I’ve created a checklist for you of what you need to have on hand for Spring and Summer in order to create outfits for every occasion. Age doesn’t matter because all of these items are classic and basic pieces. They will make it easy for you to make more outfits out of what you have. To make them fun as well as useful, check out what is trending. Wearing something new and modern makes you look young.
Maybe you already have all or most of these essentials. If not, April is the time of year when spring clothing is on sale. So it’s a good time to fill in gaps in your warm-weather wardrobe, or upgrade things that are wearing out (or wearing out their welcome).
I have sensitive skin, so years ago I did an overhaul of my beauty products by getting rid of anything that was not hypoallergenic or pure and natural. I continued to use up the body products I already had, though, keeping them away from my sensitive face and decollete. As you can see in my “extra makeup” basket above, I was sticking with Almay and Physicians’ Formula and Burt’s Bees and natural makeup as much as possible. I figured I could still use whatever lipstick I wanted because my lips never broke out in a rash.
Then my husband alerted me that someone told him there was lead in lipstick. And recently on Facebook and Instagram, friends spoke up about it.
How could this be?!
So I did a spring cleaning of my lipsticks and threw out about 60% of them. Then I went online to find out what lipsticks had lead and which ones didn’t. I’m sharing my list with you (in three parts below).
My thinking is that age doesn’t matter. Whenever you start to improve your lifestyle, by becoming vigilant about the purity of your cosmetics or whatever, you can improve your health. You can get better and better all the time.
Now that spring has sprung (or at least begun), the countdown to the lazy hazy days of baring more body has begun. Age doesn’t matter. We’ll all be wanting to wear way less clothing in the hot, sunny days ahead. And really, we should all be getting our regular exercise, if not to get in shape then to improve our health!
The stores are aware of this, so every year they help motivate us to get to the gym with sales on athletic wear, running shoes and sneakers. March and April are the best time of year to buy these.
Sarah Jane Adams at MyWrinklesAreMyStripes on Instagram is partial to Adidas shoes and shows how to rock them in your 60’s or anytime you like. (See above.)
I looked at the sales on women’s sneakers, and they don’t just cover athletic shoes. There are some serious shoes and then there are some seriously awesome-looking shoes. You can get high-performance for the gym and some street cred, too.
Here are just a half dozen samples of what you can find right now:
A few years ago, I came across an article by Alison Syrett at Lucky Shops (now defunct), “How To Clean Out Your Closet For Spring: Six Easy Steps To Start Now.” I tried her system because it broke down the seasonal wardrobe changeover into one task a week for six weeks. Age doesn’t matter; I’ll bet we can always use an easier way to do things.
You never know (in Michigan, anyway) when the warm weather will stay. Many years, I would put away my Winter things and pull out my Spring/Summer clothes when the weather got nice and then a cold snap would send me looking for things I had just put away. What a drag! A gradual changeover works so much better and gives you the time to get things taken care of at the dry cleaners, the shoe repair and the place where you donate your old things.
So here it is: I am now sharing with you this super easy and effective system! Continue Reading
March is known as the windy month, but windy weather can strike any time of year. Whether hot or cold or in between, certain hacks help a windy situation. Age doesn’t matter.
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