Tag Archive
Spring 2012 Fashion Colors: Lively & Upbeat
The Spring 2012 palette is brilliantly diverse, including vivid and playful tones, those more soft and breezy, and contemporary takes on classics.
How Not to Look Old: Find the Right Pair of Jeans
“Nothing ages you like elastic waistbands, mommy jeans, high-rise jeans, faded jeans, baggy jeans, embellished jeans, flashing your thong and butt cleavage, exposing your love handles, jeans that are too tight, or your daughter’s jeans.”
How to Select the Right Jewelry
By considering her scale, shape, coloring, and personality when selecting the jewelry she wears, a woman will look particularly well put together, even causing people to ask if she got a haircut or changed her makeup!
Celebrity Diets: Fads or Foolproof Weight Loss?
Sure, the Jennifer Lopezes of the world have entire teams of makeup artists, fashion designers, trainers and personal chefs working together to make every snapshot look beautiful, but Hollywood stars are also turning to natural health for their fresh, beautiful looks.
Your Style Questions Answered by Liana Chaouli, Image Therapist
Liana Chaouli, international image therapist, has taught personal style and image to leading CEO’s, political figures, and celebrities throughout the world. Here, she shares some excellent tips on how to discover and thrive in your own personal style, so that you can look and feel your best every day.
Fall 2011 Fashion Colors: Painterly & Romantic
When you shop around this fall, you’ll notice major color trends. Why does this happen, and what can we expect this year?
Your Jewelry: Flirty, Fashionable, AND Age-Appropriate?
Dear Gila Leah, I’m over 50 and feeling flirtier than ever! However, I’m really uncomfortable with the label of “cougar”. I’ve more than earned my life experience – and don’t want to cheapen it. How do I look classy, not trashy? Is there jewelry that is more appropriate for my age and yet fashionable? Sincerely, more »
The Heat is On: Summer Rashes, Part 1
It’s summertime and the livin’ is easy. Well, unless it’s 103 degrees outside. My fellow Texans know what I’m talking about! Summer is high season for dermatologists. We are really, really busy this time of year. My patients frequently ask me why that is. Well, there are many reasons. Yes, we see a lot of more »
Your Jewelry Wardrobe!
Take a look at your Jewelry stash, or what I like to call your jewelry wardrobe. Chances are that you don’t wear half of what you have. Either it’s worn, out of style, hopelessly tangled with another piece or broken. Some jewelry wardrobe maintenance may be in order here. Women should review their jewelry wardrobe more »
Women over 50: Look Stylish in Glasses!
Women over 50 are showing more interest in their own personal style and fashion sense, and are kicking the typical “granny” style of dressing out the door. Women today are focusing on a classy, elegant style that portrays sophistication and grace. Eyeglasses are an accessory that should be chosen with care but, if done so more »
How not to look old- Step into sexy heels!
By now you know that life after 50 is a fantastic time to revamp your style, and Charla Krupp has given us endless tips on how to do so. But when it comes to what we put on our middle aged feet, many of us are ready to declare mercy! and settle into sneakers for more »
How not to look old–show some leg!
The lower half of your body may receive less attention than the top half, but that doesn’t mean you’re allowed to forget about your legs. What you wear on your legs is a key factor in how old you look, or don’t look, as Charla Krupp explains in her chapter entitled Show Some Leg. If more »
How not to look old–learn to love shapewear!
There are no panty lines on the red carpet. There are also no saggy boobs, flabby rears, jiggly tummies, or back fat. You may ask yourself how all these people can possibly defy the laws of nature. Well, they don’t… they’re just wearing shapewear. In Charla Krupp’s chapter entitled “Learn to Love Shapewear,” she praises more »
How Not to Look Old: The “Three Bling” Rule
Let’s face it: women over 50 all get a little anxious when it’s time to gussy up. But looking glamorous doesn’t need to be intimidating, explains Charla Krupp in her chapter, “The Three-Bling Rule When Dressing for Evening.” If the first thing you feel when you see the words black tie affair is fear, then more »
How not to look old: Shorten your skirts!
Continuing our trip through How Not to Look Old by Charla Krupp, we now focus on our hemlines as we strive for that perfect style over 50. The trick to looking classy instead of frumpy is to shorten our skirts! In her book packed full of tips to help make us look and feel like more »
How not to look old: Wear your own nails
When most women over 50 look at their hands, they see their grandmothers staring back at them—Yikes! Whose hands are those?? As we get older, our skin becomes thinner and the veins pop out, and our nails get brittle and soft, and no matter how good our faces look, our hands often give away our more »
How not to look old: Go for a brilliant smile
In the next chapter of How Not to Look Old, Charla Krupp provides tips on looking 10 years younger by getting a big, bright, sexy smile. When it comes to teeth, Charla says nothing ages you like “yellow teeth, gray teeth, stained or splotchy teeth, small teeth, receding gums, teeth that are too straight across, more »
How not to look old: Wear pink lipstick
I am continuing my review of Charla Krupp’s book How Not to Look Old, an excellent guide to quick and easy steps to take years off our lives without the help of major surgery. One tip that everyone can embrace is to “put on pink lipstick.” Charla says nothing ages you like “dark lipstick, lipstick more »
How not to look old: Manage your wrinkles
This is the chapter I’ve been so anxious to get to, hoping that I will find a miracle for combating wrinkles without expensive treatments. But much to my dismay, there are no easy fixes, no magic serum for erasing lines around my eyes. Because I’m not a high-maintenance gal, and I don’t want to spend more »
How not to look old: Unmask your foundation
When I think back on all the makeup I’ve tried over the years, it makes me thankful to be living in an age of feather-light foundations that are easy to match and quick to apply. Remember using liquid foundation like paint when we were younger? We tried to cover the flaws and fill in the more »
How not to look old: Lose the heavy eyeliner
Remember white eyeliner, navy mascara, blue sparkle eyeshadow and false eyelashes that looked like big spiders? We thought we were hip, but we really just looked like Cleopatra or Nefertiti in puberty. Thank goodness those days have passed. In her book How Not to Look Old, Charla Krupp has taken us through a few quick more »
How not to look old: Tame those brows!
When I was younger, I had thick dark eyebrows. There was even a time when I almost had a “uni-brow” and had to constantly pluck them to keep from looking like the young Brooke Shields. What the heck happened? No more thick brows, and I seldom have to tweeze. I even color them now to more »
How not to look old: Change your over 50 hairstyle
When I look back over my life in pictures, it could be called “a journey through hair.” I’ve had everything from a wedge (remember Dorothy Hamill?) to long and straight to shoulder length and crimped. I’ve been through perms and color to keep myself updated (Viva la L’Oreal) and have worn a slicked back ponytail more »
