Recent Comments

• Agreed. I never thought I was vain until I had a mastectomy at age 39. I was devastated and told the doc I wanted to wake up with implants. Now at age 60, I am lopsided and wondering if I was just avoiding the inevitable. You get what you get and you
  In "The right to bare arms"
• Spike, you are awesome!  Love your perspective, thanks for sharing.
  In "The right to bare arms"
• I will turn 53 in 6 weeks and still break out.  May I also assume that your skin is still quite oily and shows no or very few wrinkles? If so... COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS! 1) Your skin doesn't look like beat-up luggage now, and probably never wi
  In "skin"
• What looks good on someone is a matter of personal opinion.  From my point of view, at this age we can wear whatever we please.  It's like the poem, When I Am An Old Woman I Will Wear Purple.  After a while we've seen styles come and go a number o
  In "My daughters staged a jean intervention"
• Depends on where you live. I was MUCH more self-conscious about parts of my body which "looked old" when living in a climate with actual seasons. Now that I have spent the last 7 years in Southern California, I realize (much to my own surprise)
  In "The right to bare arms"

Don't Miss

• Our beauty must-haves – what’s yours?

  “My beauty confession: I’m a Noxzema addict. What about you? What’s your #1 must-have beauty product? Let’s start a list!”

  1 like

• My daughters staged a jean intervention

  “They convinced me to go from too-short, straight-leg ‘Mom’ jeans to a much better look..” ~ L J

  1 like

• Tips for avoiding grey hair dye disasters

  Coloring grey hair at home is a great way to save money, but the art of using grey hair dye

  0 like

• How to create beautiful grey hair color

  You may ditch the dye and wear your natural grey hair color, but that doesn’t mean you no longer have

  0 like

• Can we bare arms? Sleeveless after 50 (VN Newsletter, May 19, 2012)

  Sleeveless after 50 – pro or con?

  6 like

• Hairstyles for thin hair: The bun is back

  Female hair thinning doesn’t always make it easy to wear the latest hairstyles.

  0 like

• Biotin and hair loss: Can too many vitamins cause female hair thinning?

  It is possible to get too much of a good thing, but will biotin and hair loss go hand-in-hand if

  0 like

Have You Read?

• My daughters staged a jean intervention

  “They convinced me to go from too-short, straight-leg ‘Mom’ jeans to a much better look..” ~ L J

  1 like

• Can we bare arms? Sleeveless after 50 (VN Newsletter, May 19, 2012)

  Sleeveless after 50 – pro or con?

  6 like

• Need to cover the bags under my eyes

  Hi Ladies,

  I’ve worn glasses for 55 years, but after recent eye surgery I may end up only needing reading glasses.

  3 like

• Dentures?

  Has anyone out there had to resort to dentures? If anyone has any wisdom to impart or have had issues

  1 like

• Rapidlash – Two months later, my updated review

  “I honestly didn’t think this product would work as well as it has, but I’m definitely a believer now.” ~

  3 like

• Gained some weight…but the fashion world isn’t helping

  My daughter freaked out because she was in a size 16 and I freaked out because I couldn’t fit in

  3 like

• Finding the Perfect Swimsuit

  Let’s start off with the following disclaimer: The title of this post is about as likely to occur as being

  1 like