Product Description

Known as The Makeover Guy ® from his appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show and other national television programs, Christopher Hopkins believes that as they age, women become more beautiful but often feel less attractive. He's out to change that. For more than twenty years he's encouraged women who often feel like they' have taken a backseat to everything and everyone else to come out of the shadows and take center stage. Now it's your turn. Using Christopher's step-by-step strategies and detailed advice,you will learn to: 

• Restore your hair with your ideal cut, color, and style.  
• Revamp your wardrobe to flatter a changing body.
• Refresh your face with 'visible lift' makeup techniques.
• Renew your spirit and maintain your look using Christopher's revival guide.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3233 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 344 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Hopkins, known as The Makeover Guy, explains fashion dos, don'ts and oh-no-she-didn'ts for women in the second act of their lives. A quiz helps the reader identify which of six Image Profiles suits her tastes (Casual, Romantic, Innovative, etc.); clothes, hair and makeup tips follow accordingly. Hopkins is encouraging and helpful: he does not simply tell women to clean their closets of any unsuitable clothes. He provides a checklist of what you'll need, a 10-step to-do list and a questionnaire to determine which clothes to keep and which to toss. Benefiting from this book requires a certain amount of dedication—this is no quick-fix beauty mag article. There is even a revival guide journal in the back where readers can mark down outfits that worked or didn't work, collect contact information on their personal beauty team and keep track of daily, weekly and monthly beauty tasks. Hopkins's constant self-marketing can get annoying: irrelevant photos of himself litter the pages, and he wastes space touting his fashion victories over difficult clients. But his appearances on Oprah, the book's attention to detail and some astounding before-and-after photos attest to Hopkins's expertise. (May)
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Review
"Great information, artfully delivered! Listen to Christopher and you'll look smashing right into your nineties--and feel wonderfully confident the whole way.'
--Leah Feldon, Author of Does This Make Me Look Fat?

'Christopher shows women how to reveal that amazing inner beauty with techniques you can actually do yourselves." --Mark Montano, Host of TLC's Ten Years Younger 

About the Author
Christopher Hopkins,   The Makeover Guy ® is known for his dramatic head-to-toe makeovers and has been seen on countless television shows, including the The Oprah Winfrey Show. Visit Christopher Hopkins at www.themakeoverguy.com

Customer Reviews

Finally, I get it!
I learned things I never knew and there are many "hands on" sections so it can be applied to you.

Wow! Do I look great now!
This book was fantastic for me. I went from nice looking to HOT by using just some of the tips. I really like that the author gave reasoning behind the recommendations. Such as why I needed to use not only foundation but also powder to set it and why I needed to apply them on my eyes & lips as well. I need to be convinced to make changes and he did it with his explanations. There was a part of me that thought - "It's vanity to put on all this makeup and spend more time on my hair - That's NOT me." This quote in the book helped me see things a little differently: "If you want to be appreciated for who your are, it helps to present those qualities in how you look." Let's face it. People are very visually inclined. I realized that I wasn't portraying my inward self to people at all. This book helps you see that by going carefully through different styles, adjectives and corresponding images to help you determine the look you want to project - the real you inside. I found out I was projecting a casual look when I really am a romantic at heart. No wonder I was unhappy with my current style. I felt frumpy and didn't know what to do. This terrific book gave me the direction I needed. My husband is thrilled with my new, more true-to-who-I-am look too. You don't have to be over 45 either. I'm only 39 and the advice worked great for me. Thanks Christopher Hopkins! Susan C

I would give this 6 stars, but that isn't an option.
Oh my goodness! What a fabulous book! I highly recommend it as an excellent gift for any occasion. Regardless of our sizes, we all want to look our best. Most of us don't know "how" to improve our current beauty routine or even what is wrong with our current beauty routine. "Staging Your Comeback" addresses those issues and gives practical, detailed instructions on how to go from frumpy point A to polished point Z. Plus, Christopher Hopkins has a delightful sense of humor. This book is fun to read as well as practical to implement. I bought extra copies to give to my local girlfriends - we're all in the 50+ club. Today, Nov 14, 2008 I gave the books out as early Christmas gifts and we just sat and flipped through the pages laughing and saying "oh wow". One of the ladies was headed for her hair appointment and now she had a better idea about what she needed done to look her best and even how to convey her thoughts to her stylist. Also, today, on page 209, I discovered that for years I've had the wrong technique for curling my eyelashes! Trust me, those lovely lashes will look a lot better in the future. I was even happy to see what a difference in confidence and appearance just a few reduced pounds made on the makeover models. That gives me confidence to stay the course on my own weight reduction/healthcare program. Meanwhile, I'll use the recommended tools and cues to make the style changes necessary to age gracefully at any size and stage in life. Christopher Hopkins, if you read this rating, you have my sincerest thanks for writing a book that is long overdue in the women's world of fashion, beauty and style.