Second Act: Making the most of a midlife pivot
The fifties pivot sounds like it could be a dance. Like the jive or twist.
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.
Perfecting your party make-up: tips from an expert
At the age of 60, after approximately 40-years of trying, I still haven’t managed to perfect smoky eye make-up. As for winged eyeliner (the impossible flick) – you can forget...
Wintering: Learning to love the colder, darker months
There’s no avoiding it: we have four seasons, so let’s embrace the changing of the seasons, even if this one is our least favourite. We like to think we’re such sophisticated, hi-t...
Why cancer ‘wellness’ can kill
If, heaven forbid, you were diagnosed with cancer tomorrow, would you take advice from a consultant oncologist with a first class medical degree and more than two decades of clinical experience...
Hair by Sam McKnight has stopped my short grey hairs sticking up!
What can I do about these badly behaved grey hairs that are always sticking up? I asked the make-up artist Lindsey Poole.
It’s time to shape-shift our mindset
We have just celebrated an array of beautiful, powerful bodies of all different shapes and sizes at the Olympics – and are looking forward to more power and glory at the Paralympics t...
Weak Ties: how people you don’t know very well make for strong connections
Most of us have a core of just a few really close friends, two to three, according to a recent YouGov poll. Then in ever-increasing circles of decreasing closeness, we move out to the group tha...
The best make-up for mature skin and why you don’t need an expensive mascara
When it comes to discovering the best beauty products, professional make-up artists are always in-the-know. They get to try-and-test all the latest products on a range of skin tones and types a...
Time for a new perfume? How taste in fragrance can change with age
Still spritzing on your old favourite fragrance? Me, too.
Meet Katy Marks, the architect creating asymmetric underwear & swimwear for women who have had a single mastectomy
Katy Marks is an incredible woman. The co-founder of London-based architecture practise Citizens Design Bureau and mother of two young sons, found that after her single mastectomy she just coul...
Can the Zuvi Halo Hairdryer tame my unruly grey hair?
It’s been described as ‘the Tesla of hairdryers’, and using the Zuvi Halo Hairdryer did remind me of my first experience driving a fancy electric vehicle. I have only e...