Product Description

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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #468 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-02
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 232 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Krupp, style expert for the Today Show and former beauty director for Glamour, offers easy-to-follow, tried-and-true fashion advice for women well beyond their 20s. Presented in eye-catching, highly skimmable, fashion-magazine style, here's how to trade in the things that scream old lady (simply OL in the book) for a look that's younger and hipper (Y&H). Krupp is straightforward about the physical shortcomings of older age. Aptly (and sometimes rather brutally) she steers readers away from these OL pitfalls. She is quick to point out that fashion that works on 20-somethings looks ridiculous on older women (i.e., bare midriffs, go-go boots and tattoos). As much about what to do as what not to do, some of the tips are as easy as wearing pink lipstick, a bra that fits properly and hair with bangs. Others take more thought, time and money—like Botox shots, chemical peels and hair extensions. Whether high or low maintenance about their beauty routine, women of a certain age who want to compete in our youth-obsessed culture will treat this easy read with interest. (Jan.)
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About the Author
Charla Krupp has done more than 100 style segments on The Today Show and she has appeared on Good Morning America, Oprah, The View, Dateline NBC, and has been a regular on The E! Channel and Home Shopping Network. She was beauty director of Glamour, editor of In Style, beauty editor for People's Style Watch and executive editor of Shop Etc. Magazine. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, InStyle, Glamour, Shop Etc., People, Cosmopolitan, The Chicago Tribune, USA Today, and Time.

Customer Reviews

Really useful!
A friend highly recommended this book, saying that the tips on what leg shaver to buy had changed her life. Since this person is not vain or frivolous, I thought, "hmmm, maybe there is something to it" and got it.

Wow! Everything is useful and practical. And there's money saving tips- Ms. Krupp's recommendations include specific products in different price ranges. You know, Revlon has a great mascara that is 1/2 the price of my old Lancome. I would never have thought to try it without this book. Likewise with lipsticks and such. I figured out why a couple of my outfits just felt off. And yes, the shaver is a joy.

Nothing really new
There is nothing really new in this book. There are some good practical
suggestions but I would not call it a "beauty bible".

Disappointing
As a "woman of a certain age," I was eager for tips on how to look my best. Sadly, they weren't in the pages of this book. The author takes a one-size-fits-all approach to her anti-aging solutions: everyone should wear pink lipstick...everyone should wear her skirts to mid-knee. There's no regard for a woman's individual coloring, body type, or lifestyle, so many of her suggestions are unrealistic or downright absurd. While some of her advice is sound, it's no-brainer information that I've read dozens of times before.