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New Affordable Skin Products You Will Want to Buy

Wednesday, 19 July 2017 by Hilda
  • Published in Friends and Family, Home, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: face creams, face skin milk, skincare, tears of collagen, The Make Up Bar, xtreme anti-wrinkle

Taking Risks with an Asymmetrical, Deconstructed Cold Shoulder!

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 by Hilda
I have been a fan of the cold shoulder for 18 months, ever since I bought a lovely grey sweater which I have worn almost to death. I fancied myself as quite daring; I certainly hadn’t seen anyone over 50 of my acquaintance sporting one. And it got the seal of approval from the stylist
  • Published in Friends and Family, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Rants and Random Thoughts, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: cold shoulder, fashion risks, hobbs, topshop

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
Rose petals

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! ULTRAPURE  Recently, I was sent some Rose Water Toner to try out by Irish Company Ultrapure. They
  • Published in Beauty Treatments and Products, Health & Wellbeing, Home, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: cleanser, face, irish company, moisturising irish blogger agency, rose water, rosewater, 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 Hilda
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
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Spending my 60s embracing my personal style; roadtesting new beauty fads & living my healthiest happiest life!

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Power dressing with 'Style Not Age'! Borrowed a re Power dressing with 'Style Not Age'! Borrowed a relaxed trouser suit from @studio124dublin (boutiques in Malahide and Raheny) 
Added pops of red including my phone bag from @bagsbylanda.
Definitely ready to take on the world and the board.
Check out the blog and my friends @annasislandstyle @mummabstylish @is_this_mutton_  and @thestylesplash for their interpretations of the theme.

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Core memories made celebrating GG's 70th Birthday Core memories made celebrating GG's 70th Birthday with our beautiful family on Safari in Birmingham last week.

Let's call it chaotic; wild & wonderful all at once with four Grandkids between 17 months and 7 years old. 😂 

#birthdaytrip #familyvacation
Our Indian Summer and a visit to Gorgeous Gort and Our Indian Summer and a visit to Gorgeous Gort and our friends @annademart.ie and @hynes6026 gave me a chance to wear this beautiful dress from @paulasmalahide. Visited Coole Park and Thoor Ballylee, ate delicious food  and drank too much wine with lovely people @mcevoycarlos and @mcevoyleonie. More pics on stories. 

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Realised I had not given this lovely dress a place Realised I had not given this lovely dress a place on the grid. Bought from @studio124dublin. Over on the blog I have published a post on having a colonoscopy. 
Yes exciting stuff! But decided not to publish a picture of my colon. Yes you have been saved that!
Have a lovely day. The sun is out.

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Magic weather this weekend .... Magic weather this weekend ....
Great fun at launch of @travel_department and @tda Great fun at launch of @travel_department and @tdactiveholidays 2024 brochures with new initiatives and destinations. Get planning now with the best in #guided travel. Don't leave it too late. Practically nothing left this year.
Crochet is the theme for this month's 'Style Not A Crochet is the theme for this month's 'Style Not Age'! I may not have crushed it but I did do some damage to my fingers. Hence splints and red bandages.Yes rushing about and tripped ...luckily only on grass or it could have been worse. It might have been my teeth!

Anyway back to the outfit. I had to borrow a crochet top and bag from my friend @marie.sweeney4. And they look amazing with my suit bought from @studio124dublin and hat @wallaroohatsuk (old)
Pop over to see how my friends tackled the challenge 
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Accessorising my bandages is now a priority! And I Accessorising my bandages is now a priority! And I found the perfect leather phone bag @bagsbylanda A/W launch today. It holds more than a phone, by the way! Room for lippy, cards and keys too!
I love a small bag for walking and shopping and this beauty in top quality leather comes in a variety of colours. 
And yes it came home with me!
More pics on stories.
Shopped my wardrobe for the rest.
Sunnies @urbaneyes.ie

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Orange you glad the sun is back at last! Love the Orange you glad the sun is back at last! 
Love the colour of this linen shirt and it is always packed for sun holidays, because of its versatility.

 Years old and bought @paulasmalahide.  Here it acts as a cover up over a swimsuit in Dubrovnik. Also love the colour and roominess of the Yoko bag @absolutely_patsy. 
Sunnies  and slides @tkmaxxie.
Let's hope the good weather stays. I might even venture into the Irish sea!😂

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'Kimono my House' is Gail's prompt for this month' 'Kimono my House' is Gail's prompt for this month's 'Style Not Age'! And I did not realise it was an album by The Sparks back in 1974. 🫢
That was the year I did my Leaving Cert exams so maybe that is why it passed me by. But I do like kimonos. 
Love the paisley pattern and have no idea where I got it. Check out my friends @is_this_mutton_ @thestylesplash @annasislandstyle @mummabstylish.
Shopping my wardrobe for everything.

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Do you have clothes that only see the light of day Do you have clothes that only see the light of day when you are on holidays? I do. Though this jumpsuit from @trafficpeople was worn a few times in Ireland when we had a heatwave! Remember😂
The hat from @h&m was prettied up with a scarf and birkenstock dupes are @tkmaxxie.
Blog post up about our trip to Dubrovnik. We had a blast at Ali and Ian's wedding. Dubrovnik is beautiful.

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