The weather is warming, summer is right around the corner and flowers are blooming! It’s a good time to relax and enjoy the latest Fashion Flash online magazine for women over 40. Each week, a different member of the Flash hosts the rest of us on their website. I get a turn to host as well. This week, our host is Allison from Never Say Die Beauty blog. Click on her name below to visit her site and browse the news, tips and advice from our awesome team of bloggers and podcasters. You’ll find topics from beauty to fashion, food, home decor, living your best life and more…You never know what you’ll discover! Included is my post on the secrets of how to enjoy special clothes every day.
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Beauty, Fashion Flash, Link Love, Style Inspiration
Fashion, Makeup, Newsletter, Online Magazine, Style
This is an installment in my Style Tips series (see more here.) Today I have an easy way to upgrade your outfit in the spring and summer. Age doesn’t matter. You can make a plain and basic outfit look better at home or quickly spiff it up on your way out the door. Here’s how you do it:
Style Tip of the Day: A Beautiful Warm-Weather Look
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Style Tips
Spring/Summer, The Third Piece, Vests, Warm Weather
I have the honor to help you welcome June with 11 of the best bloggers and podcasters for women over 40. This latest edition of Fashion Flash e-magazine is hosted by a new member of our team: Phyllis at the blog Follow Phyllis. Click on her name below to be transported to her website where you can browse your favorite topics from beauty to fashion, fitness, wellness and summer reads. So take some time just for you to relax and enjoy what we have in store for you!
In This Issue:
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Beauty, Fashion Flash, Lifelong Health, Link Love, Ways to Wear It
Athleisure, Health & Fitness, Newsletter, Online Magazine
When you don’t have many occasions to dress for and your days are mostly casual, color can give your outfits variety, keeping them interesting and lively. Age doesn’t matter. All you have to do is choose your favorite colors that look good on you. That’s an easy way to brighten your outfit and your day — with color!
Every season, I like to see what colors are trending by checking out the Pantone Institute’s color report. Pantone distills the colors most seen on the runways at the designer shows, makes a list of them and interprets the moods that the colors elicit.
Pantone gives the trending colors their own names and specific shades. That’s helpful if you’re shopping and want to look for the shades of the moment. You can see the exact shades of their
Spring/Summer 2020 colors HERE.
But I think it makes it much easier to put together outfits out of what we have to just think of the trending colors in general terms. So I looked at the Pantone colors for Spring and Summer 2020 and listed them below using the names we usually call them by.
And the classic blue in this spring/summer 2020 palette is Pantone’s named color of the year. So besides being a basic classic color that never goes out of style, this color is still going to keep you looking modern throughout the rest of this year — a good buy if you don’t already have it!
Here’s how to brighten your outfit and your day with color:
Following are the season’s trending colors and ways to combine them.
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Color Combos, Color Series, Style Tips
Whether wearing something special or just something casual, adding a pop of color brings it to a whole new level, especially when your basics are neutral and/or monochrome. My style tip of the day shows you one way to brighten your outfit. It’s so easy and age doesn’t matter!
Style Tip of the Day: How to Brighten Your Outfit
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Accessories, Style Tips, Ways to Wear It
Black, Black Outfits, Pop of Color, Statement Earrings, Statement Jewelry, Statement Necklace, Turquoise, White, White Outfits
