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4 Rules to Break after 50 by guest blogger Nina Bandoni

Wednesday, 28 June 2017 by Hilda
This week, I am delighted to introduce you to my friend, the beautiful and fashionable Nina Bandoni from Florida. Nina and I were both part of the Fierce 50 Revolution launch way back in February and I have enjoyed getting to know her through her very interesting blog ‘Sharing a Journey’.  Nina is guest blogging
  • Published in Friends and Family, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Rants and Random Thoughts, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: beauty rules, breaking rules, guest blog, Nina Bandoni, Rules

Not Botox or Fillers- just Silk Pillowcases!

Wednesday, 14 June 2017 by Hilda
You know how I like to share, but I am always very careful about what I recommend when I talk about the beauty products I use because firstly what works me might not be suitable for your skin. I am a coward when it comes to Botox or Fillers, but I am still keen to
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: anti-ageing, beauty, CACI, Cara Pharmacies, Homestore and More, Luna, Nu Essence Beauty Salon, silk, silk pillowcases, wrinkles

Frayed Jeans Trend – Do I dare?

Wednesday, 31 May 2017 by Hilda
I am not trend driven at all. Well, I probably was when I was young, but certainly not now. I wear what I like and what I think suits me. Obviously, I get some help from the stylist daughter. Or rather she critiques and says yea or nay. Sometimes she says maybe. I love to
  • Published in Friends and Family, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: jeans, Paula's, Pia Rossini, Pieszak

Unique hand-crafted jewellery you will not be able to resist

Wednesday, 24 May 2017 by Hilda
This week I want to introduce you to another creative: Mary Drea. Maybe you have already read about her. Image Magazine recently named her as a jewellery designer to follow (she trades under addiebeads at the moment) or maybe you discovered her in one of the craft fairs or pop-up shops where she was selling
  • Published in Friends and Family, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: addiebeads, Avoca, bangles, bracelets, earrings, jewellery, Mary Drea, mosaic, pendants, rings

Diffusing online shopping with Diffusion

Wednesday, 10 May 2017 by Hilda
I first met Kate Gleeson when the stylist daughter and I were shopping for her Debs’ dress in Kate’s shop “Diffusion”, in Clontarf in Dublin. We bought the most beautiful dress there by an up-and-coming designer. Kate stocked some of the top designers such as Dolce and Gabbana and catered for an affluent clientele. It
  • Published in Friends and Family, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: bags, diffusion, fashion, kate gleeson, onlineshopping

Rock ‘n’ Roll is alive and KICKING

Thursday, 04 May 2017 by Hilda
It was Marilyn Monroe who said “Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world”. I reckon she meant boots because the stylist daughter Courtney has again collaborated with Shoe Lab with a second boot collection that is already conquering the world just 24 hours after the launch, with online sales as
  • Published in Friends and Family, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: boots, Bowie, buffalo, Celebrity, courtney smith, COXLAB, Fleetwood Mac, Iggy, Jimmy Page, Marc Bolan, rock 'n' roll, Stardust, Stevie Nicks, Suzi Quatro, T-Rex, Una Healy, Vogue Williams

Allicano – no longer a secret

Wednesday, 26 April 2017 by Hilda
Shsh! I am going to tell you a secret. Why? Because I am a sharing kind of person. Maybe some of you already know about this little gem, this wonderful little boutique called Allicano. It’s a little off the beaten track in Johnson Place at the top of South William Street near the Stephen’s Green
  • Published in Friends and Family, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: Allicano, boutique, Dublin boutique, fashion, Irish designer, Occasion Wear, shopping

‘Selected’ stylishly Scandinavian

Wednesday, 12 April 2017 by Hilda
Have you heard about the Danish label Selected Femme/Homme? I have only recently discovered it since it arrived at the end of last year in my local shopping centre Swords Pavilions, but you can also find the label in stores like Arnotts or if you are so inclined you can shop online at www.selected.ie Why
  • Published in Friends and Family, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: Arnotts, Littlewoods, Selected Femme Homme, shirts, Swords Pavilions

50 fierce over-50 women collaborate to launch global campaign

Sunday, 19 February 2017 by Hilda
Today, February 19th, I am honoured to be part of a movement with over 50 “over-50 bloggers” around the world to launch the first Fierce Over-50 Campaign on the 50th day of the year. Brainchild of the beautiful Catherine  McCormick (catherinegraceo.com), we want  to begin shifting a worldwide perception of this demographic in today’s world. A
  • Published in Friends and Family, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Rants and Random Thoughts, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: 50+, collaboration.50+andFabulous, thefierce50campaign

Tired of your ‘old man’? Get a new one!

