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Crimp limp lashes Not only do lashes become sparser over time, but they also get straighter. So if you aren’t currently using a curler, it may be time to start. Our pick: Eyelash Curler, which crimps 12 right at the lash roots. One squeeze and you’re Betty Boop. OK, not really—but you will love the curl. hoto: svend lindb a ek svend p hoto: 13

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22 8 for medium/tan skintones. N says Linter. We like: J splotches andbroken capillaries, conceal freckles,sunspots, A gradual self-tannerhelpsto Feign flawless le atural GlowDaily M 75 best beautytips gs 19 21 | more.com | 20 “ “Repeated w “ appearance ofan your payoff.) lift,” Kuninsays. Linter. “and a root,” w instant face- kills thehair Botoxing, thisis dead rootmeans ever.” makeup artist no morehair— (If you aren’t appear higher,” S for photos Raise your brows your brow lighter both make your eye over andunder Geller says. This givesthe Do aminieye-lift Trace high- top your brows oisturizer oisturizer ergens arns s to axing

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photo: svend lindbaek 28Use a boar-bristle brush “Coarse or gray hair is often hard to smooth,” says Farah Reid, director of education at New York Don’t every day City’s Blow salon. “Using Sudsing up more than three or four times a week can dry a boar-bristle brush while your hair and fade your color. “As time goes on, your scalp blow-drying grabs and 30 produces less oil, so you don’t need to wash as often,” holds on to hair, creating says Kyle White, a colorist at Manhattan’s Oscar Blandi more tension than you’d Salon. “But if you just can’t get used to the idea of a day get with plastic or metal without cleaning your hair [or you work out and sweat a bristles.” Try the Mason lot], get in the shower and rinse with just water, or spray Pearson Boar Bristle a dry shampoo into your roots, then brush it through.” Pocket Mixture Brush. Minimize strand sizzling opt for ceramic tools over tra- 27Conceal grays sans hair color ditional metal ones (ceramic Spritzing on shine spray doesn’t get as (we like Fructis style hot as metal, brilliantine shine glossing Use hair color to make so there’s less spray), then brushing hair back your mane thicker frying as you into a ponytail will darken style). try: John your overall hair color, help- “Double-pro- Freida Frizz- ing to cut the roots-to-hair 31cess color [all- Ease Heat Defeat Protective contrast. over color plus Styling Spray. ma n ks ac Think bangs, not Botox highlights] a r w Use your hair to cam- can almost ouflage forehead lines. But ensure that bangs quadruple the are brow skimming and thickness fringed (not blunt) at of your hair as 32 the ends so the look isn’t too severe. well as add texture that makes it easier

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75 best beauty tips | more.com 11 33 “if your hairisquited der styles above-the-shoul look 12 or lightenedat least onelevel. colorist inNewY cut enduplookinglikeahat,” better eitherhighlighted theriskofhavingrun ashort says rita acelebrity Hazan, short? Considerlighteninup Going short? 75 best beautytips 34 | more.com | If your hair color isn’t 3-Minute: Undo Dryness whose is these days?), you whose isthesedays?), you Reversal Treatment. Fructis Triple Nutrition can extend itslifespanby completely natural (and color,” Coppolasays. At owner of aneponymous addition tomakinghair giving itashotofprotein, home, slatheronGarnier stronger, protein locksin salon inBocaRaton.“In says Peter Coppola, last lon ger Make your hairhue ork City. Most

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15 48Fill in smoker’s lines A clear, waxy helps fill in wrinkles around the mouth, mak- ing them less Put your eye cream noticeable as in the fridge well as stop- “The cold temperature 46shrinks blood vessels and ping lipstick helps to minnimize bleeding. Try: under-eye bags,” says Zein Obagi, MD, a Los Angeles DuWop Re- dermatologists. verse Lip Liner. Long-term tip: 45 A hyaluronic Moisturize in layers 50“For maximum plumping, acid filler such If all else fails, go Italian follow your regular lotion “luminosity makes you look as Restalyne with a heavy cream or younger,” says Christine Rogers, plumps lines oil. On really bad beauty days, I put on oil MD, a Denver plastic surgeon. right away, and wait an hour before “Once a year, I go bike riding in with results looking in the mirror,” ad- Italy, where I can eat all I want mits Brown, who swears and look at gorgeous Italian that last up to by Extra men all day. It MAKES me glow.” Face Oil. A 10-minute nine months. moisturizing mask also Keep your makeup plumps you up fast. We

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To keep shadow from a r w creasing, apply a primer first, says Molly R. Stern, Lightening up your locks? a celebrity makeup artist and consultant for Cover 49Your makeup ought to follow suit. 47 Girl. Same goes for the “Lighter hair requires softer make- rest of your face: Using an up,” says Sonia Kashuk, founder of allover primer with sili- Sonia Kashuk . “Avoid dark stylist (huff ma n): s a shin. p ro stylist cone prevents oil and and black around the eyes. sweat from breaking Go for a bright blush—shades through and mussing your of pink or coral—and nude, gray or makeup. Some of our fa­­­vor­ purple on the eyes.” ites: Laura Geller Eye Spackle and Laura Mercier Mineral Primer, which gives the skin a slightly

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16 75 best beauty tips | more.com 53Curb your dairy, cut back on flare-ups Recent studies suggest dairy foods may trigger excess oil production. “This theory is controver- sial,” says Fredric Brandt, Add retinol to your MD, a New York City regimen dermatologist. “But I do Whereas pep- tell my patients to cut tides plump back on dairy if, despite Peptides. We repeat: peptides and firm (see #51), a careful skin-care regi- retinol (or 51Every single dermatologist we men, their complexion interviewed insists peptides are the still isn’t clearing up.” tretinoin, its most effective ingredient in serums Rx cousin, in and that firm and lift. products like One peptide-packed product that Retin-A) smooths works on all skin types: Kinerase C8 and evens out 54 skin tone. Try Peptide Intensive Treatment. Baby your neck and chest ROC Retinol Correxion Deep Blot it! Because the skin there Wrinkle Serum. 50 is so thin, these areas Rather than generally don’t age as well as your face, espe- layering on pow- cially if you’ve been lax der (which can with the sunscreen. “Using a with make skin look retinoids or peptides like a mask will help somewhat,” says Brandt. “But your skin in by noon), erase these areas is sensitive, breakthrough so don’t use it every night—that could leave shine on your you overly red and flaky.” nose and fore- 56 head with an Invest in a magnifying mirror To zero in on stray hairs—around oil-absorbing your eyebrows and elsewhere— sheet. (Yes, pick up a small magnifying mir- those tissues ror with suction cups. If you you used on stick it on the bathroom cabinet, 52 you may be surprised at what pizza in the you’ll see in a different light. high school cafeteria.) We like Alison Raf- a shin faele Oil-Blot- hotos: L is p hotos: ting Tissues. 55 75 best beauty tips | more.com 17 “Keeping yourheadelevated pre- 18 your eyes during the night and and during thenight your eyes vents fluid from collecting vents fluidfromcollecting around tologist VivianBucay,tologist MD causing puffinessinthemorning,” says SanAntonio–basedderma- Sleep ontwo pillows 57 59 75 best beautytips 58 | more.com | “Teenage acneproducts Acne DefenseLotion. 10 to15minutes. Voilà! The onlypermanentway Orlando, Florida,derma- works just aswell with- which istoodryingfor No more redness forthe Matthew Night, MD, an Rapid Clear your teen’s medic think aboutborrowing compress totheskinfor capillaries isviafourto contain benzoyl peroxide, out leaving your skindry,” an ice-cold skimmilk an ice-cold and calmingingredients anyone over 25. Aproduct rest oftheday. made withsalicylicacid light) treatments, says J. however, we like this vessels—fast trick from Wexler: Hold tologist. Inapinch, to ridyourself ofbroken six IPL(intensepulse says Wexler. We like Shrink brokenblood on’t even Don’t Breaking out? . ation

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photos, from top: francesco mosto, todd huffman. prop stylist (huffman): sara wacksman Fight fine lines— in the shower Before you step under the water, massage a drop of grapeseed oil into the skin around your eyes for 10 minutes, Obagi suggests.­ “It will improve skin texture,” he says. The oil is moisturizing, yes, but it also contains antioxi- dants that fight wrinkle- causing free radicals, which are deposited on your skin by UV rays and 63pollution during the day. oolife hoto: c p hoto:

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contains a free-radical fighter 20. “It’s light, safe for sensitive 1 such as vitamin C, phloretin, idebe­ skin and doesn’t make me break n­one, green tea or coffeeberry out,” she says. Katie Rodan, MD, an every morning, after cleansing associate clinical professor of They use a and before putting on sunscreen dermatology at Stanford University, with horsepower (see #3, below). Downie loves uses her own Rodan+Fields ­Revalé Skin Intense Recovery Treat- Mineral Peptides SPF 20, which We’ve all heard dermatologists en- ment with CoffeeBerry. Some absorbs any excess oil. And Lupo dorse washing up with a mild, gen- other antioxidant serums to try: applies L’Oréal Visible Lift Foun- tle cleanser. But in truth that’s not Prevage Face dation SPF 17, a moisturizing liquid what they’re using at home. Most of Anti-Aging Serum with idebenone formula infused with retinol. the doctors we talked to lather plus green tea, and SkinCeuticals up with formulas filled with glycolic Phlo­retin CF, which contains three or lactic acid (to accelerate exfo- antioxidants: vitamin C, phloretin liation) and salicylic acid (to un- and ferulic acid. But most doctors 4 clog pores and make them appear don’t rely on topical anti­oxi- smaller). “As an African-American dants alone. Mary Lupo, MD, a clin- woman, my biggest battle is blotch- ical professor of dermatology at They rave about Retin-A iness. And for that, I find an exfoli- Tulane University, in New Orleans, ating cleanser is best: It evens out the also downs smoothies made with Dead cells are complexion enemy tone of my skin better than a basic, yogurt and antioxidant-rich fruit, number one, say our skin experts, no-frills formula,” says Jeanine such as blueberries or acai. “I be- because they can clog pores as well Downie, MD, coauthor of Beautiful lieve that our skin can be a mirror of as give skin an ashy appearance. So Skin of Color. Some doctors do use our overall health. So I try to treat after exfoliating in the evening, most a gentler cleanser but rotate in a the inside of me just as well as I do MDs also slather on a retinoid cream more aggressive exfoliator (a scrub the outside,” she says. (a topical form of vitamin A or at-home microdermabrasion found in Rx options such as Retin-A kit) once or twice a week to ensure and Refissa and over the counter that no skin-dulling dead cells are in retinol), which has been shown left hanging around. Some of their to speed up the rate at which the favorites: Vivité Exfoliating Facial 3 body sheds dead skin. But reti- Cleanser and the Patricia Wexler noid benefits don’t stop there. Vi- MD Microdermabrasion System Protection is a priority tamin A also stimulates collagen Step 1: Resurfacing Cream. production (making skin look To skin doctors, applying sun- plumper and fine lines smoother) screen is like brushing teeth: It’s and normalizes cells exposed to just unfathomable­ not to. Most UV rays, effectively undoing sun apply a thin layer as the last step damage. But there’s a downside: 2 of their morning skin-care Retinoids, dermatologists say, can regimen to prevent UV exposure, be irritating if they’re overused, so They fight free radicals on the chief cause of premature wrin- most advocate a flexible retinoid the outside—and in kles and discoloration. Two formu- regimen. Lupo alternates daily be- las frequently cited: For dry skin, tween moisturizing Renova and According to the doctors we inter­ La Roche-Posay Anthelios Daily the more aggressive (and more dry- viewed, the danger of free radicals— Moisturizer SPF 15, and for oilier ing) prescription Tazorac. Downie from such sources as air pollution complexions, Neutrogena­ Ultra rotates Vivité Vibrance Therapy, and the sun’s rays—isn’t just market- Sheer Dry Touch Sunblock SPF which has retinol, with Tri-Luma ing hype; it’s real. “Damage from free 55. Then, to further boost their Cream, an Rx-strength retinoid that rad­icals is one of the primary causes skin’s sun shield, our experts layer also contains spot-fading hydro- of fine lines and uneven skin tone,” on sunscreen-spiked makeup. Naila quinone. And every night, Rodan Downie says. So she and the oth- Malik, MD, a cosmetic derma­ applies her own Rodan+Fields Anti- ers minimize future wrinkles and tologist in sunny Southlake, Texas, Age Night Renewing Serum, an uneven skin tone with antioxidants, sweeps on Neutrogena Mineral­ over-the-counter treatment packed applying a serum or cream that Sheers Powder Foundation SPF with retinol. Then, once a week,

