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IDK about you, but I plan on looking like J.Lo when I’m 50. It seems as the years go by, people are just aging backward, and it’s definitely thanks to the rise and popularity of skincare products. I mean, just take one review from this Crepe Erase facial treatment. The shopper wrote, “no one believes I am 77 years old, thanks to [the] Restorative Facial Treatment.” Another said, “Have been using regularly and even my kids have noticed my skin looks healthier and brighter.”

Okay with reviews like that, I must do some investigating. This serum is made with Crepe Erase’s signature TruFirm Complex, which helps support the skin’s natural collagen production. It also helps with elastin production, so the skin looks hydrated and more snatched than ever. Thanks to olive oil, coconut oil and cocoa butter. The skin naturally gets hydrated with non-synthetic ingredients. Plus, olive oil acts as a natural antioxidant which can help protect the skin from environmental stressors such as pollution or the sun (but you still need to use an SPF!). The addition of vitamin E helps protect the skin from the environment as well.

Courtesy of Crepe Erase.

Crepe Erase Restorative Facial Treatment

You can use this facial treatment all over your face and neck, so (pssst! it’s a secret) you don’t actually have to buy a separate neck cream if you don’t want to. Most serums and creams you’re using on your face can just be extended to the neck region anyway. Just make sure that when you’re applying a cream or serum to the neck area, you’re working it up the neck and never pulling down.

The serum is sort of in-between a gel and a cream formula. But it’s perfect to layer under makeup for a boost of hydration before you apply it. And since it’s lightweight, it won’t feel greasy or weigh you down in the summer. You can get a 1.7-fluid-ounce bottle for just $44, and if you subscribe, you’ll save 15 percent on the total price. That means you’ll get a bottle shipped to you automatically every three months for just $37.40 per bottle. That’s like paying just $12.46 a month for regenerative skincare that really works.

Another shopper said they don’t typically post reviews, but felt they had to after using this product. “I don’t usually post a review for something I have used but this facial cream has made such a difference in the texture of my skin,” they wrote. “I have large pores on my nose and chin and with the combination of your facial scrub and this cream, I have seen a difference in the appearance of these pores. This cream has also made a significant difference in the softness of my skin.” She added that the results were so good, even her husband noticed.

Pick up this serum for a one-time price or subscribe now so you can make great skincare a part of your everyday routine.

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, STYLECASTER may receive an affiliate commission.

IDK about you, but I plan on looking like J.Lo when I’m 50. It seems as the years go by, people are just aging backward, and it’s definitely thanks to the rise and popularity of skincare products. I mean, just take one review from this Crepe Erase facial treatment. The shopper wrote, “no one believes I am 77 years old, thanks to [the] Restorative Facial Treatment.” Another said, “Have been using regularly and even my kids have noticed my skin looks healthier and brighter.”

Okay with reviews like that, I must do some investigating. This serum is made with Crepe Erase’s signature TruFirm Complex, which helps support the skin’s natural collagen production. It also helps with elastin production, so the skin looks hydrated and more snatched than ever. Thanks to olive oil, coconut oil and cocoa butter. The skin naturally gets hydrated with non-synthetic ingredients. Plus, olive oil acts as a natural antioxidant which can help protect the skin from environmental stressors such as pollution or the sun (but you still need to use an SPF!). The addition of vitamin E helps protect the skin from the environment as well.

Courtesy of Crepe Erase.

Crepe Erase Restorative Facial Treatment

You can use this facial treatment all over your face and neck, so (pssst! it’s a secret) you don’t actually have to buy a separate neck cream if you don’t want to. Most serums and creams you’re using on your face can just be extended to the neck region anyway. Just make sure that when you’re applying a cream or serum to the neck area, you’re working it up the neck and never pulling down.

The serum is sort of in-between a gel and a cream formula. But it’s perfect to layer under makeup for a boost of hydration before you apply it. And since it’s lightweight, it won’t feel greasy or weigh you down in the summer. You can get a 1.7-fluid-ounce bottle for just $44, and if you subscribe, you’ll save 15 percent on the total price. That means you’ll get a bottle shipped to you automatically every three months for just $37.40 per bottle. That’s like paying just $12.46 a month for regenerative skincare that really works.

