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Boutique shopping in Malahide.

Thursday, 21 April 2016 by Hilda
‘Paula’s’, formerly known as Elle B2, is more than a boutique. It is a meeting place, a coffee shop without the coffee, a confessional. While I was there, regulars were dropping in for a chat. Others were browsing; one regular was asking Paula to help choose a dress to go with a jacket from last
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: boutique, dresses, Enjoy Malahide, fashion

Shoulder of mutton not dressed as lamb!

Monday, 28 March 2016 by Hilda
I like my shoulders. As shoulders go they are pretty good. There are two of them, they are smooth and so far unlike other parts of my body (my knees obviously) they haven’t started to sag! So I was delighted to see that shoulders had become a bit of a thing in the fashion world
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty

Orange crush

Wednesday, 23 March 2016 by Hilda
While the colour red is more often associated with emotions of anger and passion, orange has no such negative connotations. Combining the energy of red and the vibrancy of yellow, it is a positive and uplifting colour associated with energy and happiness. When I look in my wardrobe, it pops out at me and I
  • Published in Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty

Shopping in Malahide

Monday, 08 February 2016 by Hilda
Many people are returning to boutique shopping for a variety of reasons, not least the personal service, and Malahide, my home town north of Dublin (Ireland), has a plethora of wonderful boutiques! Catering for diversity of tastes and different pockets, the discerning woman will not be disappointed. My “Shopping in Malahide” series begins with the
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty

Down at heel? Never!

Monday, 21 December 2015 by Hilda
What do you do when you can no longer wear high heels? I have always loved high heels. I feel better; I know that I look better. I am an average 5 foot 4 ½ inches. That half inch is very important. For years I swore that I was 5 foot five, but I seem
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty

The Yellow Brick Road

Wednesday, 02 December 2015 by Hilda
Following the Yellow Brick Road brings you to The Emerald City, but this bead and crystal shop stocks far more than emeralds; it’s an Aladdin’s cave, a veritable treasure trove on Bachelor’s Walk in Dublin. It’s very easy to spend an hour there looking at the beads, semi-precious stones, crystals. If like me you have
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty

Charlotte Tilbury and me

Wednesday, 11 November 2015 by Hilda
I have always been very lazy about my make-up. When I was younger, I wore very little and even then probably only when I was going out at night. I remember my mother-in- law’s horrified face one day when I arrived around to her home with none on and she exclaimed, “I wouldn’t come downstairs
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty

CACI……Does it work?

Tuesday, 13 October 2015 by Hilda
What do Jennifer Lopez, Barbara Windsor, Cliff Richard and little old me have in common?  They are big fans of CACI facial treatments and now I am too. As you know, I am keen to explore ways to keep the wrinkles from taking over my face completely, eager to stop the jaw line from sagging
  • Published in Health & Wellbeing, Home, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: anti-ageing treatments, CACI, treatments to help with wrinkles

Suede Coat

Wednesday, 30 September 2015 by Hilda
I never really got the opportunity to wear 70s fashion way back in the 1970s. Firstly I was in school and following that a poor college student.  A pair of pink flares and a paisley patterned, crimplene, maxi dress, complete with lime green hood are the sum total of my seventies fashion. So when I
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: 1970s, 70s, 70sstyle, fashion, marksandspencers, style, suede, suedecoat

Playing dress-up in Arnotts

Thursday, 24 September 2015 by Hilda
Predictability is my middle name when it comes to shopping and dresses. According to my family, most of my dresses are variations on a theme ….fitted and knee length in winter and fitted and maxi in summer. I argue the exceptions, but to no avail. So elder daughter (not the stylist) and I visited Arnotts
  • Published in Style & Beauty
Tagged under: #dresses #fashion #fashionblogger #blogger #arnotts #shopping #style

Does my bum look big in this?

Monday, 07 September 2015 by Hilda
Finding the perfect pair of denim jeans is never easy, no matter what age you are, but it is far more difficult when you are ‘of a certain age’. You know what I mean. The thickening of the waist, the dropping of the derriere etc. all add to the dilemma. My own bum is probably
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty

Fashion and the Mature Woman

Sunday, 02 August 2015 by Hilda
What to wear? That is the question! I love fashion and wish I was twenty (or even thirty) years younger so I could try out all today’s wonderful trends. But one thing I’ve discovered as I get older is the difficulty in finding reasonably priced fashionable clothes for the more mature woman. This is compounded
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty

Wrinkles, wrinkles everywhere and not a cure in sight!

Thursday, 16 July 2015 by Hilda
I am always shocked (well, disappointed maybe!) when I look in the mirror and see my face – it’s not bad, as faces go, it’s just that I seem to think I should still look like the photos hanging on the wall that were taken nearly 20 years ago. The sagging jawline is always traumatic
  • Published in Home, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: beauty, la roche-posay, skin secrets, sun protection
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Porto held surprises around every corner. On stori Porto held surprises around every corner. On stories you can see the azulejo tiles recreating events from history. But I also loved the street art commissioned by the city. This feline caught my eye!
Pop over to the blog. Link in bio for more on our trip to Porto with @travel_department 

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Animal print deserves the red carpet treatment, I Animal print deserves the red carpet treatment, I think!
Sharing the full outfit from the beautiful wedding of Jen and Dave last Monday.
So delighted to share their special day.

