How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Lighter, 10 Times Better
Selected Book Details
- Paperback
- Edition: 1
- Author: Charla Krupp
- Publisher: Springboard Press
- Release Date: May 2009
- ISBN-10: 0446699977
- ISBN-13: 9780446699976
- List Price: $15.99
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Waste of time
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I'm sorry I bought this book. I was looking for advice on how to look better. However, if I followed the author's advice I'd be bankrupt by now. She is a big supporter of plastic surgery and expensive salon visits. Although the author does offer some money saving tips such as, get some friends together to fly in a top hair stylist so you can split the cost and it will be cheaper. You have got to be kidding.
How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Lighter, 10 Times Better
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Say goodbye to blue eyeshadow and hello to bangs! Women over 50 unite in a time when 60 is the new 40- It's time to look and feel like you did in your 20's when no one noticed. My whole carpool is reading this and I gave one to my best friend-she is still my best friend!
Now, go through your closet with a fresh vewipoint.
The Bible!
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Love this book! A friend recommended it. Well, berated me for not knowing about it, and she was right. Good stuff!
Vapid and Unintelligent
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I picked up this book on a whim, and I want my money back. Most of the information in this book is simple common sense, drawn out into sarcastic dribble that is most likely meant to sound clever. The most notable thing about the book is, despite the author saying there is a level for "high, medium, and low maintenance women", she herself spends thousands of dollars on beauty supplies (often just to sample things and see what works for you), and this is supposed to be something women can all relate to ($1200 on eyeglass frames? REALLY??). I also found it amusing that many of the chapters start with photos of gorgeous 18 year old models...wait, isn't this book for 40+ women?
The only thing I can honestly say I gleaned from the book is how NOT to look at myself and other women. Media has trained us to pick ourselves apart, and instead of valuing ourselves for other qualities, the author has picked apart looks and physical appearance to the point of obsession. She has work done to her face, spends thousands of hours and dollars chasing being "Y&H" and not "OL" (her clever terms for "young and hip" and "old lady", and suggests that these things are the norm and what every woman should be doing.
I'm not saying women should accept growing old and make no efforts to look better, certainly not! But do yourself a favor, and buy a much more intelligently written book with less vapid information, and not one that looks (and reads) like a really thick fashion magazine.
One big long ad for expensive and questionable products
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Krupp is doing her best, I'm sure, but if you're looking for a book with tips on nutrition, posture, weight control, or generally looking and feeling younger and better, this isn't it.
There are a few good tips in here. She does warn against excessive eyeliner and foundation. She does warn against wearing crotch-length skirts and over-dyed hair.
But: we are supposed to look to aging supermodels and movie stars as models, and frankly, this is a bit unrealistic. Not only that, but those women are in careers where an overdone photoready appearance is okay. That look isn't flattering for a fifty-something business woman who is overweight. Nor is it appropriate for a senior executive who has to look dignified.
None of her models is overweight or (heaven frowned) handicapped in any way.
Krupp is of the "paint on a corpse" school of beauty. Her advice ranges from "don't wear seamless pantyhose" to selecting clothes that don't match because that will make you look less 80's. You are supposed to use leg makeup instead of hose; apparently you are NOT supposed to live anywhere there is winter. Heaven forbid you should don a conservative skirted business suit. Apparently it is better to appear slightly kookie, no matter how staid your employer.
She also recommends wearing jeans with a non-elastic waist, regardless of whether they hurt, and regardless of your weight, and a bra that is too tight. She says not to wear orthopedic shoes -- stiletto heels are definitely a plus, in her opinion, but she doesn't mention how to deal with the inability to walk from accounts payable to your boss's office, or the pain resultant from jamming older, more tender feet into stylish shoes. I'm not sure what you're supposed to do if you actually need to wear orthopedic shoes. This advice about shoes annoyed me particularly, because she could have mentioned some of the brands of shoes that offer support without looking too old-lady or clunky: Lockport, Born, Skechers, Privo, as examples.
A few of her after pictures appear to show ensembles collected from a thrift shop reject bin, with mismatched items combined in random fashion. Yet I suspect these items are actually fairly expensive, judging from her 40 page list of resources.
The book is essentially a big long ad for makeup, hair coloring, cosmetic surgery and clothing companies. I would imagine it was funded largely by the companies listed in the last 40 pages.
Instead, try these:
YOU, STAYING YOUNG : THE OWNER'S MANUAL FOR EXTENDING YOUR WARRANTY / by Mehmet C. Oz and Michael F. Roizen
STAYING YOUNG : HOW TO PREVENT, SLOW OR REVERSE MORE THAN 60 SIGNS OF AGING / Tom Monte and the editors of Prevention magazine
ANTI-AGING SECRETS : HUNDREDS OF SECRETS TO STAYING YOUNG, FEELING FABULOUS, AND LOOKING YOUR BEST / by the editors of Prevention Health Books
EAT RIGHT, LIVE LONGER : USING THE NATURAL POWER OF FOODS TO AGE-PROOF YOUR BODY / Neal Barnard.
YOUNGER YOU : UNLOCK THE HIDDEN POWER OF YOUR BRAIN TO LOOK AND FEEL 15 YEARS YOUNGER / Eric R. Braverman.
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