Another shopper said they don’t typically post reviews, but felt they had to after using this product. “I don’t usually post a review for something I have used but this facial cream has made such a difference in the texture of my skin,” they wrote. “I have large pores on my nose and chin and with the combination of your facial scrub and this cream, I have seen a difference in the appearance of these pores. This cream has also made a significant difference in the softness of my skin.” She added that the results were so good, even her husband noticed.

Pick up this serum for a one-time price or subscribe now so you can make great skincare a part of your everyday routine.

If you’re reading this article, it’s likely that you’ve already heard that Pilates is good for your body. However, there are so many ways that Pilates can improve your life in addition to protecting and strengthening your muscles!

Here are four of my favourite health benefits of Pilates:

#1 Protects Your Body

The benefits of Pilates are not just limited to the muscles that it works out.

Pilates also improves your flexibility, muscle tone and posture, all of which contribute to better joint health. As a result of these factors combined, you will be able to move with more ease and feel less pain when walking or sitting for long periods of time.

The intention of Pilates is to realign your body. We all have compensatory movement patterns which we adopt in our daily lives. This is a fancy way of saying we find ways to cheat to move better. This translates to our body adopting negative ways of moving that over the long term can cause pain and discomfort.

The work you do on your Pilates mat is intended to realign your body so that it moves with more ease off your mat in your everyday life.

#2 Improves Your Posture

Pilates helps improve posture. Good posture can help you look younger, feel less pain and even breathe better (yes, it’s true!).

When we think of Pilates, most people imagine moulding their body into some kind of ballerina-esque shape – but did you know that good posture is a major focus?

Here are some reasons why improving your posture could have huge benefits for both your physical health and mental well-being:

• It assists in breathing deeper into the abdomen. This helps to reduce stress and calm your nervous system.
• Pilates strengthens muscles that support the spine and back. As these muscles get stronger, they will help you from slouching or stooping over and encourage proper alignment of the pelvis on top of the spine.

Are you looking to improve your posture but not sure where to begin? Start with building your core strength! As a certified Pilates instructor, I have created a Core Essential Cheat Sheet of 5 simple exercises you can do to get started.

I know my online Pilates class members are always proud of themselves after their yearly physicals when the doctor tells them they have grown taller. I grew over an inch in height after adopting a regular Pilates practice. A wonderful surprise that I am grateful for.

#3 Prevents Osteoporosis

Pilates is not just about improving your “six pack” or building muscle definition. It also helps to build bone density, which prevents osteoporosis and other bone diseases. Pilates strengthens the muscles around your joints, which keeps them healthy and reduces joint pain.

Did you know osteoporosis is known as the “silent thief” since bone deterioration can occur over a number of years without any symptoms?

Since Pilates is a low-impact exercise program using light weights, your own body weight or resistance to build muscle this makes it a great exercise choice to prevent osteoporosis. According to Bone Health and Osteoporosis Foundation, being female increases your risk of osteoporosis. Approximately 1 in 2 women over the age of 50 will fracture a bone due to osteoporosis.

Working with a Pilates instructor who understands the over-60 body means it’s never too late to start a regular Pilates practice. Pilates is an excellent workout to start at any time throughout your life.

#4 Connects the Mind and Body

Pilates is a mind-body exercise. The brain and body communicate through the nervous system. This means that while you’re doing Pilates on your mat, your brain will be sending messages to your muscles telling them how to move and work together in order to accomplish certain tasks.

This helps to calm the mind, and reduce racing thoughts. It’s hard to think of what you are going to have for dinner when you are too busy paying attention to how your body is moving on your Pilates mat! It keeps you in the present moment.

In addition, Pilates focuses on the breath. You’ll be cued to breathe throughout a Pilates class which is what I consider a moving meditation.

Pilates Is Good for You in So Many Ways

Pilates is good for your body, mind and soul. It can help you with your posture, protect your body and improve mobility and calm the mind.

Pilates is one of those exercises that has been proven time after time through research studies to be beneficial in many ways: improving balance; reducing back pain; preventing osteoporosis due to strengthening bones and increasing energy levels which leads to feeling more energized in your daily life.

It’s easy enough that even beginners can do it (just be sure to follow an experienced instructor) and listen to your body.

Pilates is an amazing way to keep your body healthy and strong. It’s also a great way to maintain a positive attitude about yourself, which is important for keeping good physical health. If you’ve never tried Pilates before – now is a perfect time! With these four tips, I hope that you’ll give Pilates a try to help improve your life both on and off the mat.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Did you find a new exercise program after you retired? Have you ever tried Pilates? If so, what do you love about Pilates?