26 75 best beauty tips | more.com she applies Tazorac as a mask for 15 to permanent creases—so they minutes: “Tazorac is the strongest try never to do it. “Sleeping on retinoid, but it would be too irri- your face not only etches wrinkles tating for me to wear all night. Us- 6 into the skin, but fluid pools on ing it as a mask boosts the effects Maintaining skin bounce the side of the face that’s pressed of my retinol serum without caus- is essential against the pillow, stretching out ing flaking.” Some doctors also apply the skin and making it more apt a moisturizer under their retinoid Yes, retinoids boost both the col- to sag,” Lupo says. Rodan went so to dilute the strength. Or they cut lagen and elastin production in the far as to buy herself a Therapeu- back on how often they apply it skin. But most skin doctors don’t tica Sleeping Pillow, which is con- (every third night rather than seven feel that vitamin A alone does quite toured to cradle your head and neck, days a week) if they start to see enough plumping, so on top of this making it more comfortable to signs of sensitivity. they typically layer a second topical lie on your back all night. “The con- containing either peptides or nection between facial wrinkles and a growth factor, both of which have how you sleep is no joke. I can look been shown in repeated studies at 80 percent of my patients and 5 to firm and plump the skin by trig- be able to tell you which side they gering collagen production. Some sleep on,” Rodan says. popular peptide picks: Neocutis Bio- They freeze and fill Restorative Cream and Olay Rege- in moderation nerist Daily Serum. The best of the growth factor bunch: SkinMedica Almost all the dermatologists we TNS Essential Serum and RéVive 8 spoke with say that when it comes Moisturizing Renewal Cream. to in-office treatments, Botox (or Note: Most peptide and growth They hit the gym to build Dysport, a new competitor) gives factor creams are pretty hydrating, better skin you the most bang for your buck. so you probably won’t need to Many inject their foreheads to apply an additional moisturizer on Most female MDs cited improved relax frown lines; a few also target top. Like you, these doctors blood circulation and reduced stress their eyes’ outer corners to minimize don’t have the time (or the patience) as workout benefits that really do crow’s-feet. Patricia Wexler, MD, for an eight-step regimen. So help the appearance of their com- a cosmetic dermatologist in New at night they just cleanse, apply a plexions. “I get stress relief from York City, says one of her favorite retinoid cream, top it off with a working out, which I think keeps new spots to inject is along the collagen-boosting cream—and hit my worries off my face,” says Downie, jawline, which minimizes the down- the sheets. And there is a reason who runs, hits the StairMaster or ward pull of the muscles in that area doctors typically save the big- kickboxes seven days a week. Malik and gives her neck a lifted appear- gun treatments like retinoids and goes to the gym for 60 to 90 minutes, ance. For areas where deeper wrin- peptides for nighttime. “Your six or seven days a week, because kles have formed, most doctors say body temperature goes up while you she believes exercise reduces her level they turn to hyaluronic acid sleep, and the heat helps your of the stress hormone epinephrine: fillers like Juvéderm or Restylane to products penetrate your skin better,” “This hormone can cause constric- plump up the crevices. The most Rodan explains. tion of blood flow in the face and frequently treated spot: the na- actually makes your skin lose its solabial folds (aka the marionette glow.” Wexler swears by the long- lines beside your mouth). Rodan term effect of Pilates on her body and Lupo both inject this area once and face’s skin tone; Rodan, a for- or twice a year. Doctors, of course, 7 mer runner, now goes Spinning. “A get all these treatments at cost; plastic surgeon that I trust once told even so, they avail themselves only They sleep on their backs me I should stop all my high-impact three to four times a year, which workouts,” she says. “He explained they consider moderate usage. You Fetal-position snoozers, take note: that over time they can cause tiny can expect to pay $375 and up for A surprising number of doctors be- tears in the microscopic attach- one Botox or Dysport treatment, and lieve that smashing your face into ments in the skin, which can ulti- $600 and up for one filler treatment. a pillow all night long does in fact mately lead to sagging.”

