What Will Great Grandma Say

Although my dilapidated feet will no longer carry me through a march in the streets, that doesn't mean I can't still wear the message and truly mean it.

Oh, I know there are those of you who will say, 'I don't get these women that march'.  That's okay I suppose, as you sit on your ever widening butt with your girlfriends drinking wine and laughing at us who do care about social injustices.

Not to worry.

We will do the work for your granddaughters

AND your great -grandchildren of mixed color, which WILL happen since by 2020 whites will be a minority in America and someone in your family will be of mixed color, making you a rainbow family,

who will one day ask you, "Grandma...... what did you do to help change things in America?

I wonder what you'll tell HER.

Full Fuchsia by Mac and Dancing

 Oh.... you may or may not have noticed a change in my lipstick on fashion posts here on the blog.

The red shades of Mac in matte have been my preference up until this past week when I switched things up to their Full Fuchsia color, an amplified creme;

great for the holidays to add a bit of pink to the mix.

This is, however, not a matte... it has a bit more 'flash' to it and glimmer.

Just something you may want to consider if you are planning to attend any New Year's parties this coming week-end.

I've always loved shades of Fuchsia!

The older we ladies get, I think it's important to wear a bit of lip color so that our ever fading natural lip skin color does not fade away to no lips at all.

The face as we age tends to slip downward and the only thing others see are our bags and sags.

Lip color is a good thing on older women, even if it's a light pink or peach..... 

I've always had somewhat thin lips and as I have aged into my sixties I've decided to define and enhance what lips I have left...

After all.... I'm not dead yet.

Fashion is so full of color choices.

Use them to your advantage.

I do!

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Or visit your local Mac make-up counter.

It's been a few years since I posted this sexy Orbo and the Longshots tune, 

'Dance With You'.

Yep... time to get sexy.

Enjoy this last week of the year 2015.

When Are YOU Going TO BE OKAY?

I have fallen in deep like with this series on YouTube, where a woman is interviewed and takes off her clothing.

The female body is so gorgeous at EVERY age in

every state.

This model is 62 years old and models for American Apparel.

I will be 62 next February and still sometimes ask myself,
"when are you going to be okay".

Looking and Feeling and Acting and Being

 Looking your age when in your sixties can be tricky, and I think we all want to look our age, but at the same time look good, and not ridiculous.  My looks have been bothering me since I aged to the ripe old decade of my sixties, and what I had been seeing in the mirror, well.... it wasn't pleasing to MY eyes, so how could I project myself to be perhaps a wee bit younger than what I was?

Wearing fun colored lipsticks and having my nails painted to match my toes and wearing fun flip flops.

Hats.

Cool, contemporary scarves.

Bright clothing... although for me this does NOT mean flowers and what I consider to be old lady blouses and smocks.

Yes, like most women in their sixties I have lumps and bumps and sags and even 

WRINKLES *gasp* on my neck and face.

 Looking 60 made me FEEL 60.  

There are some ways I can't fix this, such as the way I feel physically when I rise from bed in the morning.  Having slept for 8 hours you would think that I would feel rested and ready to go for the day, but that's not the truth.  The truth is that I was feeling, many days, after being up for a few hours, that I could go back to bed and take a nap.  Not enough exercise and too many foods that are not good for me are the reason for this.

If I change my ways, eat more whole foods, move around and perhaps even exercise as I was doing just a few year s ago, I would probably once again feel as though I am still in my fifties, which was a great decade for me physically... other than those darned old hot flashes which I don't think will ever go away entirely.  

I've also been taking a few vitamins that should help.

Fish Oil, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12 and now I have added Magnesium to my daily swallowing of pills.

 Acting young.

Well, no one wants to make a fool of themself at this stage in life since some of us *cough cough* did a good enough job of that earlier in life.

Live and Learn.

BUT

we vintage aged ladies don't have to sit around and moan and groan and wait for the hammer of death to bonk us on the head... instead we can step a bit lively, laugh more, go places.... you know... smell the roses in life so to speak.

Play with other vintage ladies and have a few laughs over a glass of wine or a cup of coffee.

We DON'T have to sit and do nothing.

 Other things I am now doing to assist me in looking, feeling and being in my 60's and feeling good about it are:

Get a good haircut .(I need one right now)

Manicures and pedicures. (especially in the spring and summer)

Nose hair trimming.

Facial hair and eyebrow waxing.

Teeth whitening.

Not even thinking about heels... just wear flats that feel good! Why hobble around for heaven sakes?

Throwing away my eyeshadow since it just sits in the creases anyway.

Wearing mascara every day.

Reading only positive news stories... I mean who needs the drama of stories about fires and crashes and murders?  Just don't read it since it drags down on a positive attitude and makes you frown which only causes MORE wrinkles.

No longer wearing jeans that pinch.... say YES to elastic and stretchy pants as long as the rest of your outfit is young looking.

If I do wear jeans, I wear some with a bit of flair at the bottom.  

Hats Hats Hats.

Scarves Scarves Scarves.

Great looking 'age appropriate' earrings.

Splurging on one expensive handbag.

Listening to current music and not getting lost in the 50's and 60's stuff ALL THE TIME.

Wearing bling bling necklaces, as long as my blouse or shirt is plain. *imho, mixing a lot of pattern and bling ages us*  Keep it simple stupid is my motto.

Use a good facial moisturizer... sleep with it on!

Keep the sun off your face! *see Hats Hats Hats above*

"But I don't look good in hats", you say.  HEY!  Everyone looks good in a hat if you find the right style for YOU.

Have I staved off aging completely?  Absolutely not, but a healthy, upbeat, current looking woman sure looks a lot better than someone who does not show a respect for the way they look.

When you take care of yourself there is an inner glow that shines through and although you won't look 24 again, or not even 40 again.... you will look 60 in a fabulous kind of way!

I guarantee it.

If there is something that works for you in your 60's and beyond, please share with readers.

Pink Eye Shadow

Let's face it.

We are all aging each and every day... every minute of every day,

and losing our youth is replaced by

wisdom, wrinkles, sagging rumps, lower eyelids, etc.

The thing too, that I am finding is a change in my taste in style, of my hair, my make-up, and nearly every other daily thought and action.

Watch this wonderful short piece about women over the age of eighty, an age I have not yet reached, but if my own inner and outer vanity has anything to say about it, I too will look as good as these fabulous women.

After watching this I have decided to buy some pink eye shadow.