Cut Your Hair, Already!
You know that change is in the air when even the young and the restless start saying “Buh-bye!” to long hair. The last time a tonsorial trend this major swept through, we all ended up with Meg Ryan...
View ArticleArianna Huffington: Life Is More Than Power or Money
Arianna Huffington’s message for older Americans: Don’t define yourself in terms of money and power because someone always has more, she says. What’s way more important is your sense of well-being,...
View ArticleWhat Joan Rivers Taught Me at Tea
You don’t say no to Joan Rivers when she calls to ask, “Can we talk?” In 2000 the queen of scream — screamingly funny one-liners, that is — invited me to tea at her Versailles-like New York City...
View Article3 Smart Reasons for a Makeup Splurge
What’s your favorite cure for “The Blahs”? Mine’s the beauty binge — and apparently I’m not alone: In 2013, women 50 and older comforted themselves with $4 trillion worth of beauty indulgences. That...
View ArticleWhat Ideas@50+ Taught Me About Positive Living
As a blogger for AARP and the host of its Best of Everything video series on YouTube, I had an opportunity to attend the association’s recent Ideas@50+ event in San Diego. It was a fun chance to mingle...
View ArticleToo Old for Leopard Prints or Black Leather? Not Us!
I may be over 50 on the outside, but in my mind I’m still a fun, wild, youthful babe. A lot of us must feel the same way, too; why else would we get tiny tattoos or wear navy polish and black bras...
View ArticleThe Confidence Collapse: Don’t Let It Happen to You
Ladies, are we undergoing some sort of collective “confidence collapse”? Maybe you’ve noticed what I have lately: So many grownup women — in meetings, on the street, wherever — hold their bodies in a...
View ArticleBest Way to Handle Menopause? Eye Makeup!
Wasn’t there a cool babe in this mirror just a week ago? My hormones are out of whack. I’m tired, stressed out and cranky about aging. But then I put on my eye makeup, and it kicks my bad mood to the...
View ArticleHas the Hourglass Figure Run Out of Time?
Ladies, are we going from zaftig to zeppelin? According to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the waist size of the average American woman grew almost two...
View ArticlePower Color of the Month? Pink!
It may not be your favorite color. But won’t you consider wearing something pink — the color of health and hope — to get the word out that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month? Watching...
View ArticleCloset Clearing 101: Keep This, Not That
To achieve an ageless look, here are five basic items every age-40-plus fashionista should keep in her closet all year long: white T-shirts, dark straight-leg jeans, a classic navy blazer, a wrap dress...
View ArticleJeepers, Peepers: Where'd You Get Those Readers?
Ready-made reading glasses, or “readers,” have become a favorite impulse buy for women age 50-plus. They make us look cooler, smarter and sexier without once subjecting us to the latest diet fad or...
View ArticleAre BB and CC Creams a Trick or a Treat?
I tend to be skeptical about most new beauty trends, but ever since BB creams took over the makeup aisle I’ve become both skeptical and curious. The promise of a treatment-makeup hybrid appeals to the...
View ArticleBerlin Style: Made for America?
When my husband, Howard, turned 60 this fall, I gave him a trip to Berlin. Rivaling London and Paris, the German capital has emerged as a mecca for food, historical sightseeing (of course) and fashion....
View ArticleChristie Brinkley's Advice on Fake Hair
Supermodel Christie Brinkley and I have something — OK, one thing — in common: a fondness for fake hair. For the last few months, my blond locks have felt wimpy and looked thin. Every day has qualified...
View ArticlePlastic Surgery? Says Who?!
On my favorite show, The Good Wife, Judge Patrice Lessner — played by Saturday Night Live alum Ana Gasteyer — tends to rule against any attorney who fails to add “in my opinion” after making a point in...
View ArticleThe After-50 Balancing Act
Let me give you the bad news with the good: We’re falling down more often on our way to longer lives. “As the population ages and people live longer in bad shape,” wrote Katie Hafner in Sunday’s New...
View ArticleBeauty Folktales
So I’m at a concert by legendary folksinger Suzanne Vega (right) at Purchase College last week and what’s going through my head? Is it those earworm first lyrics from her “Tom’s Diner”? (You remember:...
View ArticleSolving the Mystery of Skin-Care Products
Every woman I know (including me) is confused by the sheer number (and price range) of skin-care products out there. Many of us haven’t a clue which products work best with others, which should be...
View ArticleOur Beauty & Style Wish List for 2015
If you liked Sophia Loren (left), you’ll love Sofia Vergara. When Kim Kardashian and her sizable assets showed up on the cover of Paper magazine last week, it didn’t quite “break the Internet,” as the...
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