WELCOME to AGELESS STYLE!
Where CINDY HATTERSLEY and I will interview another BLOGGER or INSTAGRAMMER to share with YOU our READERS the epitome of AGELESS STYLE.
This is OUR SECOND attempt of bringing YOU WOMEN WITH STYLE AND CLASS. Hope YOU ENJOY!
MY SUBJECT this MONTH is SANDRA SALLIN my DEAR, DEAR FRIEND who FOUND me through MY BLOG!!!Below are questions that CINDY came up with………..SO doNOT MISS CINDY’s INTERVIEW with her PICK of The MONTH!I understand SHE HAS A SMILE AS BIG AS ALL OUTDOORS!!!!
Click on her link BELOW!
http://roughluxeperspective.blogspot.com
AFTER YOU READ MY POST AND COMMENT……………………do I sound a bit BOSSY?
I do not mean to BE I just want YOU to ENJOY the WHOLE EXPERIENCE the entire JOURNEY!
Because you may LEARN something from these LADIES.
HERE WE GO.
How Would You Describe Your Style?
Artistic and bosomy. I’m always looking for clothes that will fit. That’s why I collect lipstick and bracelets. They always fit.
What Inspires your signature style?
Unique, stylish but not over the top.
What accessory Can You Not Do Without?
Bracelets, scarves and earrings. They always fit perfectly. I love adding visual excitement. People remember me because of my bracelets.
Favorite Color
Lime green or maybe lavender, but then again…… I love charcoal with my silver hair.
Do you have a signature piece that defines your style?
I love this look: black and white Comfy-USA Tokyo shirt…love wearing tights with long tunics.
… also boyfriend jeans with loafers, t-shirt, scarf and bracelets
What are your style strengths?
My accessories.
Because I’m an artist,
I can appreciate style when I SEE IT!
I adore collecting the Italian jewelry designer ANGELA CAPUTI. Those are a few of her pieces below.
The cobbler who fixes my shoes told me I was his favorite customer because my shoes were always exciting colors.
I have to guard this purse when I wear it.
Everyone wants it!
Don’t you?
The story behind it?
I bought it in Sun Valley, Idaho many years ago.
Made in Paris.
Does that surprise you?
I spied this rubber purse in a boutique on a side street in Palo Alto.
Don’t remember the name of the shop but I took one look and I had to have it.
It’s totally impracticable but I love this rubber SEA ANEMONE.
Do you have a style icon?
Elizabeth, THE VINTAGE CONTESSA. Elizabeth has made a huge impression on me. Her heart is huge, loving and giving. Her taste and style know no bounds. She has an impeccable eye. We met online, and then made a date to meet in person we immediately became best buddies. She has given me the style GUTS just waiting to be let out.
Don’t we look like twins? Well, at least related.
Elizabeth, THE VINTAGE CONTESSA. Elizabeth has made a huge impression on me. Her heart is huge, loving and giving. Her taste and style know no bounds. She has an impeccable eye. We met online, and then made a date to meet in person we immediately became best buddies. She has given me the style GUTS just waiting to be let out.
Don’t we look like twins? Well, at least related.
What are your beauty essentials that you couldn’t do without
I was recently asked to be a model for a makeover for the Makeover Workshop site. https://www.makeoverworkshop.com/ I found my Holy Grail of foundation. He has a primer that let’s your skin show through while it evens out the color. I’ve tried EVERY high to low end foundation and hated them all. Too much coverage. My face would look like a mask or too shiny or too yellow or just too much like makeup. Well, this primer simply works. I do use bronzer and blush with it but for a light base that lets your skin show through this is it for me. https://www.makeoverworkshop.com/primer/
I was recently asked to be a model for a makeover for the Makeover Workshop site. https://www.makeoverworkshop.com/ I found my Holy Grail of foundation. He has a primer that let’s your skin show through while it evens out the color. I’ve tried EVERY high to low end foundation and hated them all. Too much coverage. My face would look like a mask or too shiny or too yellow or just too much like makeup. Well, this primer simply works. I do use bronzer and blush with it but for a light base that lets your skin show through this is it for me. https://www.makeoverworkshop.com/primer/
I also adore Vichy Aqualia Thermal Dynamic Hydration ( quite the name) I discovered this product when Salli Hughes raved about it in her column in The Guardian.. It seems to moisturize and keep your face moist for hours. Love it and I love the price. $36 at my CVS and you can also find specials on line at their website. Also Fresh Black Tea Age-Delay Infusion. Again it was a YouTuber I admire MakeupMLC who raved about it. She was right. They hold moisture in my skin. I also love Clinique’s Take the Day Off cleanser balm as a first cleanser. Haven’t found the perfect second skin cleanser. If you’ve got a suggestion I’m game. I also don’t think you have to pay a fortune for face products. Really your lines will not go away but maybe they will be softer. But hundreds of dollars? If you can afford it and love it, go for it. I just can’t.