 The dress is @fabiennechapot @arnottsdublin. Purchased last year but first outing! Shoes are years old @clarksshoes....so comfy.
Bag borrowed from @courtneysmithstyle is from.@tkmaxxie 
Sunnies @quayaustralia from.@charisma_fashions_ 

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#chicandstylishme @mummabstylish 
#lovingfashionandstyle @nannylovesabargain #discoverunder10k
Went a little overboard on the animal print yester Went a little overboard on the animal print yesterday at the fabulous wedding of Jen and Dave @ballymagarvey_village 

#over60style #over60blogger #nevertooold #iwillwearwhatilike #sassystyle #animalprint #fabiennechapot #bebold #boldstyle
#standout #statementdress #daretodress
Porto you are stunning. Loving our trip with @trav Porto you are stunning. Loving our trip with @travel_department and still the best part of two days left to explore. Would you believe we walked 14 km yesterday and some of it was up and down hills like this? Boy did we sleep well last night! Porto has surprises around every corner.  And it is a very accessible city. Cannot wait to tell you all about it. Have you been? Looking for  a recommendation for a restaurant for tonight or tomorrow lunch time. We are in the Boa Vista area but can taxi.

#over60blogger #presstrip #travelgram #instatravel #traveltips #over60travel
#guidedtravel #cityexplore #citybreak #traveldepartment #weekendbreak #exploreporto #loveporto #porto #travelblogger #travelsafely
What I wear out walking! Love my sales purchase @s What I wear out walking! Love my sales purchase @selectedireland. Is it a gilet? I have no idea. But it is perfect for our Irish weather. Love how it dips at the back too.
Plenty of room to layer up underneath. Leggings are my old favourites @peachyleanofficial. And my runners are @asics. I find they give super support.

#over50style #over60blogger #casualstyle #walkingoutfit #gilet #walkingstyle #casualvibes #stayingfit
#over60style #walkforhealth #stayfit
Hard to believe the trench is about 40 years old. Hard to believe the trench is about 40 years old. Classics never date do they? And in Ireland it is always advisable to have a coat of some kind, whatever the season. 
Happy Friday everyone. Looks like being another beautiful Spring day here.

#trenchcoat  #wearwhatyoulove #over60blogger #midlifestyle #stayingstylish #oldclothes #discoverunder10k #fashionablyfriday
#cherryblossom #over50style #over60
#fashionpost #shopmycloset
Made the most of the lovely weather to get this pi Made the most of the lovely weather to get this pic for this month's 'Style Not Age'.
The theme is 'This Old Thing'. The mac was my mother-in-laws and is at least 40 years old. Check out my stories for more pics and the full post is on the blog. Linnk in the bio.

Check out my friends @is_this_mutton_  @annasislandstyle @mummabstylish and @thestylesplash 

#stayingstylish #midlifestyle #agelessstyle #feelgoodfashion #wearwhatyoulove #thisoldthing
#springlook #shopmycloset #shoppingmywardrobe #outfitinspo
#retrolook #over50style #over60blogger
#irishover60blogger #realstyle #stylishsisters #vintagemacintosh
Post up on what makes me happy. Lots of different Post up on what makes me happy. Lots of different things in fact. But in this post I focus on grandchildren, the safe arrival of my new grandaughter and the joy I get from reminiscing on past holidays and looking forward to new.
This pic was taken when we were in Morocco a few months before the pandemic struck. We had a wonderful trip @tdactiveholidays. And so glad we were guided as we saw so much more and were well looked after.

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Skincare meets makeup. The new No 7 Restore & Ren Skincare meets makeup. 
The new No 7 Restore & Renew Foundation might just become my new favourite. 
I do not like heavy foundation on me and prefer a lighter, more natural look. But at my age, I need something that adds radiance, evens skin tone and does not emphasise wrinkles. Plus it is full of skin-loving ingredients. Win win!
#prdrop
#bootsireland
#No7
#restoreandrenew
#skincare
#makeup 
#foundation
'More is More and less is a Bore'! Inspired by st 'More is More and less is a Bore'!

Inspired by style icon Iris Apfel, my Style Not Age friends and I dig out our beads and bangles and go maximalist on the blog. Our theme coincides with the launch of her collaboration with H&M.
So head over to my friends and see how they interpreted the theme!
@is_this_mutton_
@mummabstylish 
@annasislandstyle 
@thestylesplash 
My dress and feathered cardigan can be found  @studio124dublin.
For the rest I shopped my wardrobe and the attic. More on stories.

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#irisapfel
#moreismore
#irisapfelstyle
#wearwhatyoulove 
#dressup
#anythinggoes
#havefunwithfashion
#nevertooold
#notpastmyexpirydate @bestbeforeenddate
#colourmecrazy
#greenisthecolour
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What I might have worn on St Patrick's Day if Covi What I might have worn on St Patrick's Day if Covid had not finally got me. Luckily I was not sick at all and the only symptom I had was a touch of sinusitis. When I get sick I nearly always have sinus problems.
Hope you have been enjoying the beautiful weather because Spring has definitely arrived in Ireland.
Top and skirt from @studio124dublin in Malahide. 

#feelgoodfashion
#greenisthecolour
#over50style
#over60blogger 
#stayingstylish 
#fashionforall 
#fashionover50
#overthehilda
Have been wearing #playtex lingerie for several ye Have been wearing #playtex lingerie for several years now. They are so pretty and most importantly very comfortable.  And with #underwear comfort is key! 

This latest set is from their top selling 'Flower Elegance' range. It comes in many colours and I chose this lovely greyish blue set. This is #gifted but happy to buy others because they fit me so well. 😍
My first bras were Playtex and in my 60s I have returned to this iconic brand again. Everything comes full circle!

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#lingerielove
#over60style
#over60lingerie
#over60blogger
#whatiamwearing
#lingeriesets
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#bras
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