Thursday, 19 January 2017 by Hilda
  GG has been given a make-over by the stylist daughter. She went through his wardrobe like a dervish and threw out (the local charity shop benefited) anything she thought was old, old-fashioned, dated, or a crime against fashion. Gone are the old man sweaters (her words!) and tailored slacks. Several shirts also hit the
  • Published in Friends and Family, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, Love & Relationships, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: Belstaff, Brown Thomas, fashion, husband, Mango, men's fashion, Nudie, Reiss

Are you sale savvy or sale foolish?

Saturday, 07 January 2017 by Hilda
You either love or loathe sales shopping and I am a member of the former category. I love a good bargain and I am easily lured in by the SALE sign. And this year I didn’t have to wait until after Christmas to bag incredible bargains. The general advice is to buy classics that fit
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: Biba, Brown Thomas, coat, coats, Enjoy Malahide, fashion, fashion over 50, Gerard Darel, House of Fraser, Kildare Village, Magee, Ology, Sales, shopping, Whistles, Zara

A pure treat to make you feel like Cleo

Thursday, 29 December 2016 by Hilda
Cleopatra and I have much in common.  I did date an Italian for a short time but it’s not that, so you will have to read to the end to find out what it is. Don’t dare skip! Recently, I was sent some Rose Water Toner to try out by Irish Company Ultrapure. They obviously
  • Published in Health & Wellbeing, Home, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: cleanser, face, irish company, moisturising irish blogger agency, toner, Ultra Pure, Ultrapure Laboratories

Kildare Village- shopping mecca for discerning bargain hunters

Sunday, 18 December 2016 by Hilda
  It’s not often I can persuade the stylist daughter to come shopping with me; she is always too busy, you see. So when she offered to take me shopping in Kildare Village (in a chauffeured driven limo!) I didn’t wait to be asked twice. Even though the day was wet and miserable, The Village
  • Published in Friends and Family, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: bargains, Belstaff, coats, DVF, Emma Manley, Gerard Darel, Kate Spade, kildare village outlet, Le Pain Quotiedien, Ralph Lauren, shopping, So Collective, stylist daughter

Cosmetology not plastic surgery best

Wednesday, 23 November 2016 by Hilda
Mirror Mirror Some days, when I look in the mirror I get a shock. When did all these lines and wrinkles appear?  Those of you who are regular readers know that I am seldom happy with my beauty creams, lotions and potions and I am constantly searching for some miracle cream that will help soften
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: ##, anti-ageing, cosmetology, facial, juliette armand, sisterhood, sunflowers, sunflowers salon

These boots are made for walking

Wednesday, 16 November 2016 by Hilda
Both of my gorgeous girls have had hectic years, in very different ways. The elder daughter Kirstin has been very busy getting engaged to Mark, buying and moving into their new home and then producing a beautiful baby boy with whom GG and I are unashamedly besotted. Much more on this subject in a future
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: boots, boots'buffalo.shoelab'rocknroll, buffalo, courtney smith, heroes, rocknroll, shoelab

Galway Fashion Trail

Tuesday, 08 November 2016 by Hilda
Galway was where Graham (GG) and I first started going out, so it has a special place in my heart. I couldn’t leave him behind when I headed west for my first Galway Fashion Trail. I had been invited by ITWBN (Into the West Bloggers Network for those of you who don’t know) to be
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: blogger, Brid ODonnell, Choice Boutiques, Colette Latchford, colette latchford harper, Colin Burke, Colm Quinn BMW, Crevation Designs, galway, galway fashion trail, Greenes Shoes, harper, itwbn, Kilkenny Shop, Rococo, Suzie Mahony Designs, treasure chest galway, willow

Getting it wrong and right!

Wednesday, 19 October 2016 by Hilda
I admit I have always been a sucker for animal print. The stylist daughter (who is not averse to a bit of animal print herself) told me I was channelling Coronation Street barmaids perfectly in my outfit below.   “Leather and animal print?” she chided. “Faux,” I replied, my feathers ruffled! “My point exactly!” she
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: black, Paula's, style, TKMaxx, Zara

“Let it rain” I don’t Care, I have a Raincoat

Friday, 14 October 2016 by Simon
What is the one item of clothing every self-respecting Irish man and woman must and should have in their wardrobe? You can’t possibly guess? Why it’s a raincoat, of course, and this raincoat must be suitable for all occasions. I have owned some pretty horrendous versions in my time, most only suitable for walking along
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: fashion post, Ilse Jacobsen, Paula's Malahide, raincoats, stylish raincoats

Flutter those lashes!

