Fashion Flash Monday

Mirabai Holland, whose website Moving Free is dedicated to how to strengthen and tone your body at every age, is our Fashion Flash host this week.

As always, our splendid group of bloggers, do our best to bring you the best of our posts on beauty, fashion and wellness, for women over 40.

Please click this link to read them all.

xox,

DD

Fall's Most Colorful Cosmetics

It's time to shake up your makeup routine with these on-trend shades

This is a TotalBeauty.com Makeup article Fall may be in full swing, but that doesn't mean you have to give up colorful makeup. This fall, it's all about ditching your neutral makeup colors for moody, rich shades that complement your skin tone. See the colorful fall makeup trends to try.

Be a Glow Getter: Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder

Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder
6 Shades (Radiant Light pictured above)
$45

I've never been a powder fan...When you work as hard as I do to achieve glowing skin, it just feels counter-intuitive to finish with powder, no matter how finely milled.

I have long been aware of the cult following for Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder. Lalalalalalalalala...I blocked out the chatter...but then I saw them at Sephora and in an instant,  knew the likelihood of my leaving without one was nil. One swipe and I was a goner.   

Rather then looking matte and dull, my skin appeared to look lit from within, imperfections blurred, less flawed.  Hourglass Ambient Lighting Powder comes in 6 shades, each created for a specific skin type.  Radiant Light, which casts a golden glow, was right for me.  Here are the details:

Organic

Organic by divadebbi featuring a red bedding

Dolce Gabbana short dress / Converse shoes, $110 / Yves Saint Laurent crossbody handbag / Kimberly McDonald diamond jewelry / Hermès red bedding / Mascara / Hampton Sun fragrance / Pier 1 Imports floral decor / Pier 1 Imports floral decor

Exuviance Perfomance Peel AP

Exuviance Performance Peel AP
$75
Available at Ulta stores and Ulta.com

Exuviance is turning out to be one of my favorite anti-aging skincare lines. I have already written glowingly about their Age Reversing Neck Cream, (which has done nothing to harm my knees either).

I love peels, and when my friends at Melissa Kelz PR told me that Exuviance Performance Peel AP could produce dramatically good at home results, simply, and in just 6 weeks, I let them twist my arm into sampling it...

Simply Chic

Simply Chic by divadebbi featuring a shimmer eye shadow

Maje long sleeve blouse / Dondup distressing jeans, $215 / Loriblu black bootie / Mulberry leather travel bag / Hermès wraparound watch / Christian Dior shimmer eye shadow / Gucci voluminous mascara

On the Fringe...

On the Fringe... by divadebbi featuring white centerpieces

Marni floral top, $580 / Lanvin black coat / 10 Crosby Derek Lam embroidered skirt / Tamara Mellon high heel ankle boots / Trish McEvoy pencil eyeliner / Pier 1 Imports white centerpiece / Pier 1 Imports floral home decor

Tarte Timeless Smoothing Primer

Tarte Smoothing Primer
$39

Is it too much to wish that someone in the cosmetics industry could develop face Spackle???   My dream product would gracefully fill in fine lines and then be smoothly covered with foundation or a good BB cream. How does that sound to you?

My internet search was fruitless, though I did discover that Dr. Andrew Ordon of TV's The Doctors fame did create a product that temporarily fills out fine lines. It is not so much a filler as an inflammation; reviewers reported swelling from allergic reactions.  With my luck, I'd go into anaphylactic shock, and my throat would close...Literally, I would, "die in vain".

So, my search continued to Sephora, where I was attracted to the Tarte display, that included a split photo of an average looking woman.  One side showed her "before" Tarte Timeless Smoothing Primer and the other, the "after".

Impressive...OK, so it doesn't fill, but I will settle for the 91% reported "blur" 

18 Years and Counting....

18 Years and Counting.... by divadebbi featuring floral decor

P A R O S H red dress, $285 / Gianvito Rossi red shoes / Dolce Gabbana leather tote / River Island necklace, $29 / Sephora Collection foundation brush / Estée Lauder beauty product / Pink nail polish / Floral decor

It's National Brow Day

Did you know today is National Brow Day? From Wink Brow Bar to Smashbox, today is a wonderful day to celebrate this wonderful feature with two of the most famous brows – Audrey and Elizabeth!

Their impeccable and lush brows further prove that this trend is here to stay, so lets look at the past to predict the future, as 2014 and now 2015 are definitely going to be the brow years to look forward to, from young ingenues like Lily Collins to Ashley Olsen.

What’s the modern way of shaping and filling in brows to create this lush effect? Look no further than threading, especially such as the West Village’s Wink Brow Bar, which specializes in organic threading. Anti-inflammatory and best for both shaping and growing a lusher set, read below for owner Umbreen Sheikh’s tips and tricks: