I Got On The Plane…and So Glad I Did!

I Got On The Plane…and So Glad I Did!

I am back in Texas! Exhausted…with a house full of the stomach virus…reality sets in quickly!  But, the last two and half days have been incredible. I will have more for you later today!  Come back this evening to see what I wore for the shoot and to meet my makeup and hair stylist (just…

Are You Beautiful?

Are You Beautiful?

Let’s start the year off with a difficult question for some…DO YOU BELIEVE YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL? Well, I agree with stylist, STACY LONDON…we are all beautiful.  So, what are one or two small steps you can take now to develop your beauty .  Sometimes, even if we don’t believe it, when we take a few…

5 Simple, Yet Powerful, Beauty Secrets

5 Simple, Yet Powerful, Beauty Secrets

Hidden within this picture is a beauty secret I actually learned in my youth.  Please join me today on MIDLIFE BOULEVARD to see what the easiest, cheapest things are that I do for myself!! Come on over to the… JOY BOUTIQUE POST And join the conversation! Happy Tuesday!!

Jenny Craig: Creating New Habits!

Jenny Craig: Creating New Habits!

Progress goes on!  I just returned from my weekly consultation at JENNY CRAIG, and the baby steps are adding up.  I continue to be excited about the fact my eating habits are truly changing.   I get full faster than I used to and prefer the smaller portions.  I so hope this will continue the…

OOTD Challenges:  What To Do?? What To Do??

OOTD Challenges: What To Do?? What To Do??

I am in that place again. It is a place I know all too well.  I have been here often. It is a place where you have to be a “glass is half full” kind of thinker or discouragement sets in.  The place?  My closet….where I find clothes too big and clothes too small, but…

Holiday Sales: Were These the Best?

Holiday Sales: Were These the Best?

Yesterday, my stylist showed off these fabulous boots she purchased on Black Friday.  She said, “I watched them and watched them online, and Black Friday did it…low price including free shipping and another thirty percent off!” She is one of many who told me this year’s sales were the best they have seen in a…

Along the Road to Discovering Personal Style

Along the Road to Discovering Personal Style

“It’s not very easy to grow up into a woman.  We are always taught, almost bombarded with ideals of what we should be at every age in our lives: THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD WEAR AT AGE 20; THAT IS WHAT YOU MUST ACT LIKE AT AGE 25; THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING…

Truth in Aging….A Generous Giveaway!

Truth in Aging….A Generous Giveaway!

Truth in Aging recently sent me their HAIR VITALITY SHAMPOO….this is a site just for those of us over 40 created to inform and present beauty products developed especially for our age groups.  The owner and founder, Marta, could not find a shampoo already on the market which met our special hair needs, so she…