Ashley Darby’s Blue Floral Cutout Dress Shopping with Robyn

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I don’t know what was hotter, Ashley Darby’s blue floral cutout dress or the tea she had for Gizelle. Either way I loved seeing both. And in true Ashley fashion of course we’re going to spill the tea on where to get one just like it below because it is Mia and Wendy’s chef’s *kiss*.

Sincerely Stylish,

Jess

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There is some part of human nature that encourages people to make amends. We all make mistakes – however much we don’t like that fact – and it makes us feel better if we can put them right. Particularly sizeable ones.

Or, if that’s not possible, we want to do something to make up for the initial errors. In other words, to make amends.

What is interesting is how we sometimes try to make up for former less-than-desirable behaviour with one person (or more) by working very hard to do better for a new person with whom we have the same or similar relationship.

I think this is generally a good thing to do, but there can be considerable collateral damage along the way. I want to talk about this with respect to grandmothers, but let me begin with a completely different example.

Second Marriages

I am no great expert on second marriages, having had only one marriage in the course of my life, but the pattern is well known.

A common scenario is a couple who marry when they are very young. The man (but it could be the woman) is heavily engaged in furthering his career and pays insufficient attention to his wife and children. They fall out of love and divorce.

Sometime after, the man re-marries and is determined not to make the same mistakes that led to the downfall of the first marriage. He may, of course, make other mistakes entirely, but the intention is clear.

Thus, he makes a much greater effort to help his new wife and takes a more active role in bringing up his children.

This change in attitude is doubtless in part due to increased maturity arising from greater age and experience, not to mention the differing personalities of the individual partners.

But I suspect there is also an element of making amends, consciously or unconsciously, for his past behaviour. We all want to feel good about ourselves and this is one way of soothing old wounds.

All the benefit of the new behaviour goes to the new wife and family, of course, with little benefit at all to those left behind. Indeed, it is likely to be the source of enormous anger for the first wife if she becomes aware of the care and attention given to the second family.

“Why wasn’t he like this with us?” she very reasonably laments. And the children undoubtedly have their own views, too.

It is an old story and I offer no easy solutions.

Grandmothers

An interesting parallel can be seen with grandmothers. Probably grandfathers, too, but let’s keep to the women.

A woman marries and has children in the very years of her life when her career also needs nourishing. She is highly stretched in every direction. She wants to give her children all the attention they need, but is inevitably caught between their needs and those of her paid occupation. Not to mention those of her husband and herself.

Much has been written over the years about the difficulties of ‘having it all’. Something suffers and it is, not infrequently, the children. And career-driven mothers blame themselves. Big time.

Many years later, the same woman finds herself with grandchildren. Her own situation has changed greatly. She is much less likely to be climbing a career ladder if she is still working at all.

She has the time (and maturity) to focus properly on the children and realises how much fun it is to be with them. Perhaps her son or daughter lives nearby and has actually asked for regular help with childcare.

In any case, she becomes a much more hands-on grandmother than she was a mother. As I have written frequently, the relationship with grandchildren is often much easier in any case for a whole lot of reasons.

And, again perhaps consciously or unconsciously, she sees this as a wonderful opportunity to make up for the previous shortfalls in the time and attention given to her children.

This was a not in-frequent theme in discussions held with a variety of grandmothers for a book I wrote on grandmother’s lives.

Each had their own story, but many felt that they had not been an especially good mother for one reason or another. Some felt this was not their fault and did not blame themselves.

But others felt that their new relationship with their grandchildren was a perfect opportunity to make amends. And it helped them to feel better about themselves.

Again, all this may be good for the grandmother and her grandchildren, but her children may well be resentful that they did not benefit in the same way. Unless it is their particular children who gained the attention and even then, there may still be lingering discontent.

So What Is the Take-Away?

Many SixtyandMe.com articles tend to provide helpful advice on how to cope with problems raised. I am not a counsellor and am not sure what can be done here aside from, perhaps, starting an explanatory discussion with those concerned.

Let’s Have a Conversation:

Do you feel you are a better grandmother than you were a mother? Have you ever thought of this as a way of making amends for past behaviour? Do you have experience as either a first wife or second wife, where the husband gave much more attention to his second family? How did this make you feel? Did you think that he was trying to make amends?