Healing crystals and gemstones have risen in popularity just like being aware of our needs and investing time and energy in self-care has. Crystals are believed to have healing properties and energies that can enhance our lives and serve purposes such as relieving anxiety, improving focus, and sharpening intuition.

You might have seen teenagers wearing crystal pendants a lot lately, but do not fret; you are not too old for these healing stones. So, if you wish to know how crystals can be incorporated into your self-care routine and your daily dose of self-love, you are welcome to keep reading this article.

Use Crystals to Get Better Sleep

Getting a good night’s rest is extremely important for your well-being. You are less likely to feel irritable, sad or depressed, and clumsy when you manage to rest and sleep well. But at the same time, older adults are more likely to struggle with sleeping well due to insomnia or other health conditions that make it hard to have a deep sleep.

So, if you are open to using crystals to sleep better, you can place a small crystal under your pillow before bed. Or, if it’s more comfortable, you can have a larger crystal, such as a crystal tower or geode, placed near your bed.

The idea is to leave the crystal to infuse your aura while sleeping and shield your energy from interfering vibes. I recommend you use the following crystals because they have relaxing energies that will help you release tension in the body and mind and ward off nightmares:

• Amethyst – is known as a natural tranquilizer.
• White Chalcedony – also referred to as the “Stone of Harmony.”
• Jasper – you can use Red, Maligano, Leopardskin, or Dalmatian Jaspers.
• Raw Magnesite – soothes an overactive mind and promotes deep sleep.

Crystal Face Rollers for Glowing Skin

Yes, that’s right. You can use face rollers made out of crystals to massage your skin. Face rollers have beneficial effects, such as reducing puffiness and inflammation and improving blood flow and lymphatic drainage.

They can also help you distribute your skin care products evenly, in case you use any. Your skin will look brighter, and you might notice that this face massage improves your mood.

Using face rollers made of crystals might enhance your self-care experience even further. You can choose what crystal wands to use based on your energy affinity, or you can choose based on what you wish to add to this skincare routine. For example:

• Clear Quartz face rollers are great for rejuvenation, purifying negative energy, and melting away tension in muscles.
• Rhodonite face rollers are great if you need some emotional healing and help to deal with negative emotions and states of mind.
• Rose Quartz face rollers carry loving and kind energies that will nurture your aura and promote self-compassion.
• Green Jade face rollers deal with energy blockages and stimulate the facial nerve endings.

Live in the Present Moment with Crystal Palm Stones

Remembering to focus on the present moment can contribute tremendously to your overall well-being, and you can incorporate practicing mindfulness into your daily self-care routine. This might help when you get overwhelmed by a long to-do list, and your mind fills with thoughts about the future, or when you get lost in memories that no longer serve you.

Remain grounded and enjoy life as it is right now by keeping your attention on what your senses can perceive. You can sit still with a palm stone in your hands for five or more minutes daily.

Sit comfortably (not necessarily in a lotus pose) and focus on how the crystal palm stone feels; observe its weight, temperature, and texture. Notice where your mind wanders when your attention drifts away and do that without self-judgment.

The following palm stones will support your focus and energy and will encourage you to enjoy the present moment:

• Polychrome Jasper palm stones will help you stay grounded during meditation or other mindfulness practices.
• Selenite palm stones are great for clearing your worries away and keeping the mind calm.
• Silk Agate palm stones can help your mind stay in the present moment due to their ability to clear brain fog and improve focus and concentration.
• Tremolite palm stones open the heart and encourage enjoying life while also attracting harmony and inner strength.

Use Crystals for Journaling

If writing in a journal is part of your self-care habits, then you might want to know how crystals can help you with this. Journaling can be a great way of expressing yourself and putting into words things you can’t say to other people. It can have therapeutic benefits, and crystals can help you with their energies that promote self-discovery, authenticity, communication, and creativity.

