Harriet Walter on authenticity & ageing
Glorious, glorious Harriet Walter. One of the finest British actors appeared on our screens this week in Alan Bennett’s updated Talking Heads series.
Health & Beauty
Straight-talking product reviews, interviews and features on fabulous women who love their age. Expert beauty advice, hair and skincare tips for women over-50 who want to look good, not young.
Bold or natural: what kind of lipstick lockdown are you having?
In a recent New York Times article, women were interviewed about how they are relaxing their make-up and grooming regimes during lockdown. Many were relieved to get off this hamster-wheel and c...
Where to buy and how to make fabric face masks
For many, wearing a face mask in public has already become a reality. Face protection is regularly worn in the Far East where countries have previous experience of Coronaviruses.
How to embrace grey hair during lockdown
If I hadn’t already gone through the growing in the grey process, I’d be doing it right now. On lockdown for weeks on end with no-one (but Mr TNMA) to witness my feral eyebrows and ...
Five uplifting ways to keep mind and body active during quarantine
As Winston Churchill once said, ‘It is a shame to waste a good crisis.’ Self-isolation gives us time to step off the treadmill of life.
Seven mind-over-virus beauty hacks to try at home
As the lockdown bites, do we really have time on our hands? When we’ve de-crusted the oven, hoovered the fridge, purged our wardrobes of moths, visibly mended the damage, primped the garden to Chels...
What would you like to read more of on That’s Not My Age?
In this period of unparalleled uncertainty, I’m wondering what you’d like to read more of on That’s Not My Age. Style features and outfit posts?
Nursem: the hand cream soothing healthcare workers’ hands
Washing and scrubbing our hands has never felt so important. And Nursem could not be a more apt name for a great initiative.
Sturdy clothes and staying calm in a pandemic
Everyday life has changed quite dramatically since my last blog post. And like many others, I am feeling quite fretful about the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Women in swimsuits: a fantastic new sportswear campaign from Speedo
How brilliant to see this positive campaign from Speedo with realistic, happy images of women in their swimsuits. According to research by the World Health Organisation 40% of women in the UK a...
What a beauty editor keeps when Marie Kondo’ing her makeup bag
There’s nothing like moving house to kick start a serious dumping drive. What starts with the knick-knacks (do you really need that 18th century warming pan in your centrally-heated life?
I’m 56 and proud – and here’s what I know about women in their 50s
Now that I’m 56 (clocked up another birthday over the holidays; me and Michelle Obama would’ve been in the same year at school) and edging slowly towards a significant birthday, I’ve...
