But don鈥檛 follow like a sheep 鈥 try and think of trends yourself. 鈥淚 stay away from anything floral unless you have a really young face. Stay away from ripped jeans and ethnic shorts because they make you look like you鈥檙e trying too hard. It鈥檚 the balance in between. You can either look frumpy or look trashy. 鈥淚鈥檓 trying to tell people about this balance that鈥檚 in the middle that can make you look classy, sophisticated and young. It annoys me when people say, 鈥榊ou don鈥檛 look 52鈥 and I think, no, I shouldn鈥檛 鈥 I work hard to look the way I do. You have to.鈥