How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Lighter, 10 Times Better by Charla Krupp, is published by The Stonesong Press, LLC. This easy-to-read guide to looking younger than your years, is a over 200 pages in hardback form.
Charla's focus throughout the book is to contrast those things which will make a woman look "Young and Hip" vs those things that will give her an "Old Lady" look. Throughout the book she points out several options for avoiding unnecessary aging, often through a simple tricks that fool the eye.
'How Not to Look Old' includes lots of "do" and "do not" photographs to demonstrate the techniques Charla is describing. Many chapters include "Brilliant Buys", pointing out inexpensive beauty products that are still effective. Another design of the book readers will appreciate is how often Charla breaks her ideas for looking younger into high maintenance, medium care, and low maintenance choices. Relative costs and prices are also mentioned, allowing women the ability to select whichever beauty tips fit their budget best.
Health and Beauty Techniques for Looking Younger
"How Not to Look Old" has several chapters dedicated towards body makeover tips that women can use to keep them from looking their age, or older. These chapters include "Cut Some Bangs", "Lighten Your Hair", "Tame Your Brows", "Put on Pink Lipstick", "Whiten Your Teeth" and more.
In each chapter, Charla opens with "Nothing ages you like..." with a list of things that will be discussed in that chapter. For example, in chapter 6 "Lose the Heavy Eyeliner", Charla suggests that nothing ages you quicker than thick, black eyeliner; cracked liquid liner; too-bright eye shadow; clumpy, hard mascara; and more. This witty summary of each chapter gives readers a glimpse of the more detailed sections they can expect to find if they read on.
Clothes and Accessories to Look Younger and Hipper
"How Not to Look Old" also includes several chapters about dressing the body including "Chic up Your Eyewear", Unmatch Your Wardrobe", "Shorten Your Skirts" and "Learn to Love Shapewear". As Charla dresses readers from head to toe she focuses up lifting, shaping and helping readers look their youthful, not childish, best.
For example, in the chapter "Follow the Three-Bling Rule When Dressing for Evening"she gives some specific tips to make the most of a night out on the town. The to-dos include a list of dress styles to choose from, while the never-dos in this chapter include over-doing the fragrances and perfumes.
Overall the book "How Not to Look Old" by Charla Krupp is a very helpful and practical guide for any woman who wants to take a few years off her looks, and wardrobe. While some of the suggestions are expensive or impractical for most readers, Charla is careful to include low-cost ideas as well, giving a wide range of beauty tips and secrets specifically for aging women.
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