75 best beauty tips | more.com 27 The Biggest Loser {Help for Thinning Hair} by Annemarie Iverson Photographed by Plamen Petkov

28 75 best beauty tips | more.com Nearly half of women will suffer from hair loss at some point, but take note: It’s not inevitable. Here’s how you can prevent shedding and even regrow what’s been lost

that nearly 50 percent of women will experience some hair loss, I am What causes unsurprised—and utterly empathetic. the fallout I had thyroid imbalance While a man’s baldness can symbol-

o m hair loss in my twenties, postpartum ize power, success and virility (note So where did it all go, that c

uty. thinning twice in my thirties, big- such male chrome domes as athlete- mass of thick, hormonally hopped- time strand shedding after the death mogul Michael Jordan, actor Bruce up high school hair? At puberty— of my father in my early forties and Willis, billionaire investor Ron decades before we can appreciate now, at 47, visible thinning three Perelman and short, rich Harry it or have the money and good taste months after suffering a fever of 104. Goldenblatt, Charlotte’s second hus- to properly deal with it—we are m ixbe a a rt for tolo a No actual scalp peeking through as of band on Sex and the City), women’s blessed with the fullest mane of our

ur a d this morning, thank God—just stringy sexual attractiveness has always entire lives. Then, inexorably, the gobs of lifeless blond in the comb. sprung—historically, anthropologi- strands begin to diminish, not just in So when New York City dermatol- cally and culturally—from gor- number but also in diameter and in ogist David Orentreich, MD, tells me geous, shiny, plentiful hair. their ability to grow long. Ever see a stylist: l a p ro stylist: 90-year-old woman with wonderful to grow back fuller and thicker eyes and a magical smile? Sure. With within three to six months. Feigning great hair? Not so much. But don’t 2 Your past made it happen If fatter strands get depressed. Even though slightly your lifestyle isn’t causing the hair thinning hair is a fact of nature for loss or if it isn’t limited to just your women after the age of 30, there is hairline, think back to what went on quite a lot we can do to fight back in your life three months ago: A new and look good. drug or a change in dosage? A crash diet? Childbirth? Blood loss? Anes- thesia? High fever? Traumatic life first, assess event? “Your hair tells all,” says Kim your losses Vo¯, a Los Angeles colorist and stylist who tends the tresses of Goldie Before deciding on a battle Hawn and Teri Hatcher. “Even if a 1 2 3 4 plan, you need to determine wheth- client doesn’t mention anything spe- er your hair loss is excessive—or cific to me, I can always tell some- Whether your hair loss is normal whether it falls within the normal thing noteworthy happened just by (but still disconcerting) or on the ex- range of shedding. According to looking at her hair.” If you did go treme side, you can benefit from these three expert-endorsed styling tricks. Orentreich, you meet the classic def- through something fairly trying 12 inition of abnormal if you lose more weeks ago but it’s over now, the loss To achieve faux fullness, try trim- than 80 to 100 strands a day (or, if you’re experiencing should be tem- ming your tresses. “Shorter styles are you wash your hair only once or porary, and your hair should grow usually better when you’re losing hair,” says Sally Hershberger, a New York twice a week, you have excessive back. However, if the shedding is tied City stylist who counts Meg Ryan and shedding on those days—as in up- to something that started then but Jane Fonda among her clients. “But wards of 400 strands). Some cases continues to this day—say, a new don’t layer the cut too much; that can are pretty clear, but if you’re uncer- medication—you may want to talk to make your hair look even thinner.” The tain, a good, quick test is to run your your doctor about your options. ideal? A slightly layered bob that falls hands through dry hair: If your 3 Your body makes it happen somewhere between your shoulders fingers come away wrapped in eight If your hair loss doesn’t seem to be and your jawline. or more full-length strands with due to a lifelong habit or a notable Color can also play a part. If thin- ­tiny root bulbs attached, then you recent event, it’s time to ask your ning has exposed your scalp, play probably do fall into the excessive doctor to test your thyroid and iron down the contrast between your skin hair loss camp. levels. An estimated 10 to 20 percent and your hair shade, Hershberger suggests. In other words, if your skin If you conclude that your loss is of American women have thyroid is fair, lighten your locks a little; for annoying but still normal, check dysfunction. For most of them, the darker skin, deepen their tone. out the sidebars “Feigning Fatter thyroid slows down; for a small Strands” and “How I Scored More number, it speeds up. Either way, ex- Treat your hair with products, shown above, that target the problem. Strands—in an Hour” for helpful cessive hair loss is a symptom. If Start by using stylers that boost density, tips. If you are in fact shedding your test results are positive for thy- usually by causing each individual excessively, the next step is to find roid dysfunction, you’ll be given a hair shaft to swell slightly. Two to try: out why, and there are four likely regulating medication, and your hair 1 Oribe’s Volumista Spray and 2 Fekkai possibilities. should start to grow back within More Density Styling Whip. Then 1 You make it happen Most re- about six months. focus on stimulating the scalp, which ceding hairlines on a woman’s head If it turns out an iron deficiency is keeps hair follicles healthy. Pros swear by: 3 Leonor Greyl Complexe are actually lifestyle induced. So if your issue, most doctors recommend Energisant. Finally, go for anything you’ve spent years pulling your hair boosting your iron level with foods that enhances your hair’s shine back into taut pony­tails, wearing a rich in the mineral, such as beef, without weighing it down. Volumizing riding helmet that rubs at your beans, lentils, beets and spinach. products are notorious for dulling forehead or yanking at bangs when When anemia is severe (or you just strands (the plumping action can rough you blow-dry, it’s not surprising can’t stomach an iron-rich diet), pop- up the hair’s outer layer), so this that the hair around your face is ping a supplement can also help. I am step is not one to skip. One we love:

4 Nioxin Glossing Color Shield. a shin thinning. But cheer up: The con- anemic and averse to most of the verse is also true, and altering foods that could help, so my doctor

these habits will enable your hair put me on Slow Fe supplements. lis p hotos:

30 75 best beauty tips | more.com I take them once a day, and they transplanting, a surgical procedure in gradually release iron into the blood- when you can’t which hair follicles from an area on stream, which helps to minimize the find a cause your scalp where growth is dense are digestive gumming-up for which this removed, then surgically implanted nutrient is notorious. What if none of the usual expla- in thinning spots. (Hair in the “nor- 4 hormones make it happen If nations apply to your hair loss situa- mal” area does grow back.) Prices can your thyroid and iron levels are nor- tion? Don’t lose hope. Even if the range from $6 to $10 per graft (one mal, your next strategy is to find a reason remains a mystery, you should hair follicle), and you need several dermatologist who is an expert in be able to trigger some regrowth (or thousand. The bill: $4,000 or more. hair and scalp disorders. (A good at least plump up what’s left) with place to start is aad.org, the website one of the following strategies. of the American Academy of Der- Scalp treatments Regrowth how i scored more matology; search for a doctor near begins with a healthy scalp, and to strands—in an hour you who lists “hair disorders” as a achieve that you might want to con- specialty.) Doctors’ approaches vary, sider consulting a professional li- Hair extensions thicken the manes of but Orentreich, a hair and scalp spe- censed in trichology, the branch of many celebs (thought their locks were natural? Ha!), so I set out to see cialist, says one common cause of medicine that deals with hair and what they’d do for my sparse strands. hair loss he sees is excessive andro- scalp care. Philip Kingsley, a New To find a stylist near me to attach gens, male hormones that gain York–based trichologist (and the un- them, I went on hairuwear.com, which greater influence in women during official granddaddy of the profes- lists salons that use Great Lengths perimenopause as estrogen decreas- sion, with such clients as Barbra extensions (a brand I’d heard of). My es. To block androgens and protect Streisand and Candice Bergen), pick: Marc Mena at New York’s Warren- new hair growth, Orentreich gives offers follicle-stimulating treat- Tricomi Salon. “Extensions are better than Botox,” his patients oral antiandrogens and ments at his clinics in Manhattan Mena says as he selects from bundles also applies them topically to the and London. His theory: These of human hair, each of which contains scalp. He says this treatment has treatments boost the blood flow about 25 strands held together at one yielded considerable success. in the scalp, which helps bring end with keratin protein. He then An added benefit: While andro- growth-maximizing nutrients to the glues the bundles to the roots of my hair, gens are hormones, the antiandro- roots. For at-home use, he has creat- using a bonding machine. I’m told the gens are not, which pleases patients ed a product called Scalp Toning extensions last four months, at which point I’ll return to the salon and get who would rather not take hor- Tonic, which increases blood flow them removed with a solution that dis- mone supplements of any kind. and also exfoliates dead skin cells solves the keratin. Orentreich says he and many other (which can inhibit growth by It takes Mena an hour to attach 60 doctors used to treat hair loss with clogging up the follicles). To find a bundles, boosting my hair’s density­ hormone therapy (HT) but stopped trichologist, go to the Trichological by about 30 percent. Although they’re doing so in 2002 after the release of Society at hairscientists.org. called extensions, on me they’re more the Women’s Health Initiative Rogaine Originally prescribed to like supplementation. Mena trims the pieces to match the length of my own (WHI) study that linked HT to an in- treat hypertension, Rogaine was dis- locks and gives me rules to follow for crease in breast cancer. “At that covered to also stimulate hair two days: no combing, no washing, point, we replaced the HT with growth. Experts attribute the benefi- no products containing silicone. All antiandrogens,” he says. “But the fact cial effect to Rogaine’s active ingre- day I swing my new superthick strands. remains that when you put female dient, minoxidil, which they believe I’m addicted. hormones into your body, you do increases blood flow to hair follicles However, like many potential addicts, lower the level of male hormones. (the same thing Kingsley’s tonic I’m saved by the price of the fix: My extensions cost $1,500. Replacing them So HT does help counteract hair aims to do, but with more horse- every four months would cost me $4,500 loss.” Most experts now agree that power). The net effect: Revitaliz- a year. I may splurge again for a special the WHI study was flawed in certain ing shrunken follicles helps them ­occasion—or I might try a temporary­ important ways and that HT is safe produce thicker strands. (and more affordable) approach. for short-term use by women in the Hair transplant Garren, a A friend of mine swears by Hairdo (also first few years after menopause. But New York City stylist who coifs at hairuwear.com), a line of clip-in there are still risks, so hair loss many celebs and socialites, says his hairpieces from stylist­ Ken Paves, whose clients include Eva Longoria Parker. shouldn’t be your only reason over-40 clients who’ve tried every- for taking HT. Consult your ob-gyn thing else for thinning strands with- to weigh the pros and cons. out success have turned to hair