If you like to write in a physical journal, you can hold a small crystal in your non-dominant hand while you write down your thoughts. Or leave the stone on top of the pages you’ll use for a few minutes. Your aura will get imbued with the crystal’s healing vibes.

In case you keep a journal on your laptop or computer, you can still benefit from having a crystal on your desk while writing. Angelite or Blue Lace Agate can be used for improving self-expression and keeping your mind clear.

Crystals such as Carnelian and Lapis Lazuli are excellent for journaling about past traumatic experiences as they have protective and emotional healing energies.

The positive vibes coming from Citrine, Rose Quartz, and Sunstone can elevate your mood while writing in a gratitude journal. No matter your journaling habits and needs, you can get creative and follow your intuition to incorporate crystals into your self-care writing routine.

Wear Healing Crystal Jewelry

An effortless way of incorporating crystals into your life and self-care routine is wearing them close to your body as jewelry pieces. You can find many rings, earrings, bracelets, and pendants made with crystals nowadays. You can choose whatever suits your tastes and style and wear them for a couple of hours or a day to infuse your energy field with their healing vibes.

An Amazonite pendant might be an excellent choice for a first date, as it helps keep firm personal boundaries. Or you might want a more seductive fiery crystal for this occasion, such as a rose quartz or a red jasper bracelet.

If you spend time with your kids and grandkids, you can choose a protective pendant to share its energy with those surrounding you. Try wearing a Shungite pendant for protection against harmful electromagnetic radiation or an aquamarine pendant that is great for any social situation, especially for empaths.

Choose the crystal jewelry right for you and enjoy its gentle, supportive energy during the day. Just check if your crystals can take prolonged exposure to sun or humidity, depending on the season and context you’ll wear them.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Have you tried wearing crystals for better sleep? What crystal or gemstone has helped you? What about journaling stones? Do you think you might experiment with gemstones and crystals for self-care?

Karen Huger’s Pink Monogrammed Bomber Jacket

Real Housewives of Potomac Season 7 Episode 5 Fashion

Karen Huger’s face here was precisely my face while watching this whole dinner scene go down in the previews for tonight’s Real Housewives of Potomac. I’m not about the entirety of this scene at the time of writing this, but one thing I am currently sure about is that Karen’s pink monogrammed jacket is cute. And the Style Stealers of it are perfect for our next fall fashion purchase.

Sincerely Stylish,

Jess

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Karen Huger’s White Embellished Confessional Blazer

Real Housewives of Potomac Season 7 Fashion

Blink and you may have missed Karen Huger’s white embellished confessional blazer. It was so quick I couldn’t even find it in the recording to get a better pic (sorry Karen). But we did thankfully snap one and we also thankfully tracked down her ‘fit. You’ll be pleased to know it’s still stocked, pretty affordable, and located below.

Sincerely Stylish,

Jess

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One look at Emma Lovewell’s Instagram account and it’s clear to see that the Peloton instructor travels nearly as much as she exercises. Hiking in St. Lucia, riding a motorcycle in Nicaragua, canoeing in Patagonia, wielding a samurai sword in Japan (yes, a sword)—the 35-year-old has seemingly been everywhere and done it all. But for her, traveling the world and having these experiences is about so much more than just the photo opp. “I didn’t travel internationally until I was 18, but once I started I was hooked. My mom is an immigrant, and there’s something about traveling that helped me understand her—and myself—better,” she says. “Growing up in a multicultural environment and comparing myself to my other friends, I always felt ‘other.’ But once I started seeing the world and realizing that there are so many different ways of living, I felt more resolve within myself.”

Lovewell’s social media posts also make it abundantly clear that her travels almost always involve some type of physical activity. Snowboarding, surfing, horseback riding—you name it, she’s done it. Yet despite her career as a fitness instructor (if you haven’t yet taken one of her Intervals & Arms rides, you’re missing out), Lovewell’s attitude towards staying fit while traveling is surprisingly relaxed for someone with a killer six-pack. The goal: Doing things that allow her to move her body, without having to spend time in a hotel gym. 

