Destination Fabulous: Finding your way to the best you yet

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I wore bright lipstick when I was young too, yet the shades I go for now are just that little bit more full-on, that little bit less classic. For curlies like me, the Curl range is also excellent, with different products for different types of curls. I lost count of how many people warned me not to stop dyeing my hair when I threatened it in my early 40s. My ultimate hero product is the brand’s Intense Moisture Mask in its No Frizz range, which you are supposed to leave in for 5 minutes, but which I leave in for 15.

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The data controller is Octopus Book Group Limited. Anna combines her knowledge of conventional approaches with her openness to the alternative ways of thinking found in disciplines like yoga and Chinese medicine. I can date the first time I met Beata Aleksandrowicz so precisely because I had recently split from the man I had grown up alongside. I thought this was for my eyes only and the growing numbers of friends who insisted on being kept up to date on my latest discoveries.

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From the Fashion Director of the London Times comes a wise and entertaining guide to making the most of life as a grown-up woman. With practical advice and spiritual insights, Destination Fabulous offers the kind of life-affirming guidance for womanhood I only wish I had known when I was 20.I have tried dozens of face oils—it’s only oils that have small enough molecules to properly penetrate the dermis and thus feed the skin. The chapter on hair is obviously very close to her heart as Anna has recently allowed her hair to go back to its natural colour, which is a gorgeous silver grey. Anna is a great advocate of face massage and follows the gua sha method, a plectrum of jade that you gently and firmly stroke the skin with.

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I think a lot of the advice is maybe just not applicable to me at the present time but might be in the future. And she shares the highlights of her conversations over the years with super-stylish agers such as Iris Apfel and Miuccia Prada. For example, she encouraged us to think of something we could do together for fun and fitness, to reassess our wardrobes or think of a new hobby we might want to take up. Equity release may impact the size of your estate and it could affect your entitlement to current and future means-tested benefits. She lists the women that inspire her, from Iris Apfel to Claire Hornby (founder of Me+Em– one of our favourite fashion brands).

I like to use just a bit of RMS Beauty’s UnCoverup concealer under my eyes and wherever else I need it, plus a dab of its Lip2Cheek cream blush, then let my skin do the talking. How does Rest Less make money – We make money through advertising and commission from affiliate links, which enable us to offer Rest Less as a free service to our users. Another route to self-surfacing is to accentuate your eyes with a flash of color instead and keep your lips dialed down. But if you are looking for gray-spiration in particular—and I hear all the time from women who are on the verge of ditching the dye and want advice, so I know there are a lot of you out there! Many women have challenges in their lives which mean they simply cannot put themselves first however much they might want to or cannot afford to follow some of the advice given in the book.

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The wide‐ranging, thoughtful advice she offers in this beautifully written book will be invaluable to women at any stage of life. She shares all her tricks for finding your way to a wardrobe that will transform not just the way you look but the way you feel. Which is why a lot of my new book, Destination Fabulous: Finding Your Way to the Best You Yet, focuses on manifesting that best life. From the Fashion Director of The Times comes a wise, inspiring and invigorating guide to making the most of life as a grown-up woman – from the practical (how to dress your best) to the existential (how to feel your best).

Starling said: “I’ve long admired Anna Murphy’s joyous, intelligent approach to fashion and the power of clothes but it was her brilliant Times article ’This is What 50 Looks Like’ that inspired me to approach her about Destination Fabulous. Once your skin is glowing—a good diet, plenty of sleep, and a regular exercise regimen help too, of course—then there is far less heavy lifting to do, product-wise.