75 best beauty tips | more.com 31 My Beauty S ecret Some of MORE ’s favorite gorgeous women (and not a model among them) share the one tip or trick that’s essential to their looks

“I’ve done 25 mara- “I’m addicted to “I’m not ashamed “As a dancer thons, and I hope to keep Lancôme’s Pure to say I need my rest. in my twenties, running until I need a But when I am sleep walker! But with my busy Focus T-Zone deprived, I rely on I was thinner schedule, I can’t just go Matifier. I hate RéVive Moisturizing than I am now. to the gym for vanity’s to look shiny Renewal Cream Today I dress to sake. I always have a char- on camera.” and Laura Mercier accentuate my ity run scheduled to help Primer to look decent.” —Sunny Hostin, more womanly motivate my training.” legal analyst for CNN’s —Pamella Roland, —jiyon lee, MD, radiologist American Morning fashion designer figure. Curve- flattering gowns, “I’m currently into layering my perfumes and yes, but there’s nail polishes. Clinique Happy plus Allure nothing better has become my signature scent. And I get a than jeans with a weekly mixing two sheer Essie shades: crisp white shirt.” Blushing Bride topped by Ballet Slippers.” —Tamara TUNIE, —Essie Weingarten, creator of Essie Cosmetics actress, Law & Order: SVU

“I learned about good “I was more into fashion before I was “I do get Botox, skin care at 18, when actually in the business. Now I value but what’s made I worked at a makeup a simpler wardrobe with only very the biggest differ- counter. Today I use good quality pieces. You won’t find Kate Somerville’s epony- me in the trend of the moment.” ence was using mous line to make my —Yildiz Blackstone, fillers to get rid of complexion glow. Makeup- president of the fashion house Luca Luca the hollowing wise, it’s my job to test under my eyes. new cosmetics. But my It changed my life! tried-and-true items are “I found indoor “My staples are my Not only do I look DiorShow Mascara, Nars cycling while short hair and Chanel Orgasm Blush and MAC Allure Lipstick. less tired, but I Dazzleglass Lipcolour.” going through a In the morning, I finger- actually feel it too.” —Debbi Hartley divorce. The —Haideh Hirmand, MD, Triesch, Nordstrom’s 45 minutes of dry my hair (I haven’t plastic surgeon national merchandise used a brush in years) manager for cosmetics exercise made me strong and and swipe on lipstick. “I find that as I age, wearing almost cleared my mind. I don’t know what I look no makeup actually makes me look It was better like as the day goes fresher and younger. My favorite on—I just pray and product is Bobbi Brown’s Shimmer than therapy!” —Ruth Zukerman, fitness keep moving.” Wash .” instructor and cofounder of —Shari Creed, owner of —Cozy Friedman, owner of Manhattan’s Cozy’s Cuts for Kids salons Manhattan’s Flywheel Studio SweetSpot Labs

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