We're (way) over 40. Deal with it.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
I know you have been anxiously awaiting the results of my product testing.
In case you’ve forgotten, I tested Garnier’s Ultra-Lift Daily Targeted Wrinkle Treatment on one side of my face for five weeks. The results? Oh, you will be surprised! (more…)
Tags: baby boomers, battle of the sexes, beauty products, Garnier, over 50, women, women over 40, wrinkles
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Friday, February 22nd, 2013
You remember those old commercials, where a Timex watch gets really put through the ringer – stomped on, thrown across the room you name it – but nonetheless, it keeps on working. Samsonite luggage gets thrown from a plane and it’s unscathed. A Bic pen gets shot out of a gun and, by golly, it still works! You watch Mad Men now and you see them coming up with these kind of ideas for ad campaigns, knowing that most people will just believe them. Well, not me. I had to test them for myself. (more…)
Tags: beauty products, facial creams, over 40, over 50, product testing, unbiased product review, women, women over 40, wrinkle creams, wrinkles
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Sunday, August 9th, 2009
Hello. My name is Lucille and I’m 58. And I’m not recovering.
I don’t lie about my age and I really believe it’s a mistake to. Say you’re 10 years younger than you are and people think, “Oh. She looks so old for her age.”
Of course, it pays to look younger than you are, which is probably why I’ve never felt the urge to lie (except when I was 18 and said I was 21. . . but that’s a different story.). Because I’m sometimes asked what my “secret” is, I’ve put together my own 12 Step Program for Non-Recovering BBs: (more…)
Tags: 12-step program, Ageing, Ageism, Babedom, Botox, genes, over 40, skin, smoking, soap, sugar, tanning, wrinkles
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Friday, August 7th, 2009
Everything else about me – that I have to expose to the world – looks fine; I can style my hair, I can wear Spanx or other heavy-duty tools to hide rolls of fat. I can ever wear fake tan if I must. But my neck? Ugh. Now I know why Katherine Hepburn loved turtlenecks.
I’ve tried exercising it – smile, stop; smile, stop. I’ve tried creaming it (if you don’t use face cream on your neck and chest, you will be sorry). I’ve sat in front of a mirror and tried to figure out the exact right way to tense my muscles so it doesn’t look like crepe paper.
But it does. Damn. (more…)
Tags: age, Ageing, bathing suit, body, face, fat, fat rolls, muffin top, neck, plastic surgey, skin care, wrinkles
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