beauty
When I was at the Style Collective first Annual Conference in Raleigh I was surrounded by young women who were all “in the know.” The best tip I got: use Starbucks napkins to blot your face when it’s feeling like an oil slick. So I tried it and guess what? It works. And the cost is right up my alley. Thank you Starbucks!
Read MoreThis stuff is the bomb! Dove sent me this jar of their new DermaSeries Dry Skin Relief and I didn’t think much about it. Then I put it on and wow! My legs looked like they were sixty again. HaHa! I thought it would be too heavy but it feels like a whipped Petroleum Jelly (sorry but that is my best way to describe it). It is so soft and not greasy feeling. I am hooked.
Read MoreNo matter what size or age, many women have beautiful legs and cover them up. This holiday season, go for it! Get those legs out on display. This dress by Wai Ming ($374.00) not only gives you a chance to display those pretty legs but has small cut-outs at the shoulder as well. I love a cold shoulder, but I often feel like my arm looks like a ham hock in that look. If the cut-out is too low, it is just too much flesh. Not so with this look. So, when you are looking at cold-shoulder items for your wardrobe, make sure to try them on because they vary and may not be right for your arms. Use this great Wai Ming dress as a guide. Thread earrings ($48.00) and Calleen Cordero shoes ($675.00). https://shopthreadonline.com/
Read MoreOver the next few weeks Starting Over at Sixty will feature some of our favorite holiday style for you or for gift giving.
The easiest and least expensive way to update your look is with accessories. The bangles here are from Thread and are each under $100. Large bangle, $88. Small bangle, $62. Go to shopthreadonline.com.
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I know I know…old ladies often wear the same makeup styles and colors for their whole lives. Well, not this old lady! I do have my favorite makeup products, but I try new makeup and new makeup trends all the time. Some work and some don’t. When I am trying something new, I look in the mirror before I go out the door I say to myself, “WWKS,” which is, “What would Kevyn say.” Kevyn is my daughter, and believe me when I tell you, she cuts me no slack: all she has to do is give me the stink eye and it is back to the drawing board.
And, while I love trying new trends, there are some must haves that I swear by. This one is probably my longest running go-to makeup product: Wet-n-Wild Lip Pencil #666.
I found it years ago when I read in a magazine that some Super Model used it all the time, and I was sure that if I used it, I would become a Super Model, too. I went to Walgreen’s and bought it for $.99. Since that time I have used lots of other lip pencils, but always go back to 666 (pretend it’s 999 if that number makes you nervous).
It is a wine color with a little bit of brown mixed in. I am wearing it in my head shot on the cover page of the website. It works for everyone. I recently heard a makeup artist refer to it again, and that is probably 20 years later!
I use it on my whole lip, then use a lip balm or Chapstick over it. And, now I mostly use it by itself as a matte lipstick. How trendy am I?
The crazy old lady in me comes out whenever I am in the CVS or Walgreen’s, and I buy all of them in stock, because I am afraid they will discontinue the color and then what would I do! I probably have dozens tucked away in my bathroom.
Sadly, that lip pencil did not make me a Super Model…good thing they are so affordable for us mere mortals.
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