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My Midlife Mayhem By Louisa Simmonds

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My Midlife Mayhem By Louisa Simmonds

Category Archives: Beauty

Are Old Dudes Getting Hotter Or Am I Simply Getting Older?

February 2, 2019

I suspect that the main reasons behind my increasing attraction to old dudes are my age and my deteriorating eyesight. …

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What’s Your Biggest Fear? Mine Is The Dental Hygienist

January 18, 2019

If you read this blog regularly, you will know by now that because I suffer from anxiety, I am scared …

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I’m Not Quite Ready To Wear A Leopard-Print Kaftan This Christmas

December 7, 2018

How’s everyone faring in the depressing search for the perfect dress for Christmas parties and, ultimately, the big day? I’m …

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The Best Skinny Jeans For Women That Aren’t Skinny

October 4, 2018

Not sponsored. Nothing gives a middle-aged woman more pleasure than great customer service. Perhaps, because we’ve been through the mill …

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Is This Year’s “Bachelor” Helping Us Think Beyond The Stereotypes?

September 5, 2018

I’ve been sucked into The Bachelor again. No excuse really, other than it’s the perfect wind-down tv that gives me …

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The Hidden Link Between Muscle Tone And Weight Gain In Middle Age

August 17, 2018

I know I drone on about the unfairness of weight gain in middle age a lot. I don’t want to …

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Arty-Fartiness And A Celebration Of The Naked Female Form

August 3, 2018

One of the best parts about this stage of life is having the time, finally, to concentrate on what we …

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Where Were The Boys From Queer Eye When Meghan Needed Them?

May 20, 2018

Most Republicans and anti-Royalists would agree that having feigned disinterest in a royal wedding for months, there are only two …

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The Eternal Battle of Comfort V Style, And If I Really Have To Get Back Into My Jeans?

May 18, 2018

    DON’T MAKE ME, PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME try to get back into my jeans…   I dread this …

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Eating And Drinking Healthily In Middle Age To Maintain Your Body Weight

January 30, 2018

I’ve written a lot of posts about this topic in the past because let’s face it, girls, on a scale …

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Hiking, And How To Unhinge An Already Rocky Marriage

January 22, 2018

It may surprise you to know that the old man and I are not adventurers. We will never jump out …

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The Link Between Insomnia In Middle Age And The Boomerang Generation

October 23, 2017

Biologically-speaking, there is a proven link between sleep problems, peri-menopause, and menopause. It has something to do with the dying …

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Eyebrow Problems In Middle Age

September 14, 2017

I went through another of those middle-aged duty calls in order to meet the aesthetic expectations placed upon womankind the …

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11 Things I’m Bloody Loving Right Now

August 19, 2017

I’m sorry, I really am for ignoring you over the past few weeks, but in all honesty, while everyone else …

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