Here, Lovewell talks to STYLECASTER about some of her all-time favorite vacation destinations, how she stays active while traveling, and how to squeeze in a 10-minute workout anytime, anywhere.

Source: Instagram

SC: Based on your Instagram, it looks like you’ve been all over the world. What have been some of your favorite destinations and travel experiences?

EL: I recently went to Japan and that was the trip of a lifetime. It was incredible. The culture there is so strong and the people are so nice. We were there for 11 days and spent a few days in Tokyo, then the rest in Northern Japan, which isn’t really a common spot for people to go. We went to Niigata, where they’re known for their knives and went to these Japanese knife factories and saw incredible craftsmanship and metalwork. We saw a Maiko performance of apprentice geisha. We stayed in a Buddhist temple and took a cooking class.

It sounds like you really immersed yourself in the local culture. Is that something you prioritize when you travel?

I feel like it’s so important for people to travel and get away from their homes in order to get a better perspective on life. When we can experience another environment and culture it really helps us understand ourselves, and the world, better. So seeking out authentic, cultural experiences when I’m traveling internationally is incredibly important. I’m from Martha’s Vineyard, a super popular tourist destination, and so I know that the locals always know what’s best. Whenever I travel somewhere, I always like to talk to locals and ask what they suggest I do, so that I can really get that local perspective. 

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Let’s talk about how you’re staying fit during all of these travels. Are you making it a conscious priority to carve out time to exercise?

My boyfriend Dave, whom I travel with a lot, and I are both generally active people. We love to move our bodies. So when we’re traveling, I’m totally a proponent of adding in that movement and physical activity and fitness into things we’re doing and experiences we can have. I’d rather do that than spend an hour in a basement hotel gym. Like in Japan we did this samurai class, where we got to learn martial arts moves and hold a samurai sword. When something like that is a part of my vacation, then I consider that my workout. I’m up and moving. 

What kinds of physical experiences have you had at other places you’ve traveled?

We recently went to San Sebastian, Spain and there we rented electric bikes. Everyone was making fun of the fact that I’m a spin instructor and was riding an electric bike, but it’s an amazing way to see a city. I’d also go for runs there. I’d be stopping every five minutes to take pictures so it wasn’t my most intense workout, but I was moving my body and seeing the city at the same time.

On beach vacations, I’m always swimming or wake surfing and staying active in that way. We’ve been to the Galapagos twice, Dave’s sister used to live there, so we really got the local experience. The scuba diving there is incredible, I got to dive with hammerheads all around me. We’ve also done surfing trips to Nicaragua and Mexico. Those were trips planned specifically around the destinations being good surf spots, and surfing is the hardest workout ever.

One of my favorite US trips was Alaska. I went in the middle of winter and had pretty low expectations, but was completely blown away. It completely surpassed my expectations. You see mountains coming straight out of the ocean into the sky and the most incredible sunsets. There I was hiking and snowboarding every day.

So, what happens when you’re on a trip and there isn’t a lot of physical activity built in? Do you still work out?

There have definitely been some vacations where I wasn’t moving that much. And I do start to feel kind of stuck and like I need to do something. So that’s when I’ll literally take just 10 minutes to do something in the hotel room that gets my body moving. Even just some planks, squats or lunges, and push-ups—that’s abs, legs, and upper body. I have to plug the Peloton app, because there are great 10-minute core classes on there. I’ll do those, even if it’s my own. All of the Peloton body weight classes, even the five, 10, or 15-minute ones, are great. You can also put on some music and have a dance party in your room. Most songs are about three minutes long, so cue up three of your favorites, and that totally counts as a 10-minute workout right there.

Photo: Weston Wells. Design: Sasha Purdy/STYLECASTER.

Your sense of fashion is like fine wine. It’s really catching its stride when you hit your 60s. That’s true for plus size women, too. If you’re in your 60s now, you may have struggled with negativity about your body all your life.

