Beauty Lessons from Grandma

 

“Grandma.” With a sigh, Laurel bent to kiss her. “Will you never grow old?”

“Not if I have anything to say about it.” Her voice was raspy with age and stunningly

sensual. “You’re the same,” she continued, taking Laurel’s hand in her strong, dry one.

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 Her worldly style was accessorized with a scarf and a smile.

Southern Living

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Despite the lines time had etched, her face was beautiful in the moonlight. The hand

under his was dry with age. And strong. “Miss Olivia, where can I find another like you?”

“You’ve got one under your nose, you slow-witted Yankee.” She settled back in her

chair with a little sound of pleasure.

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‘I am still alive, I am still curious. I am not a piece of rotting flesh’ ~Agnès Varda

Turning, she studied the woman who sat in a royal-blue tufted chair.

The hair was pure white, but as full and thick as Laurel’s. It surrounded a face layered

and lined with wrinkles and unashamedly rouged. Olivia Armand wasn’t ashamed of

anything. Eyes as sharp and green as the emeralds in her ears studied Laurel in turn.

“Grandma.” With a sigh, Laurel bent to kiss her. “Will you never grow old?”

“Not if I have anything to say about it.” Her voice was raspy with age and stunningly

sensual.

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By Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara - cropped version of 18.03.10 Agnès Varda.

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The 90-year-old giant of the Nouvelle Vague on her latest film, Faces Places, life with Jacques Demy, and that ‘dirty rat’ Jean-Luc Godard

Agnès Varda is a dizzying blur of dots – polka-dot trousers, polka-dot shirt, polka-dot socks, polka-dot scarf. “I’ve always loved polka dots. Ah, oui. It is a joyful shape, the polka dot. It is alive.” You could say the same of Varda. She is more joyously alive than anybody I have ever met.

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Throw an Instagram-Worthy Brunch

“Since you’re going to join the family, you might as well get used 
to certain ironclad rules and traditions. 

Sunday brunch,” she continued when he grinned, 
“is nothing to play around with.”

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Brunch is all about the Instagram-ability. Each one of these recipes is so pretty, you'll be convinced it was made with hashtags in mind -- and they taste as good as they look. These brunch recipes, which include ingredients like sweet strawberries, spicy salsa, and crisp bacon, are #brunchgoals.

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What Does Your Handwriting Say About You?

Their notes were spread out—Matt’s made up of scribbles Laurel thought resembled hieroglyphics while her own were sketched in precise Gregg shorthand.

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Did you know that how you write can indicate more than 5,000 personality traits? The size of your letters, spacing between words, shapes of letters and more can all signify different characteristics. 

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