Winter Beauty Tips For Women Over 40

November 13, 2012 | By Deborah Boland | 2 Comments

Winter-Skin-Care-Over-40Frigid temperatures, indoor heating, and low humidity can strip skin and hair of their moisture. As the temperatures drop, some of us may need to modify our makeup and skincare routines. Today’s guest blogger Cindy Ingalls from PrimeBeauty has some tips for us for us to adjust to the weather.

Cindy: I know my face has been feeling like the Sahara desert already and my hands are like sandpaper. Here’s what can help:

1.   Consider a tinted lip balm instead of lipstick. Lipstick can be drying; by using a tinted balm your lips will stay moisturized and still pretty with a bit of color.

2.   Switch to a lighter shade of foundation. With less sun your skin will naturally lose some color and your foundation should too. There’s nothing worse than foundation that doesn’t match your skin–it should always look natural with no line of demarcation.

3.   Use bronzer but sparingly. Apply on the forehead, across the bridge of the nose, cheeks and chin where the sun would naturally kiss your face. It will warm up your face and give it a nice glow. Hint: bronzer is also available in cream and gel formulas but powder is pretty much fool proof as long as you use a light hand and a big fluffy brush. IT Cosmetics makes a very natural, matte bronzer I like. [Read more...]

Top 10 Favorite Fashion Items In 2010

January 10, 2011 | By Deborah Boland | 2 Comments

Fashion is always changing and that is why we love it!  There is never a shortage of tips and tricks to help us look fresh and updated! Here are our 10 favorite items that we used more or wore most often:

  • A wrap dress (great with boots in the winter or bare legged and peep toe heels in the summer )

wrap dress

  • Mac Paint Pot (cream color called Painterly, put it on your lids and you make up will stay on all day!)

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  • Hair volumizer/mouse (VO 5 is a great one that is cheap and works!)

VO 5 mouse

  • a Vest (casual or fur vest) This one is a Windstopper by Gortex.

woman over 40 vest

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  • Grow you eyelashes (JJ tested nu Lash and it worked great!)

  • Boston Proper (great catalogue for inexpensive but good quality and fashionable basics, like this tank top)

  • A stretch belt (Suzi Roher, can you believe this belt has stretch in it! ) This brand is our favorite but you can find other versions that are less expensive.

  • Cashmere sweater dress  (Can also wear with dark tights and boots in winter and legging and flats in spring)

The Blogging Boomer Carnival , a round-up of the best lifestyle boomer blogs for boomer women has other tips you might enjoy.  This week it is hosted by The Boomer Chronicles, written by Rhea Becker.

Where Did The Term Mid-life Crisis Come From?

December 23, 2010 | By Deborah Boland | 1 Comment

This week the Blogging Boomers Carnival- a round-up of the best lifestyle boomer blogs for boomer women,  is being hosted by Life Two, where they are exploring the term “mid-life crisis”.
              midlife crisis

It seems that  Galil Sheehy’s book , Passages was the first to put the term in the mainstream and that books on the subject are on the rise!

Find out more on this and other boomer topics at this weeks Blogging Boomers Carnival!

How to Fit better into your Clothes… Eat Healthier!

December 13, 2010 | By Deborah Boland | Leave a Comment

diet after 40One way to look great in your clothes is to feast on foods that are fresh, local and home cooked!

Check out this week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival- a round-up of the best lifestyle boomer blogs for boomer women.  It has a yummy new take on cooking zucchini and yellow squash and a yummy recipe for a creamy corn soup with no cream! Eating foods that are prepared in a tasty manner, should fill you up and not leave you craving  sweets! Now that’s our kind of diet!

Hosted by one of our newest members, Ann Maxfield The Accidental Locavore.

Blogging Boomers #185

November 21, 2010 | By Deborah Boland | 5 Comments

women over 40Our online friends, have joined us today for our Blogging Boomer’s Carnival- a showcase of the best lifestyle boomer blogs for boomer women. Please meet fellow bloggers: 

So Baby Boomer

As we all know, the Baby Boomer generation has grown up more preoccupied with sex than perhaps any generation before it.   That’s why SoBabyBoomer asks, “Why should sexuality be viewed any different as we get older?”

