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Happy Christmas and Review of 2019

Tuesday, 24 December 2019 by Hilda
Happy Christmas my friends.  Is it really nearly the end of 2019?  And what’s more, another decade over and two since the millennium. I always move into each year with more than a little trepidation as to what it might bring. But my motto is to live each day, week, month and year to the
  • Published in Friends and Family, Health & Wellbeing, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty, Travel
Tagged under: 2019, beauty, Christmas, fashion 2019, health 2019, Lisbon review, Morocco review, summary of 2019, travel, Wexford review

Urban Decay Eyeshadows review of ‘The Petite Palette’

Thursday, 10 May 2018 by Hilda
Urban Decay Eyeshadows are not my usual go-to choice when it comes to my eyes. Maybe it is because I consider the brand to be aimed at a younger, a much younger, market. But my daughter had left this very attractive ‘petite palette’ out waiting to be borrowed and it was small enough to fit
  • Published in Home, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: beauty, eyeshadows. Urban Decay, make-up

Medical Micro Needling under the Spotlight

Wednesday, 18 April 2018 by Hilda
Micro Needling is seemingly the latest and most effective treatment in the fight against lines and wrinkles. I laugh when I see the age of the testers. They need someone of more advanced years to really test it, I always say. So, when Wendy Tyner of Wendy’s Advanced Aesthetic and Skincare Clinic in Dunboyne offered
  • Published in Health & Wellbeing, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: anti-ageing, beauty, beauty treatment, micro needling, wendys advanced aesthetics and skincare clinic

The Best of 2017 in Health and Beauty

Wednesday, 03 January 2018 by Hilda
I was not even sure if it came under Health and Wellbeing, when I wrote about my love affair with gin. The title ‘How to stay Healthy, drink Gin’ confused a few people and I am sure many thought it was fake news but I did a lot of research which suggested that there were
  • Published in Health & Wellbeing, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, News, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: 2017 review, beauty, By Terry, Charlotte Tilbury, gin, Health, review, vitamin D

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

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

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

Ageless Beauty…Make-Up class

Tuesday, 19 July 2016 by Hilda
I am the first to admit that I am not good with make-up. Usually it takes me three or four minutes to slap on a bit of foundation, eye-liner, and lipstick. Obviously, I spend more time if I am going out to dinner or going somewhere important, if you follow my drift. Then I add
  • Published in Health & Wellbeing, Home, Lifestyle & Leisure, Style & Beauty
Tagged under: beauty, EF| Creative, make-up

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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It was the paisley pattern and the colour that dre It was the paisley pattern and the colour that drew me to this dress from @charisma_fashions_ 
I had a paisley crimplene maxi way back in the70s. Still have it. Any of you remember crimplene? 

Anyway this dress brought me back in time. I cinched it in with a vintage  leather belt I have from 1979. 
Managed to keep it hidden from @courtneysmithstyle who I am joining in her #fashionablyfriday series.

I did wear it on a Friday a few weeks ago😂😂
#ig50community #feelgoodfashion
#affordablefashion #over50style
#styleinspo #stylishatanyage
#over60fashion #60isnotold #casualstyle
'These boots are made for walking'! Trying out som 'These boots are made for walking'! Trying out some white docs from @charisma_fashions_ and they are very comfy and a little different than my usual style. But I don't want to get stuck in a rut. I like experimenting. Do you? Or do you play it safe?

Jeans @paulasmalahide ...rest very old!

#iwillwearwhatilike #nevertooold
#bootup #over50style #casualstyle
#mystyle #trysomethingnew #bebold
Do you like my cardigan? Red is my go-to colour w Do you like my cardigan?  Red is my go-to colour when I need cheering up.
Made from the softest organic cotton, it is perfect for layering up in our Irish weather.

I found it online @charisma_fashions_
a boutique in Charleville Co Cork. And there is more on the blog from this boutique. Affordable labels (some new to me) and wonderful accessories that will not break the bank. Shopping my wardrobe for the rest. 

Have a lovely Easter Monday everyone.
Joining with @mummabstylish #chicandstylishme @ootd_by_marjolein.nl
#sharedootdinspirations

#boutiqueshopping #mystyle #over60blogger #redisthecolour #stylishatanyage #cardigan #casualstyle #over50style #IG50community
'There is no time like Spring, When life's alive i 'There is no time like Spring,
When life's alive in everything'

Christina Rossetti

'Hope spring's eternal' and all that! Happy Easter to you all. We are all in this together. Let us remember that!

