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Older and Wider: A Survivor’s Guide to the Menopause
Writer and performer Jenny Eclair has written a book based on her experience of menopause. ‘This is not an in-depth medical or psychological insight,’ she says in the intro, ‘ I...
Our top 10 products for thinning hair
As a child, I cursed the masses of tangled curls that I had. That curse took effect a few years ago when my hair started thinning and falling out exponentially.
The beauty products that got me through lockdown
Where beauty routines are concerned I’ve always taken a low-key, minimalist view. Lockdown has elevated this approach to another level: barely-there has become rarely-there.
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.
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?
