Cornucopia – beauty, accessories and travel tips
I'm back from my travels and my head feels a bit like an old fashioned camera film - full of undeveloped moments. I need a bit of time to process them so I will write about my trip and also about the intense (and wonderful) experience of spending a week with strangers who have now become friends - but not yet. I've had a lot to catch up on this week, not helped by the fact that my brain is [...]
My blogger charity sale is now live
Hello, as promised the charity sale starts today raising funds for Blood Cancer UK. It's been over two years since I've done one so there's a lot of stuff! I often get a few grumbles when I do this so I'd just like to point out that nobody who writes about clothes can ever wear all of the clothes they're gifted. They're often the compensation you're given in return for featuring a brand on your site and I only ever [...]
New styles for spring from John Lewis
Now that our minds are focused firmly towards better weather I'm bringing you another new season try-on today, this time focusing on new styles for spring from John Lewis. So let's have a catch-up on what's been going on there since I last covered them in October. As you probably know it's all change at the top with the return of Peter Ruis as executive director. He first joined the store in 2005 and was responsible for the huge fashion [...]
The best capsule pieces – new M&S collection SS24
And so it's time for us to think about our spring wardrobes. Despite the weather's grimmest efforts this weekend I'm convinced that we're going to have a good summer this year - it may be wishful thinking because we're remaining solidly in the UK but I'm sending it out there! Today I'm delighted to be looking at the new season drop from M&S. They're a brand I haven't focused on for a while - as you know that's because [...]
A journey through the Valencia region and reflections on this midpoint of life
There are times when you settle into a flight home and wonder if you've even been away. And there are others where you've done so much that you feel as if you've completed an episode in the story of your life. That's how our journey through the Valencia region of Spain was, even though we were only travelling for ten days it felt like a month (in a good way I should add!). In a short time we experienced so [...]
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Hi, I’m Nikki Garnett, for 9 years I was the editor of Selfridges’ magazine. Now I’m married with 3 sons, 2 cats and a dog called Ted. I live near the Lake District in the North West of England and run a small creative agency with my husband.
I created Midlifechic because a little while ago, amidst all the chaos of family and working life, I was beginning to feel like I’d lost my groove. So this is for anyone else out there who is emerging from the child centred years and looking forward to beginning a whole new chapter.
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Instagram – On the road @midlifechic
![[Ad/press trip] As you’ll know if you’ve seen my blog or Stories, I’m away on a women only trip to Thailand with @gg2theworld and this gives you a feel for the first few days we spent in Phuket.
None of us knew each other before we travelled but we quickly established a bond - the conversations have been deep and open and the laughter has kept on coming.
Even though we’re from opposite sides of the world, we’ve found that we have a lot in common. It’s a coincidence that we’ve all dedicated our last few decades to building businesses with our husbands as well as raising our families and caring for our elderly parents as so many women do.
And now we’re taking a bit of time for ourselves - to work out who we were and more importantly, who we are now.
Midlife is just the beginning of everyone’s ’part 2’. It’s the point where if we can, we should all try to aim for what we really want, whatever that may be - because we have less time ahead of us than we have behind us.
I would never have thought about travelling alone before this - it just wouldn’t have occurred to me to spend time or money on myself. It’s something I haven’t done for over 25 years and I’ve missed my husband a lot.
As many of you know I felt incredibly nervous about heading out here into the unknown but the conversations on this trip have helped to open up my mind and think hard about the next two or three decades.
I’m building new hopes and dreams. Being with other pioneering midlife women has made me feel braver - I’ve finally said ‘yes’ to the book I’ve been asked to write and hopefully that’s just the beginning.
So if time away, just for you, is something you’ve wondered about, I urge you to give it a go. It’s your life and your future - and it won’t come around again. So give it a go.
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