Five ways to Update your Style in your Forties

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{This is a collaborative post}

This year I'll turn 47 and I don't think I'd win any prizes for my personal style. Don't get me wrong I am always clean and presentable but comfort is definitely my number one priority rather than fashion. It's not that I like jogging bottoms or anything quite so horrendous, but I am usually spotted in jeans, a fairly smart top and a cardigan. I think that is my signature look and I've been starting to wonder if I ought to have a rethink.

I am plus size and that impacts what I feel comfortable to wear. I know many body-positive activists will tell me to wear whatever I like, to go for a crop top or body con dress if I fancy and I get that. But the thing is I don't fancy either of those things, I like to dress modestly and in a way that I think is appropriate for a 46-year-old married mother of three. We're all different and we have to embrace our personality and who we are.

Despite not wanting to change too radically, I am thinking that this year should be one of growth for me and updating my style is one way to do that. So here are five ways to update your style when you are in your forties and don't want to go too extreme!

1.  Invest in a human hair wig

I do love my blonde hair but it has a tendency to frizz and won't grow any longer than I have it now. It would be a dream come true to get long and thick hair easily by buying a best human hair wig. I don't think I'd change from blonde, but I would maybe go for a few shades lighter and definitely longer. I've only ever worn a wig for fancy dress before and they've never been great quality, so it would be such a treat to try a decent one that actually looks natural and matches my skin tone.

#TheGallery - Comedy Teenage Hair

This weeks theme at the Gallery is hair and I thought it was only fair to share some of my teenage comedy moments at University!

With nothing to do (obviously!) Mich and J decide to create a very strange hair style!

On holiday with M, the bunches look seems to have arrived - WTF  or should I say 'Peace Man'.  I am pretty sure I did not really go out looking like that!

Oh I missed a trick last week, how well would this have gone down for the education theme? So here we have the back to school party.  1 good school girl and 2 naughty ones!

and just to show that I did not always have strange hair at Uni, here is a more normal picture of me, ready for a night out.  It makes me smile to realise this is 19 years ago and I still really have the same hair style!

In case you wondering where my penchant for comedy hair comes from, you just have to meet my dad, aka Tin Tin!