Wednesday, 05 October 2016 by Hilda
  Finding a good mascara is a bit like searching for The Holy Grail. It can be a problem at any age, but it becomes even more difficult as we get older. Why? It’s one of the ‘joys’ of ageing. Think of the changes happening to our skin as we age; well, apply the same
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: beauty, Clinique, mascaras, maybelline, rimmel

Goodbye to bad hair days

Tuesday, 20 September 2016 by Hilda
It’s not called our crowning glory for nothing! No matter what I am wearing, no matter how well I look otherwise, if my hair is not right I might as well stay at home. I know that most of my friends feel the same way and many spend more on keeping their tresses just right
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: beauty, giveaway, hair, hairdresser, petermark

Green with Envy!

Tuesday, 30 August 2016 by Hilda
While I was a boarder at secondary school, we had a ghost called The Green Lady who supposedly haunted the chapel. I remember as a gullible third year (yes, fourteen year-olds were innocent then) being terrified by the stories put about by the seniors. But despite all that, green remains one of my favourite colours
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: fashion, fashionover40, fashionover50, green, greenlady, style

Lip smackingly good lipstick!

Tuesday, 23 August 2016 by Hilda
My late mother-in-law would not come downstairs without first applying her lipstick. She always said she did not feel dressed without it. I am far lazier, but I see the difference that the right shade of lipstick makes to my face. And the older I get, the more I seem to need it and the
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: beauty, Clinique, L'oreal, Lancome, lipstick, make-up, no7, pout, smile

Anti-Ageing Tips

Tuesday, 09 August 2016 by Hilda
Here I am at five o clock in the morning writing my next post. Usually I sleep well and long. In fact most nights I get eight or nine hours sleep. Maybe it was the heat last night, but having tossed and turned since three, I eventually decided to get up.   It is ironic
  • Published in Health & Wellbeing, Home, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: acupuncture, anti-ageing, collagen, creams, hydration, no7, skin, supplements, wrinkles

Putting my best FOOT forward

Tuesday, 02 August 2016 by Hilda
Those of you who are regular readers know that my feet are not my best asset and shoe shopping can be a nightmare. I squeezed my not so dainty feet into shoes that were too tight and too high for more years than I care to remember. And now I pay the price with feet
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: clarks, shoebdoo, shoes, style
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'Style Not Age' showcases loungewear. My friends h 'Style Not Age' showcases loungewear. My friends have some luxurious outfits for staying at home. And I am lounging around in a hoodie  @primark and @carraig_donn comfy trousers. Psst! They have a slightly elasticated waist. I always swore I would never wear trousers without a structured waistband!
And yet here I am. But they are comfy and stylish and I love the stripes down the sides. Check out my blog and my friends  @is_this_mutton_  @annasislandstyle  @mummabstylish  and @thestylesplash.
And recommend some nice loungewear sets please. I need to up my game!

#stylenotage #loungewear #casualoutfit #stayingathome #lounging #comfystyle #over60blogger #overthehilda #nevertooold #stylishatanyage #sharedootdinspirations #over60style
Forgot to post this pic from a few months ago, tak Forgot to post this pic from a few months ago, taken when we could go further than 5k. Wearing all Zara except for old @carl_scarpa boots. How are you coping with the present lockdown? I am reading lots and watching telly and walking. I sympathise with those of you who are homeschooling and trying to work. Not easy. But we are nearly there. Stay strong.

#easydressing #patternmixing #mystyle
#outfitinspirations #casualstyle #colour
#staypositive #cardigan #over60blogger 
#over60style #overthehilda
New Year Resolutions are not for me. I just love New Year Resolutions are not for me.
 I just love the life I live. Of course I am worried about the Pandemic. Who isn't? 
But even though I cannot meet friends, eat out or do many of the 'normal' activities I used to do, I can still walk and enjoy the lovely place I live. Pop over to the blog to see my farewell to 2020.

 'Life is not measured by 
the number of breaths we take, but
the moments that take our breaths away.'

Maya Angelou.

#staypositive #wintersea #seascene #waves #whitehorses #wintersky #lovethelifeyoulive #cloudscene #lookforward #overthehilda
Happy New Year from Graham and me. A different New Happy New Year from Graham and me. A different New Year's Eve for certain. We are sitting at home watching the telly. But welcoming in 2021 with open arms and hoping that in a few months we can return to a more normal life. 

While 2020 was tough, it also made me appreciate (even more) the beautiful place where I live. 

2020 also had its highlights: our third grandson arrived a few weeks ago!