The Gemini Web

Find out which celebrities are turning 50 or 60this month.

The Midlife Crisis Queen

The Midlife Crisis Queen finds it entertaining to see how slow marketers have been to realize where the disposable income is now.  No the children aren’t the ones spending it! Go see how Boomers are changing the rules of marketing.

The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur

If you’re running a business you can’t do it alone, even if you’re a solopreneur. Andrea Stenberg tell us why It Takes a Village to Raise a Business

The Accidental Locavore

The Accidental Locavore wants to know about your Thanksgiving disasters, and shares one of her own. Have you ever lost a turkey?

Gen Plus

Electric cars were sizzling at the LA Auto Show media preview and Janet from Gen Plus was there to capture some of

the highlights!

Life Two

Can walking explain why since 1990, New York has added 6.2 years to its average life expectancy, while the rest of the country has added 2.5 years? LifeTwo says the answer is a definite “maybe.”

Fabulous After 40

This week the Glam Gals wanted to show you a good example of how fabric and fit can be important…especially if you feel like you are in a style rut.

Blogging Boomers Carnival

November 8, 2010 | By Deborah Boland | 2 Comments

happy woman over 40After 50 ? Well that’s just the way it is, so start enjoying your this exciting phase of your life with some like minded boomer freinds at  this week’s, Blogging Boomer Carnival.

What is the carnival? It’s a round-up of all kinds of great lifestyle posts written by boomer bloggers on a variety of topics for women our age.

This week it is being hosted by the Baby Boomer Entrepreneur, Andrea Stenberg, so check it out.

What Is The Difference Between A Leopard And A Cougar?

November 1, 2010 | By Deborah Boland | 3 Comments

Jerry Hall (age 50) will be playing a cougar in the new version of The Graduate. Photo: Daile Pepper

Trying to stay on top of all the “lingo” these days can be daunting! We wrote a post a few weeks ago with a play on words…cougars and leopards.

For those who haven’t heard, we Glam Gals were not talking about rare endangered species of big cats but referring to the terms describing women who are older and like to date younger men.

So what is all the talk about “leopards”? Well, leopards are not cougars. Leopards are single 40+ women who are intelligent, successful, educated and secure in themselves.

To find out more, check out the Blogging Boomers Carnival – a round-up of the best boomer blog for boomer women. This weeks it is hosted by Nancy Mehegan of VaBoomer!

Soups On! At this Week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival

October 25, 2010 | By Deborah Boland | Leave a Comment

Leek and potato soup sounds really good arount this time of the year!

As we prepare to update our fall wardrobe don’t forget to feed your tummy with some yummy home made soup made with goodies from your local farmer!

Find out a great recipe for Leek and potato soup over at The blogging boomers carnival – a round-up of the best lifestyle boomer blogs for boomer women. This week the carnival is being hosted by Life Two’s Wesley Hein.

At Least One Of Us Still Has A Brain!

October 4, 2010 | By Deborah Boland | Leave a Comment

MIT Professor of Physics Nergis Mavalvala PhD ’97 has won a MacArthur ‘genius’ grant. Photo courtesy of the MacArthur Foundation

With all the joking about how after 40 we start losing our brain, we were excited to hear that the latest MacArthur Genius Grant winner is a 42 year old woman,  Nergis Mavalvala who is a  quantum physicist.

Find out how she plans to spend her $500,000.00 grant money at the Blogging Boomers Carnival- a round-up of the best lifestyle boomer blogs for boomer women.

Our hostess this week is Rhea  at The Boomer Chronicles where you can read more about this story and other Boomer related topics!

Is Your Body In Shape And What About Your Brain?

September 27, 2010 | By Deborah Boland | Leave a Comment

buyers remorseYou come out of shopping for a few hours at the mall and you stand there for a second or two..now where did I park my car? Or you walk into your

bedroom and then stand there thinking…what did I come in here for?For many of us who are over 40, these scenarios are more and more frequent but good news is here…this week the Blogging Boomers carnival – a round-up of the best lifestyle boomer blogs for boomer women,  has a great article with 11 tips on how to keep your brain in shape!You can check it out over at Gen Plus, who is this weeks host!