… Muffin Top Short tops worn with low-rise pants. We cannot repeat it enough: This is the worst combo platter in your closet. Baggy clothes. Stay in the fashion game and skip sloppy oversized pieces. An XL tee over skinny jeans or leggings will not make you look thinner. Wearing boxy jackets that expand the torso horizontally. A boxy jacket just makes you look big all over. Even double-breasted jackets aren’t doing you any favors since they call attention to the chest. Dresses with … [Read more...]
Apr 17, 2012
IS YOUR MAKEUP MAKING YOU LOOK FAT?
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If you can’t remember the last time you had a makeup lesson from a pro, take an hour out of your life to change it. You may need a makeup face-lift. Find the best makeup artist in town, plunk yourself at the counter, and take notes. The dirty little secret of the beauty biz is that technique is just as important as product. You can ring up your credit card and purchase every single Brilliant Buy in the book, but if you don’t know what to do with it once you get home, what’s the … [Read more...]
Apr 17, 2012
IS THINNING HAIR MAKING YOU LOOK FAT?
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If you are among those women who can slim down a round face with the right cut and color, consider yourself fortunate. Growing numbers of us don’t have the luxury of hiding behind that security blanket. Some can now see patches of their bare scalps, no thanks to menopause; others lose their hair with chemotherapy. This is tough stuff to deal with, and it certainly puts the fat issue into perspective. But the good news is that there are more courses of action for women experiencing hair loss … [Read more...]
Apr 17, 2012
Are Your Clothes Making You Look Fat?
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IT’S NOT YOU; IT’S YOUR CLOTHES How else do you explain why on some days you look your thinnest and on other days, not so much—when you weigh exactly the same? There are high-fat clothes and no-fat clothes and those (low-fat) in-between. Most of us have all three categories—high fat, low fat, and no fat—hanging in our closets and filling our drawers. As weight-conscious women, we are aware of calories as well as fat grams. We are constantly monitoring what we put in our mouths. … [Read more...]
Apr 1, 2012
Ladies summer dresses tips
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Long hair gives up on us way before we are ready to give up on it. Past the age of forty-five, long hair will have lost some of the lustrous quality that made it look so appealing, flowing down your back at twenty. Now is no time to grow your hair long if you have always worn it short or shoulder length. But if it has always been your look, and you love it, then by all means keep it long. At a certain point, too long hair can be aging. A length that hits just below the shoulder is more … [Read more...]
Apr 1, 2012
SCARVES, GLOVES, AND HATS
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Gloves Let’s just come right out and say it: Mittens are for pre-schoolers. Yes, they keep you the warmest, but who really needs to be that warm? They also make you unable to do anything. Wearing mittens is a great excuse for never doing a thing. As with all things, your best bet is to keep your gloves simple. If you find one classic pair you can wear with anything, you’ll be set. If you work at a job where you wear work gloves to protect your hands, that’s great, but those are not … [Read more...]
Apr 1, 2012
It’s a Wrap JACKETS, SCARVES, GLOVES, and HATS
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YOUR OUTERWEAR IS THE FIRST THING PEOPLE SEE WHEN THEY MEET YOU, SO PAY attention. You could be wearing a barrel with suspenders underneath hell, you could be naked underneath—but if you have a nice-looking jacket on, people are only going to say, “Heeeeey! Looking good!” On the flip side, an inappropriate jacket—like a casual barn coat over a beautiful custom-made suit—can shut you down like a bad Ferris wheel. You could be wearing the most gorgeous suit in the world, and if you throw … [Read more...]
