Forget getting older gracefully--This is the beauty and style bible every woman has been waiting for!HOW NOT TO LOOK OLD is the first--ever cheat sheet of to-dos and fast fixes that pay-off big time--all from Charla and her friends, the best hair pros, makeup artists, designers, dermatologists, cosmetic dentists and personal shoppers in the biz. Packed with eye-opening details on hair color, brows, lipstick, wrinkle-erasers, jeans, shapewear, jewelry, heels, and more, the book speaks to every woman: from low maintenance types who don't want to spend a fortune or tons of time on her looks to high maintenance women who believe in looking fabulous at any price. There's also too-old vs. just-right before and after photos, celebrity examples of good and bad style, shopping lists of Charla's brilliant buys in fashion and beauty products, coveted addresses of "Where the top beauty pros go," fun sidebars--and more. Known to national audiences from her ten years on NBC's Today show, style expert Charla Krupp dishes out her secrets in this "ultimate" to-do list for looking hip and fabulous -- no matter what your age.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Bye Bye Frumpy!!:
I am a near 70 yr. old and read the book. I salute this book that elderly women should read to get out of the OL look. Do something with that gray, frizzy hair, baggy mommy jeans and clod-hopper tennis shoes with "tourist t-shirts". Paint your nails and toes and and get out the hair dye! Put on some makeup, attend to your face. Time to get real and not look frumpy. Do your own make-over with this book - it will not hurt, but help! I will never be gray lady, and try to be "hip" as much as my figure allows.... more info
Very Well Worth the $,,From the Woman of a Certain Age:
I just turned 60 this year and and I've made some significant and insignificant investments in my appearance over the years. I look great for 60 but we can all use advice and I really appreciated this book. Normally I would read a book like this in bits and pieces but never from beginning to end. I find I'm I'm following the rules that put me all over the chart from low to high maintenance. I'm mostly medium to low. Charla gives a great, actually pretty low key and organized presentation of those very... more info
bought on a whim, found good advice:
I bought this book on impulse at Costco and liked it enough to write a review here. I keep returning to it and reading sections. This is the first book of this type that I've read and I've recommended it to several friends already. I like the fact that the book has lots of practical advice that you can easily use such as limiting accessories (and how to wear bling), don't match outfits too closely or have every hair in place, get properly fit for bras (and where to measure to see if your bra is working... more info
good book:
good book had some good ideas but you have to take it with a grain of salt and adjust it to what is appropriate in your life