Beauty

Often, the women I’ve worked with have shared with me why they hesitate to wear eyeshadow and some of these reasons may certainly resonate with you as well. Some feel it’s not really important or necessary or it takes too much time or is too difficult…

Have you ever sewn yourself a garment? I’m sure that you at least know the basics of sewing. It was only in recent years that sewing (“home economics”) was no longer taught in public school. Sadly, this seems like a dead art…

There are some wonderful makeup techniques we can use to create bigger and even more beautiful, lifted eyes. And since our eyes are the first place to show age, this is especially important for those of us over 50. The right makeup…

Winter comes, and everything starts cracking. The ice cracks, the leaves crack beneath my feet, and my skin starts cracking against the onslaught of the dry cold weather. This is not to say I dislike winter. On the contrary, I adore the soups, cuddling…

The seasons are a-changing and that can be mood-elevating… or depressing, depending on how you feel about the fall. At the very least, it’s a time when you might be connecting with family and friends again, and that’s always (well, usually) mood elevating…

Have you ever put on your makeup, driven to a meeting or event and later looked in a restroom mirror only to discover that the blush you’d applied earlier had completely disappeared? Well, you’re certainly not alone. Most of us have had the same…

Fashion for mature women doesn’t have to embrace trends that simply don’t work for us. In the video above, style expert Jodie Filogmo, of Jodie’s Touch of Style, talks about fashion for mature women with a focus on leopard spots and other animal prints…

For some, reinvention is a dramatic process of rethinking pretty much every aspect of your life. But, for others, the process of reinvention is more subtle – it is a gradual process of forming a more healthy and complete bond with your authentic self…

I think if we’re totally honest, we’d probably admit that our eyeshadow palette purchases are usually triggered by one or two colors in the palette that just call to us. But what often happens – at least I know this happens to me – is that I’ll frequently use…

Too often, women over 60 fall victim to the mindset that, as we age, we become invisible. Stereotypes about aging and unfair fashion “rules” can make us feel like what we wear or our personal fashion choices simply don’t matter. At age 93, Baddie Winkle…