I must tell you a funny story about buying face products. I walked into Barney’s San Francisco with The Vintage Contessa. We were looking for Linda Rodin’s new lipsticks. A sales associate grabbed me and told me how dry my eyes looked. So many lines around my eyes. She started putting creams around my eyes going on and on about my lines. I then told her I was 76 and what did she expect. She was speechless and very discreetly stopped applying the cream made with waters from a magical stream in Lithuania.
THEN STARTED IN ON THE LIPS!!!!!!!
Do you have repeat offenders in your closet if so what are they?
Too much black, black, black. I love finding clothing in anything but black. Lime is my favorite color to wear. That doesn’t mean it looks the best on me, but I love the edginess of it. The Vintage Contessa has introduced me to the Bryn Walker clothing line. The designer has so many patterns and colors it’s a joy for me.
What advice do you have for women over 50, or over 40?
Exercise, wear SPF and forget about your age. It’s a privilege to age. Never forget it. One day you will look at your photos of when you were 50 and think “ My goodness I was so youthful then. What was I thinking?”
Clothing? You must know to simply wear what looks good on you. I’m not going tell you what to wear. I remember commenting on a blog that at 75 I didn’t think I could wear boyfriend jeans. I was told in no uncertain terms that “ Yes, Yes, Yes,” I could wear them and I’ve never stopped.
Do you have any style rules that you live by?
I don’t like to look too suggestive: nothing too tight, too low, or too high. Chanel once said to look in the mirror and take one thing off before you leave the house. Of course, there are exceptions. If you’re going to an Advanced Style book signing, pile it on. If you’re going to a funeral, don’t even think about it. Rules? I have mixed feelings. If it fits and looks good I’ll consider it. I guess I have a whim of iron.
What are your favorite online go to sources?
Artful Home, Fawbushes, Nordstorms, ebay and of course Amazon
Do you have a particular designer that you are drawn to?
Dries van Noton has an incredible eye for pattern and contemporary style. Love, love his stuff.
And the real me
Now, it is I your CONTESSA speaking…….
SHOPPING AWAY at BLOOMINGDALES with SANDRA her
PHONE IN HAND READY for a photo OP!
Can you spy those eyeglasses?
BUT
The BEST ACCESSORY of The Day for me was the SALES ASSOCIATE coming up to me as she knew WE were Together to tell me that my FRIEND had a CURLER in her HAIR
should she tell HER?!!!!
YES, I said, “But First Let me Snap a Photo!”
SANDRA SALLIN
AT
76.
HAS MORE ENERGY for LIFE than I do!
Please follow HER BLOG
A CLICK AWAY
at
http://www.apartfrommyart.com
ONE MUST CLICK ON THE PHOTOS TO READ THE BLOG POSTS.
SO, if you see CAROL BURNETT she is talking about her FRIEND CAROL!
Lipsticks………well lets just say she COLLECTS THEM!
If you see STEVE JOBS……………she MET HIM!
I hope this HELPS with the navigation of HER BEAUTIFUL SITE.
REMEMBER SHE IS A LIVING ARTIST.
SHE HAS LIVED AN AMAZING LIFE AND IS VERY KIND TO SHARE IT WITH ALL OF US!
I am THRILLED to CALL HER MY FRIEND!
PLEASE
DO FOLLOW SANDRA SALLIN
http://www.apartfrommyart.com
AS HER BLOG POSTS
SPARKLE!!!!!
One can NEVER have TOO Much SPARKLE in their LIFE!
CAN THEY?!!!!
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