Bare naked faces
They’re going out nude. Nothing on at all—on their faces that is. USA Today reports that two women from my hometown of Charlotte, N. C. have gone where few women dare to go—outside their houses without makeup. I cover makeup trends here at Mind Your Body and I’m impressed with the no makeup look adopted [...]
Genie in a beauty bottle, please grant my wish
Whether you’re shopping in Nordstrom or Macy’s, or cruising the aisles of CVS, Walgreens or Rite Aid, you can’t miss the products that cry out, “Buy me and I’ll make you look younger!” Promises, promises: With so many cosmeceutical suitors, what’s a baby boomer girl to do? What’s in your product? Cosmeceuticals marry cosmetics and [...]
Plastic surgery is a right. Right?
As debate continues to swirl around health care reform here in the U. S., way down south in Brazil, the concept of “health care” includes “plastic surgery.” Whereas not everyone here is a fan, in Brazil, there’s little to no stigma around the practice. As this Associated Press story reports, “Beauty is a right, and [...]
Powerful little pill: Aspirin cuts cancer risks, deaths
Chances are there’s a bottle of aspirin in your medicine cabinet. Aspirin, or acetylsalicylic acid, was first available in pill form in 1915, and is still a mainstay for most of us with good reason. It’s inexpensive, it’s available over-the-counter and it reduces pain and fever. Now three new studies out of Oxford University in [...]
Strengthen resilience for a longer, happier life
Mind Your Body TV Episode 29 with Carol Orsborn, Ph.D. I’m getting better at listening to myself, a still-developing skill I owe in part to the discussion I had here with Carol Orsborn, Ph.D. She’s a businesswoman, theologian, motivational speaker, boomer generation expert and the author of 25 books. She’s also full of life and [...]
Give the gift of you
Volunteering “completes” my life. I work (a lot), I play, and I donate my writing skills to an organization that does the work that I alone can’t do, but wish I could for Stray Cat Alliance (SCA). This Los Angeles-area humane nonprofit helps these kinds of cats: homeless, stray, feral and “community.” My pro bono [...]
A page on ageless beauty
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy This morning on NBC’s “Today,” Ann Curry anchored an uplifting story about “Ageless Beauty,” a topic we’ve broached here on Mind Your Body recently. For example, this week’s Mind Your Body TV video features a Bobbi Brown Makeup Facelift, and Lauren Hutton weighed [...]
Makeup facelift in 5 easy steps
Mind Your Body TV Episode 28 with Diana Lendzion. As our skin “evolves,” so does the baby boomer way of wearing makeup. It’s not the same as it was “back then.” Bobbi Brown’s products are ideal for us baby boomers and they’re designed to keep things simple. Brown is also a baby boomer and she’s [...]
Will YOU, won’t you? Power up your willpower
The words “will” and “power” add up to one mighty force in our lives—or lack thereof. If we had more of it—willpower, that is—we could be richer, thinner, more successful, and the wish list goes on. The American Psychological Association (APA) defines willpower as: determination, drive, resolve, self-discipline and self-control, all admirable and desirable traits. [...]
Relationship rebound from communication breakdown
I write for magazines, and was tickled when a clever high school friend with whom I’d reconnected on Facebook recently gifted me a magazine subscription to Experience Life: She knows I read so many for my job, but she had a motive. Switching from my writer to reader mode, I’m sold. The magazine’s mission is [...]
