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Age-Appropriate Fashion, Style, Beauty for Ageless Chic. Stylist advice to look fabulous at any age.

How To Look Confident In Eyeglasses- Try These Style Hacks [Video]

Eyeglass Hacks
Talking reading glasses and how to not look like a fuddy-duddy with these eyeglass hacks... Upfront, wearing farty glasses is a personal pet peeve of mine. Those skinny readers from the early 2000's... drugstore cheesy frames that aren't exactly right for your prescription so you squish your face up every time you to try to read. STOP.  From a style standpoint dated glasses just ruin your look. From a business standpoint, dated reading glasses make you look out of touch... Let me help you see with some eyeglass style hacks in this live video... Please keep in mind, if you're eyeglasses aren't relevant it's too easy to think that it's a red flag that signals your relevance is just as

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How To Be Relevant: My Grandma And Your Brand [Video]

Staying Relevant in Today's Market
If you feel like opportunities are passing you by and wondering if you are still relevant, watch this. Staying  relevant in your business, in your style, and even your outlook can get a little dusty if you let it. We all hold certain memories and certain things dear to our heart. Time goes on and the memory remains. Here’s the thing, the memory is wonderful but in actuality that very thing can grow old and we may never even realize it. Talk a walk with me in Miami in this live video--  let's talk about staying relevant and on top of your game in today's crowded market. (Warning: Funny story & lousy impersonation included) I’m using this memory of my grandma

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Hair Color Tips to Keep That Youthful Look [3 Videos!]

Three Video Bonanza: The truth about your hair color + how to avoid that dreaded allure buster It may be fun to be a color chameleon when it comes to your hair but too much of a good thing can lead to damage. Even worse, when all those color changes weren’t intentional and were the result of too much hair color gone wrong. Watch my Livestream: Your hair color is not only important to make you feel confident and give you that extra tzuj in your appearance, but if you are doing: videos appear on tv facebook live your headshots + photos you are a speaker on stage or your face represents your brand on social media (or it should,

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Bridging The Gap: Age is Just a Number with Personal Style Blogger Laura Jansen [7 Days to Amazing Podcast]

#BridgingTheGap - Age is really just a number... Age, does it define us? Should it shape the way we see the world? How much better would life be if we could only appreciate the knowledge that every generation can offer to each other? What if there was a way to start bridging the gap? On this week’s episode of the 7 Days to Amazing Podcast, we help to bridge the gap between a millennial and a mid-lifer in a revolutionary campaign that will teach us that age is simply just a number and the attitude and the way you are looking at life is what truly matters in the end. I'm proud to be part of the Bridging the Gap

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Video Tips: Don’t do this unless you want to look dated in webcams…

Video tips to not look out of touch on camera. WebCams, videos, livestreams are a big part of our business communication these days. In a digital In a digital world, you don't want to be stuck looking like you're stuck in an analog world. There are a few telltale signs that you really are snoozing at the wheel when it comes to how you present yourself online... Watch today's quick to find out how to look relevant and modern on webcam. FocusOnStyle Quick Tip Videos with Sharon Haver are on the go (unedited, undone, real life) one take, one minute videos designed to help you elevate your business, life and style each day. For the QuickTips Video Library, click here.

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Quick Tip Video: Hang On To Your Youthful Spirit!

The #1 way how not to look old and be perceived as relevant is pretty simple. Hang on to your youthful spirit! There's nothing that breaks my heart more than when I hear otherwise vital women saying, "I can't do this, "I can't wear that," "for my age," and other nay saying that olds them back. It usually happens when there is a big life event or around a birthday with a Zero. The second you stop living is the second  you start dying. Adapt to what life has to offer to suit your shape lifestyle and values of the current time. Look at life through the eyes of a child. More important than clothes is attitude. Hang on to your

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How to Look Ageless OR 9 Geezer Magnets That Read Old and Why to Avoid Them

My parents visting a cousin's house back when they were still engaged.
It's my birthday again (better to have them then not too), and I still feel the same way. Although, I conveniently can't remember which birthday it is. Shhh, don't tell me, sometimes ignorance is bliss. Enjoy this reprise of some solid advice to keep that youthful spirit! --S.H. It's my birthday today, woot, woot for me!  You think how to look ageless doesn't cross my mind? I've gotta admit that when I think of the numeric add up for my age I feel a little, ah, "removed" from it. Of course, I remember the year that I was born but I try not to dwell on the actual age "number" as it becomes more of a burden to live up

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The Dress Your Age Question: How do you know if your personal stylist is right for you?

