Beauty At Any Age The best skin care, hair care, and makeup tricks to have in your image arsenal By Diana Pemberton-Sikes Please Note: You Do NOT Have the Right to Reprint or Resell this Ebook! You Also MAY NOT Give Away, Sell or Share the Content Herein If you purchased this ebook from anywhere other than http://www.fashionforrealwomen.com, you have a pirated copy. Please help stop Internet crime by reporting this to: mailto:[email protected] DISCLAIMER AND TERMS OF USE AGREEMENT The author, Diana Pemberton-Sikes, and the publisher, Top Drawer Publications, LLC, have made their best effort to produce a high quality, informative, and helpful book. But they make no representation or warranties of any kind for the completeness or accuracy of its contents. The information contained in this ebook is strictly for educational purposes. The author and publisher accept no liability of any kind for any losses or damages caused or alleged to be caused, directly or indirectly, from using the information contained in this book. Beauty at Any Age is © 2007 by Diana Pemberton-Sikes. All rights reserved worldwide. Other than a single printed copy for your personal use, no part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form whatsoever, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any informational storage or retrieval system without express written, dated, and signed permission from the author. Top Drawer Publications, LLC 256 S. College Avenue Newark, DE 19711 (302) 266-0156 http://www.topdrawerpublications.com/ © 2007 Diana Pemberton-Sikes Beauty At Any Age 2 ABOUT THE AUTHOR A former model and unrepentant clotheshorse, Diana Pemberton-Sikes is a certified color and image consultant who has been helping women reach their image goals since 1994. Her clients include sales managers, social workers, teachers, lawyers, and accountants, to name a few. After the birth of her first two children, Diana wanted to spend more time with them and started the FashionForRealWomen.com website in 2000 as a way to stay in touch with her clients. Since then, she’s been interviewed by dozens of magazines, including Prevention, Women’s World, Weight Watchers, Paris Woman, and The American Bar Association. She won the 2001 ContentBiz.com, “Entrepreneur of the Year Award” for her fashion webzine, Fashion Savvy, and her articles appear in numerous fashion and beauty ezines all over the web. She’s also a contributing author to Priscilla Y. Huff's, The Self-Employed Woman's Guide to Launching a Home-Based Business and The FabJob Guide to Become a Fashion Designer. ______________________________________________ Dedication To my friend Monique Weber, with whom I shared many beauty firsts: first botched facial, first disastrous makeup application, first curling iron burn… It’s a wonder we ever made it through the fifth grade! Thanks for a lifetime of memories! © 2007 Diana Pemberton-Sikes Beauty At Any Age 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR .................................................................................................................................................. 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................................................................................. 4 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 YOUR CROWNING GLORY ....................................................................................................................................... 9 YOUR FACE SHAPE.......................................................................................................................................................... 10 HAIR TYPE....................................................................................................................................................................... 13 General Hair Care................................................................................................................................................. 15 Seasonal Hair Care .............................................................................................................................................. 16 YOUR CLOTHING PERSONALITY ..................................................................................................................................... 18 THE ABC’S OF HAIR COLOR.......................................................................................................................................... 21 About That Gray ................................................................................................................................................... 25 Should You Do It Yourself?............................................................................................................................... 26 Color During Pregnancy ..................................................................................................................................... 26 A NO-COMMITMENT WAY TO MAKE A CHANGE........................................................................................................... 26 WIGS, HAIR EXTENSIONS, AND WEAVES .................................................................................................................... 27 GREAT HAIR WEBSITES................................................................................................................................................. 28 THE ABC’S OF BEAUTIFUL SKIN........................................................................................................................ 30 ABOUT YOUR SKIN ......................................................................................................................................................... 31 FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE SKIN ................................................................................................................................. 32 CARING FOR YOUR SKIN ............................................................................................................................................... 35 Normal Skin............................................................................................................................................................ 35 Dry Skin ................................................................................................................................................................... 36 Oily Skin................................................................................................................................................................... 37 Combination Skin ................................................................................................................................................. 37 Sensitive Skin ........................................................................................................................................................ 38 SEASONAL SKIN CARE ................................................................................................................................................... 39 Summer Skin Care............................................................................................................................................... 39 Winter Skin Care................................................................................................................................................... 40 ACNE AND ROSACEA....................................................................................................................................................... 41 Acne........................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Rosacea.................................................................................................................................................................... 45 SKIN CARE AS YOU AGE ................................................................................................................................................ 46 PRODUCT GLOSSARY...................................................................................................................................................... 49 GREAT SKIN CARE SITES .............................................................................................................................................. 54 THE BASICS OF MAKEUP........................................................................................................................................ 55 THE IMPORTANCE OF COLOR ......................................................................................................................................... 56 TYPES OF MAKEUP .......................................................................................................................................................... 58 BASIC APPLICATION ....................................................................................................................................................... 60 EVENING MAKEUP........................................................................................................................................................... 65 MAKEUP AS YOU AGE ....................................................................................................................................................