Stay positive my friends. Stay safe and
 thank you for your support. 
#over60blogger
#newyearseve
#staypositive
#hopeful
#bestrong💪
#selfie
Back view yesterday. Front view today on a sunny d Back view yesterday. Front view today on a sunny day. What I did not tell you is that the coat is reversible but I pefer the faux fur in the inside. All deets on previous post. You can see the rest of the 'Style Not Age' gang on stories or on the blog. And @mummabstylish @annasislandstyle @thestylesplash  and @is_this_mutton_  look fabulous when they are out and about. Hop over to stories.

#outandabout #sharedootdinspirations #stylenotage #casualstyle #coatseason 
#walkingoutfit #affordablefashion #agelessstyle #mystyle #mystyleessential
It is the last 'Style Not Age' of the year and we It is the last 'Style Not Age' of the year and we are out and about. Warm outerwear has never been more important, as we meet up with friends for socially distanced coffee outdoors.

 The coat from @primark has kept me cosy during these difficult Covid times.  This pic was taken down a country lane a few weeks ago when I was visiting my parents.

And I have lived in these camo leggings from @fandfclothing for the past few months.  Walking boots and hat are old. Pop over to stories for more pics.

Go check out my friends @annasislandstyle @mummabstylish @is_this_mutton_ @thestylesplash to see what they wear when they are out and about.
#stylenotage #outandabout #stayingwarm #over50blogger #casualstyle #walking #warmcoat #outdoorsstyle #cosystyle #over60style#
Writing about the importance of supplementing with Writing about the importance of supplementing with Vitamin C (particularly at the moment) on the blog. Liposomal Vitamin C is all the rage becuse it promises optimal absorption. It is all quite scientific. But what you need to know is that taking it will benefit your immune system, your energy and your skin. Did I mention this Somega is delicious? More on the blog.

#gosomega #irishbusiness #immunehealth #naturalsupplements #boostyourimmunity #irishvitamins #discoverhealth #liposomal #vitc #immuneboost #somega #vitaminc
From the archives. Remember when we tried on dress From the archives. Remember when we tried on dresses etc in changing rooms? And browsed in shops?
This is one that got away. Kind of wish I had bought it now @lkbennettlondon 
I am not so good at online shopping. Bought runners online in the size I normally get in that brand and they had to go back. Anyone else with the same problem?

#shoppingfun #dresslover #shoppingday 
#dressingup #over50style #stylishoutfit #stayingstylish over60style #styleover50
My birthday was extra special this year because of My birthday was extra special this year because of the arrival of this little man. Thank you @courtneysmithstyle and @mfnewman for the gift of a third grandson. My house will be wrecked but my heart is full. Welcome Zen to our world.  What a wonderful name. 

#grandsonlove #bestbirthday
#newbabyboy #grandson #myfamilymylife
Showing you my boots from our latest Style Not Age Showing you my boots from our latest Style Not Age 'A touch of Sparkle' challenge. These are very old. Maybe you can tell😛 They are no longer comfortable enough to walk far in them, but I don't want to get rid of them. The sparkly bag is from @shopfolkster
You can check out the entire outfit in stories along with the fabulous outfits from @annasislandstyle
@mummabstylish @is_this_mutton_ and @thestylesplash. 
#over50style #bootup #sparklesparkle #stylishoutfit #stylishatanyage #over60blogger #stylenotage #outfitideas #irishover60blogger #stayingstylish #fashionforall #maturestyle #over50fashion
🪥 My new stylish electric toothbrush (gifted) h 🪥 My new stylish electric toothbrush (gifted) has Ionic Brushing Superpowers! 

🪥Sounds impressive? It is!

🪥But do not ask me to explain it.Check out @ion.sei for all the science stuff. And learn about the innovative technology used in this German manufactured and Japanese inspired toothbrush. 

🪥It has to do with a UV LED light, a titanium bar and negative ions. But it is rather complicated and I am not a science geek.

🪥What I know is that my teeth  and gums feel cleaner and are cleaner. Because it actually prevents plaque from forming.

🪥Easy to use (there are 3 brushing modes) and gentle on gums, it turns off after 2 minutes. And delivers minimum 36,000 strokes in that time!!

#ionicbrusing #dentalcare #oralhygiene #electrictoothbrush #teethgoals #smile #ionic #dentalhygiene #besttoothbrushever #teeth #gifted
Back to golf yesterday. It was a beautiful day @ma Back to golf yesterday. It was a beautiful day @malahidegc1892. Unfortunately my golf was not so beautiful. But it is good to be back. 
#backtogolf #golfcourses #winterday #bluesky #over60blogger #scenic #reflections #bullrushes #lookaround
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