I was just on the most interesting phone conversation. One of my ladies, I'll call her Allegra, was talking to me about the C'est Chic Crash Course and if we were the right fit. She said, "I'm confident to know that you won't tell me to wear ridiculous pink glitter shoes. I know you'll get me and you're not 12." You see, Allegra is in her late 40s and was in personal stylist situation where the person she turned to for style guidance was more interested in styling others to be little clones of herself. And that youngish stylist happens to have a penchant for glitter and polkadots. Both swell on their own. When worn the right way. On the

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Ageless Style Week- Why dressing age-appropriate is usually bunch of malarky and looking ageless is genius

This week's Summer Spotlight is Ageless Style... I'll Have What She's Having: What the heck is dressing age-appropriate anyway when Ageless Glamour rocks it out of the house! Have you seen Sandra Bullock, Christie Brinkley, Raquel Welch lately? Really, they are hard to miss. Sandra Bullock is 49 and promoting Gravity, something she is surely defeating. Christie Brinkley is on the talk show circuit for "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit: 50 Years of Beautiful." She is beautiful and 59. Heidi Klum (not too bad herself) wore the same leopard Dolce & Gabbana dress that Raquel Welch wore months ago, and  'who wore it better' tabloid posts are all over Raquel as the winner. Oh, yeah, she's 73. Ok, I'm probably going to get some

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Ageless Style Week- How to look older? I’m a young mom and my sons are being mistaken for my little brothers

This week's Summer Spotlight is Ageless Style... Let's help this reader with stylist tips on how to look older  Help, I need style advice fast! I am 27 years old, 5ft 1 and a size 4/6. I have a decent figure considering I have had two children but have a major issue... and I know in 10 years time if I still have this issue I will be laughing, but at the moment, I find myself at a complete loss. >>RELATED: Tired of being mistaken for a kid? Here's how to dress to look older My issue is I look roughly between 18/20 depending on what I am wearing but have been told I sometimes look near 15. I know I should be happy I look young for

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Ageless Style Week- Can a senior wear a short skirt?

This week's Summer Spotlight is Ageless Style... Just because you could doesn't always mean you should when it comes to senior style. But, then again…  Can a 70-year-old fit woman wear a skirt above her knees? I'm never sure what is right for me. (L. via Fashion Advice)   [box]>> RELATED: Did you read my essay on How To Master Your Look from the book Senior Style: 65 Things to Do When You Retire?[/box] When you ask if a senior can wear a short skirt, well, there really isn't a solid answer. It's a tricky question. I am all for feeling and looking young at heart. Appearing sophisticated, worldy, and wise isn't bad either.  And looking hot at a certain age, that's  pretty

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French Chic at a Certain Age: Man-Tailored Jackets in the way Ines de la Fressange works them

Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012 - Chanel
Oh la la... I'm shooting another segment for the C'es Chic Crash Course and so much is going on here on FoS. It's a triple threat for this week's Summer Spotlight of Ageless Style + highlights  from FocusOnStyle's Best of 15th Anniversary online, PLUS, Day Three of the three-part FoS series Ageless, Age-Appropriate French Chic At A Certain Age. Master this style: How to pull off classic man-tailored  jacket like Ines de la Fressange's tuxedo and school boy looks Wearing a jacket can get a bit tricky. If you're busty, you end up looking boxy (wear it open). If the jacket is too conservative, you just added 10 years to your appearance and, worse, the aura of being inflexible and boring (avoid anything

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Growing Older, Staying In Style: Men’s Style Tips for a Fab 50+

This week's look back at favorite posts from my 15th Anniversay of FocusOnStyle online takes a look at age-appropriate fashion for guys over 50. Mens' style-- like women's-- shouldn't have an expiration date, and looking vital, modern, and well, hot, as an approaching boomer and beyond is something that should be accessible for everyone with a little know-how. Have a read at this very favorite post from 2006. The advice is timeless, although the handsome examples are bit older, yet still just as fetching.. -- S.H. Age Appropriate Fashion Tips for Middle-Aged Men Men's style tips for looking fashionably hot after 50 Dear Sharon: I'm a middle-aged man on the cusp of 50 and it doesn't take a fashion genius to

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