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If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It This Holiday Season

December 6, 2017

No 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/

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This Ceramic Knot Necklace is not to Be Missed

November 17, 2017

Whether you tie the knot or wear the knot, you will love this “twist” on a traditional necklace.  The ceramic knot necklace is a collaboration between The Sunroom and Oatmeal Shop, both in Columbus, Ohio.  The smaller knot is $70 and the larger one is $80 hanging from either gold link or leather.  Such a statement and no two are alike.

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Holliday Style and Gift Giving

November 14, 2017

Over 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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My Favorite LIp Pencil of All Time

October 13, 2017

 

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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Crocs High Heels Are the Best

February 10, 2017

I love Crocs High Heels.  There, I’ve said it.  As embarrassing at it may be, my favorite warm weather shoes are Crocs High Heels.  I have them in every color.  I get to look a little taller and my legs look longer, without the pain and agony of high heels.  I admit, that I only wear them with long, long pants so no one is aware that I am in rubber shoes, but I am telling you that once you try on a pair you will love them.  I am going to California in a couple of weeks and I was just thinking about where my Croc heels are so I can pack them.  If they would make them in closed-toe styles I would have all of those too.  Just thinking about them brings a tear to my eye!!

 

 

 

 

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