#easterblessings #hopeforthefuture #blossoms #trees #springishere #respect
#bethankful #over60blogger
It is the last Monday of the month and time for ou It is the last Monday of the month and time for our 'Style Not Age' collab. This month the theme is 'Borrowed FromThe Boys'.
So no dresses then?

I shopped my wardrobe for most of this. Fab wool trousers from @paulcostelloeofficial @dunnesstores, 
shirt @thebiascutboutique, new vest @mango. Crossover leather bag is so old I have forgotten where I got it. 
And the HAT is Graham's @wallaroohatsuk 
We will be fighting over it now. 

Check out my friends Emma @thestylesplash, Gail @is_this_mutton_
Jacqui @mummabstylish an
and Anna @annasislandstyle

#stylenotage #borrowedfromtheboys #over50style #stylishatanyage #over60blogger #nevertooold
#springlook #over60blogger
Jumper and jeans are dressing up for me at present Jumper and jeans are dressing up for me at present.  Jumper is Zara. Jeans are from @paulasmalahide.  Same as my last post. Reasonably priced and a great fit. 

 You may notice the @lilyobriens chocolates on the table.  Truly scrumptious. GG bought them for me because he knows how much I love them. And dark chocolate is good for me and is a mood enhancer. And we all need a little help at the moment. Trying to stay calm and positive but it is difficult. 
 
#casualoutfit #casualstyle #ootd #over60blogger #over60style #chocolatelover #jeansstyle #mystyle
#chicandstylishme @mummabstylish
So rare that I get even semi-dressed up now. But I So rare that I get even semi-dressed up now. But I did for Mother's Day. My hair is 15 weeks without a colour or cut. It does look a little out of control but sure I love that tousled look!!😂 Cannot wait to get back to @crowstreetcollective and @darren_csc 

This week has been beautiful in Ireland. Helps us cope with this never-ending lockdown. Stay positive. Stay safe.

Shopping my wardrobe. 
Coat @massimodutti
Shirt @arnottsdublin
Jeans @paulasmalahide 
Boots @marksandspencerireland 

#casualstyle #over50style #fashionforall
#over60blogger #lockdownstyle #feelgoodfashion #springoutfit #ig50community 
#chicandstylishme @mummabstylish 
#sharedootdinspirations @ootd_by_marjolein.nl
''And the newness that was in every stale thing Wh ''And the newness that was in every stale thing
When we looked at it as children"

Patrick Kavanagh

Always fun seeing the world through my grandchildren's eyes. Logan was fascinated by the shape of this tree @malahide_castle  and had to get closer to examine it. 
Hope you all get out to enjoy St Patrick's Day in the expected good weather tomorrow. And stay safe!
#nature #springishere #beautifultree#ig50community
Exactly a week after Graham took this pic I was ly Exactly a week after Graham took this pic I was lying in A&E wondering if I had a stroke or a brain tumour. What I had was Transient Global Amnesia. And it was terrifying for all of us.  Full story on the blog. Link in bio. 
Shopping my wardrobe in the photo. 

#ambulanceemergency #healthscare #over60blogger  #over60style #stylishatanyage  #scarystory #grateful# #ig50community community
Faux-leather is this month's theme with my 'Style Faux-leather is this month's theme with my 'Style Not Age' friends. I shopped my wardrobe with a biker‐style jacket @carraig_donn and 17 year old @diesel denims.

 I know that the current fashion is to wear these shorter than I have. But I prefer wearing them with heeled boots @carl_scarpa, just skimming the ground. 

Pop over to the blog to see what @mummabstylish @annasislandstyle @is_this_mutton_  and @thestylesplash are wearing.
#mystyle #fauxleather #overthehilda
#pleather #stylenotage #over50style #over60blogger  #casualoutfit #over60style #nevertooold #olderwoman
It is #FashionablyFriday @courtneysmithstyle and I It is #FashionablyFriday @courtneysmithstyle and I am keeping cosy in my @zara faux fur and @mango hat. Boots are @vandalshoes and I am ready to take on the baltic weather and head to the butcher. 
Hope your Friday is going well. Enjoy your Valentine weekend!
#nevertooold  #over50style #over60blogger #cosystyle #cosychic
#stylishatanyage #stayingwarm #over60style #coatseason
''It started with a kiss'' Writing on the blog ab ''It started with a kiss''

Writing on the blog about our love story which began 40 years ago on Valentine's Day. 

The virus and various lockdowns  in the past year has meant we spend nearly every moment together. No golf or tennis or coffee with friends or nights out to break the monotony. 

And while I am fed up to the teeth of Lockdown and the virus, I am not fed of Graham.

He is still my Valentine😍
#lovestory #myvalentine #over60blogger #over60lovers #marriedlove #lovers
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