Don’t waste another day on negative thoughts. Instead, embrace fashion – right now. Make your 60s your most beautiful years ever. If you’re just getting started or want to mix up your plus size style, these 5 tips are sure to help.

Shop Online

Don’t drive yourself crazy trying to find creative, fashionable pieces in local department and clothing stores. Few cater to plus size women, and even those that do tend to have limited selections.

The beauty of shopping online is that you can do it from anywhere in the world, whenever you want. If you’re still a bit nervous about shopping online, uncertain about finding the right fit, or concerned about exchanges and returns, then first:

• Check the store’s sizing guide.
• Contact the retailer directly before you buy if you’re unsure about what size to get.
• Review the store’s return and exchange policy before checkout.
• Don’t be afraid to try small online retailers. These boutique stores often have the best options for plus size clothing.

Expand Your Color Palette

Don’t fear color. If you’re a die-hard all-black fashionista, go with that. But if you’re just hiding behind black because of years of body shaming, it’s time to break free. Do your own thing – don’t be forced into the darkness by negativity.

New to the idea of bright colors? Worried they’ll clash with your wardrobe or you’ll end up with pieces you can’t put together? Here’s how to make it work:

• Keep your outfit neutral overall, then add one splash of color. It could be black pants and underrated black shoes with a blue, teal, or red plus size cardigan.
• Start simple by introducing color into your wardrobe with accessories (more on that later).
• Focus on building a wardrobe with similar tones that you love and work with your complexion. You might prefer earth tones, jewel tones, or pastels.

Get Creative with Accessories

The little touches you add to your outfits make all the difference. Fall and winter lend themselves to accessories especially well, but you use can these pieces to enhance your style all year long.

Don’t limit yourself – you’ll look just as amazing in colorful, chunky jewelry as you do in shiny gold. Plus size women in their 60s have no reason to hold back their creative style. Here are a few ways simple accessories can really make your ensembles come together:

Dressing Up?

Simple chain necklaces and bracelets work well. Try dangling earrings with a splash of color that coordinates with your outfit. A bright silk scarf can offset your simple dress attire and create a beautiful look.

Going Casual?

Chunky jewelry in bold colors is perfect with simple, casual plus size clothing.

Stand Out!

You don’t have to be matchy-matchy with your outfit and accessories. As long as the colors are complementary, you’ll look great.

Big and Bold

Some plus size women stay away from bold, chunky accessories. But you’re a gorgeous woman in your 60s – you’ve got nothing to fear! Big, bold, colorful accessories will coordinate beautifully with your outfits.

Choose Standout Patterns

Just like too many neutral colors can make your wardrobe seem dull, so can the same simple patters and prints. Break free and get bold in your 60s with plus size clothing in creative prints. These are just a few that may work for you:

Batik

This ancient, unique design creates one of a kind garments. You can’t go wrong in plus size clothing with handmade batik touches.

Tie-Dye

Colorful, fun, and unique, tie-dye is perfect for a beautiful woman who wants to show off her style.

Abstract

You don’t have to go floral or geometric just to have an interesting print. Abstract patterns draw the eye, keep your outfit interesting, and work in both casual and dressier settings.

Get Social with Your Fashion

Have you ever felt isolated as a fashionable plus size woman? Like you stand out and people won’t appreciate your beauty?

You’re not alone. If you don’t have lots of people with whom to share your love of fashion where you are – and even if you do – get inspired and feel good about plus size fashion through social media.

There are plenty of gorgeous plus size women in their 60s showing off their personal style on social media. Send them a positive comment when you love a photo. Share your own. And get new ideas about how to expand your wardrobe.

These are just a few ways to get excited about plus size fashion in your 60s. If you’re new to the idea of bold, standout outfits, use these ideas to get started.

If you want to try some of our plus size clothes, we are offering a 10% discount for our Sixty and Me sisters in our Etsy Shop.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

How do you work fashion in your wardrobe? If you’re already a mature fashionista, what tips do you have? I’d love to hear from you in the comments below.