Beauty and health over 40

How to look young and beautiful after 40

Quite a few 40+ women struggle with getting older and the changes that tend to occur, which became apparent through comments from readers on this website. It inspired a topic on the forum: Why do we insist on talking ourselves down and also inspired this article by long-time reader Suzanne. I think she has an important message so am very happy to share her article here on 40+Style. Over to you Suzanne!

As women past the age of 40, many of us struggle with our changing bodies and how to dress them. We do not want to become “invisible” or to look frumpy but we also do not want to look inappropriate or like we are trying too hard. Many of us hope to look youthful or fashionable but not like we are attempting to be young. [click to continue…]

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How to care for your nails

I got such an amazing response and some wonderful tips on my article on pretty nails for women over 40, that I wanted to share them with you in a separate blog post, as not all of you will read the comments. [click to continue…]

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How to get pretty nails

I find that grooming can be quite a challenge as you get older. At least it is for me. Or it just gets very expensive.

Take nails for example. How much time, effort and money do you put into them? [click to continue…]

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White is beautiful

Previously I wrote about how I have been disappointed about how many 40 Plus women are dressing in summer. Basically I feel that could be much improved and far less frumpy.

I have also been amazed about many women’s tanning habits. Perhaps it’s due to my 7 years in Australia (where you get bombarded with ads to slip, slop, slap in Summer; shirt, sunscreen and hat respectively) but I feel strongly that it is a total disservice to you skin to suntan. [click to continue…]

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