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How to make your daughters hate you 😂😂😂. Randomly go to see @liampayne, wave them off to stand in front of the stage and then have Liam (who was very good) go on a walkabout and hold your hand 😂😂. What a surreal end to what has been a surreal, but amazing holiday in Bali - ✈️ tomorrow 😘😘 #liampayne

❤️ Black, denim, white, cream ❤️ - I think, possibly for the first time ever, I have nailed my perfect minimal 🌴 holiday 🏖wardrobe 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻. Do you prefer lots of colour - I know your answer to this @serene_55 😘😘 - or a minimal palette on your hols? #over50style #holidaywardrobe

Obviously when you see stairs that have been built around a 🌴, the only sane reaction is to hug the tree and pose 😆! And if ever you needed proof that being photographed from below makes your legs look longer, this is it 😁😁😁. My gorgeous family, on seeing this photo, were only too happy to confirm my legs are NOT this long and NOT this slim when viewed from a normal angle ☹️. #selfdelusion #over50 #family❤️

It’s just a chipped, rusty old bowl filled with a few slightly wilted flower heads - but how lovely is this combo spotted on the dusty pavement outside a shop in Seminyak, Bali? Like the bowl and the blossoms, being older changes the way we look, but it doesn’t stop us from being beautiful - or from helping our friends celebrate their own beauty 😍😍😍#over50blogger #over50beauty

😬😬 I know, I know - wrinkles, pigmentation, age spots and worse - but that feeling of the ☀️☀️on your face is just so good for the soul 🧡💛🧡. Whether it’s weak winter sun or Bali’s scorching rays, Jan’s Goldstein’s quote : ‘Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you’, is my mantra. I’m wearing factor 50 (@ultrasunuk is great if you have sensitive skin and eyes like me) and I usually wear a hat too. Promise. #nofilter #sunworshipper #over50beauty

Woken early by an earthquake off the coast of Bali. Our villa is on stilts so we’ve got used to feeling all the rumbles and aftershocks around the island. (Ok, the rest of the family barely turn a hair while my legs tremble, my heart races and I start catastrophising about us tumbling into the ravine. A mother’s lot is worry!). Since we were awake, I decided to take a last swim in what has to be one of the most beautiful pools in the world. Our Balinese friends have been telling us how important it is to balance the bad with good and vice versa. I’m bearing it in mind! Off to Seminyak next 😘 #amorivillas #infinitypool

I have been lusting after some @ancientgreeksandals for a while. But the magnificent @thisiswhistles jumpsuit in yesterday’s post was my☀️ summer splurge. Much to my delight, I found these classic tan sandals at Heathrow airport. Judging by the number of comments on them yesterday, lots of you ❤️ a classic tan sandal as much as I do so I thought I’d pass on the 💗 (I’ll put the details on my Stories). I have wide feet and not-so-slim ankles so these shouldn’t be flattering. But the design works some kind of cankle-banishing magic. I make no apology for posing by our pool AGAIN. We leave for the coast tomorrow and I’ll miss this view so much 😍 #lovingmyshoes

My very own pool podium at sunset - and my favourite hot holiday outfit to pose in! Yes, it’s a 🖤 black jumpsuit 🖤, but it’s linen and has pockets and is easy to take on and off (though using the squatting facilities in Bali can be a challenge 😬). You can tell I’m trying to justify it to myself, can’t you? It’s from @thisiswhistles and wasn’t a cheapie - but I’ll be wearing it forever. In fact, I have a 12-year-old camisole from @thisiswhistles in my suitcase that’s still going strong. Justified! ✅✅✅ #over50style #holidaywardrobe

Up at 6am 😬 for a yoga lesson this morning 🧘‍♂️. I looked just like the yoga emoji 😂😂😂. The daughters were not impressed at the early start, especially as we have a strictly enforced rule of not talking before food (eldest) and coffee (me) 😂😂😂. I do 15 mins of yoga every day, using @yogaongaia and it has helped with my creaky hips and stressy neck. If you fancy a kick ass online yoga course I also ❤️ @sadienardiniofficial ❤️. Her fit and fierce over 40 course gave me a one-pack 😂. This is the obligatory lonely mother of teens on holiday shot. They refuse to be in photos with me 😞. I’m doing yoga 🧘‍♀️ again at 6.30am tomorrow. They aren’t. I’ll make sure to wake them on my way out! 🧘‍♂️🧘‍♂️🧘‍♂️🧘‍♂️ #familyholiday #travellingwithteens #andbreathe

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