{"id":3327,"date":"2026-10-09T07:34:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T23:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/rhocs-shannon-beador-on-embracing-her-empty-nest-era-and-the-treatments-she-swears-by\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T07:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T23:34:13","slug":"rhocs-shannon-beador-on-embracing-her-empty-nest-era-and-the-treatments-she-swears-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/rhocs-shannon-beador-on-embracing-her-empty-nest-era-and-the-treatments-she-swears-by\/","title":{"rendered":"RHOC\u2019s Shannon Beador on Embracing Her Empty-Nest Era and the Treatments She Swears By"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Just days before filming the Season 20 reunion of <em class=\"italic\">The Real Housewives of Orange County <\/em>(RHOC), Shannon Storms Beador was already thinking about what comes next. After more than a decade of sharing her most vulnerable moments on television, the 62-year-old is in a decidedly different chapter: her daughters are out of the house, she\u2019s single and she\u2019s thinking more about the hormone changes that come with midlife. \u201cI really want to dive into all this new stuff,\u201d she tells me on NewBeauty\u2019s <em class=\"italic\">The Beauty Authority <\/em>podcast<em class=\"italic\">.<\/em> \u201cI used to do the colonics, I used to do acupuncture all the time. You get so busy and I\u2019m going to go back to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Watch the full interview below and keep scrolling for the biggest takeaways from our conversation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"my-8\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shannon Beador on Beauty, Aging and 12 Years of RHOC | The Beauty Authority\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gWiMeZo0K50?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"the-lifestyle-shift-she-didnt-expect\" class=\"font-canela mb-4 mt-8 text-2xl font-light leading-tight text-black md:text-3xl\">The Lifestyle Shift She Didn\u2019t Expect<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Becoming an empty nester was a major adjustment for Beador, especially after years of defining herself through relationships. \u201cIt was tough at the beginning,\u201d she says. \u201cI was a person that I always defined myself by being in a relationship. So here all of a sudden I\u2019m completely by myself.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">What surprised her was how much she eventually began to enjoy it. \u201cI kind of like being by myself. I like to be able to create my own schedule and not have to worry about somebody.\u201d After years of navigating relationships on camera, she says there\u2019s also a certain freedom in the change. \u201cI only have to worry about me now. So it\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"navigating-midlife-changes\" class=\"font-canela mb-4 mt-8 text-2xl font-light leading-tight text-black md:text-3xl\">Navigating Midlife Changes<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Like many women in menopause and midlife, Beador says the physical changes have brought new frustrations, particularly around her stomach. \u201cI\u2019m 62 years old and I have literally tried so many things for this belly area right here, and I\u2019m really not figuring it out,\u201d she says. Looking more closely at hormones is next on her list. \u201cAs I get some more free time in the next couple of months, I\u2019m really going to look into the hormones, and I want to share about it because a lot of my girlfriends are going through the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Her frustration is familiar to many women experiencing body changes in midlife. \u201cIt\u2019s like, what the flip with my stomach? And I don\u2019t eat that much,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m trying certain peptides, but they don\u2019t really work. So I want to talk about it and share. As we get older, things do change.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"the-treatments-she-swears-by\" class=\"font-canela mb-4 mt-8 text-2xl font-light leading-tight text-black md:text-3xl\">The Treatments She Swears By<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Beador is just as open about her aesthetic choices. Of everything she\u2019s tried, one procedure stands out. \u201cThe thing I was worried about doing, but the thing that helped me the most, is getting that lower facelift,\u201d she says. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">When she wants something less invasive, Beador turns to Thermage. \u201cWhat I have found that I like the best for skin tightening is Thermage,\u201d she says. \u201cI notice a difference when I\u2019ve had that done.\u201d Her current routine also includes lymphatic massage to address puffiness. \u201cI tend to retain fluid and I\u2019m a little bit puffy,\u201d she says. \u201cYou just gotta keep up with your skin.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"on-embracing-aging\" class=\"font-canela mb-4 mt-8 text-2xl font-light leading-tight text-black md:text-3xl\">On Embracing Aging<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">Beador was 49 when she joined <em class=\"italic\">RHOC<\/em>, so viewers have watched her navigate more than a decade of aging in HD. At 62, she sounds less interested in fighting every sign of it. \u201cSometimes I\u2019ll just look at myself with no makeup and go, \u2018Yeah, you\u2019re fine. Just film,\u2019\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-md mb-6 leading-relaxed text-gray-500\">That doesn\u2019t mean she\u2019s swearing off treatments. Women are increasingly considering aesthetic treatments alongside conversations about HRT and wellness in midlife, but Beador\u2019s goal is still to look like herself. \u201cThe bottom line is embrace who you are,\u201d she says. \u201cJust be who you are. Get a little tweak here and there.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just days before filming the Season 20 reunion of The R [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}