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Uptown salon owner writes beauty manual for women over 45
Hopkins recently released his new book “Staging Your Comeback: A Complete Beauty Revival for Women over 45.” The book aims to help middle-aged women who may have lost touch with their good looks recapture their own sense of beauty, according to Hopkins...Read Full Article
Staging A Comeback: Women Find Best Self After 45
In our image-driven culture it's easy to understand why young women often focus on their appearance. But when ladies reach a certain age it's tempting to let that slide...Read Full Article
Ace Young and Idol Alums Offer Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul
There’s no doubt that competing on American Idol is a life-changing experience, and as the show’s seventh season gets ready to crown its champ, former contestants – including Ruben Studdard, Carrie Underwood and Clay Aiken - have penned personal stories about their journey to Idol fame in the latest installment of Chicken Soup for the Soul books...Read Full Article
Still sexy after all these years
Somebody pass the lotion. Turns out, it's one of the celebrity secrets to staying sexy. When spilling her anti-aging tips with Allure magazine, actress Peggy Lipton, 61, swore by the stuff...Read Full Article
When Mommy Needs a Makeover-A Q&A with Christopher Hopkins The Makeover Guy
Christopher Hopkins, aka, the Makeover guy, doesn't see women for who they should be, rather, for who they can be...Read Full Article
FREE teleseminar, With the Make Over Guy!Wondering how to have hair as gorgeous as 40+ star Teri Hatcher? We asked The Make-over Guy, Christopher Hopkins, author of
Staging Your Comeback for his
Top 3 Hair Tips to help you be a Boomer Beauty!.
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Goals: What you really want from your money (Yahoo.com)
Yes, the stock market is down. But you can handle it, can't you? Certainly you could do without the sick feeling you get each time the Dow takes another triple-digit dive...Read Full Article
Giving teenagers by-the-book advice
The books - written in short bursts with lots of computer-inspired graphics and spelling ("r u there?") - feature true first-person stories written by teens on such matters as dealing with cliques and rumors...Read Full Article
Prepare to Be a Millionaire (CBS)
Sanjaya on air with Ryan Seacrest, KISS-FM interview (Kiisfm.com)
Office Space
The book, Say Goodbye to Your PDI (Personality Disordered Individual), to hear him tell it, my coworkers were a problem, and I needed to address, adapt to, and either learn to live with them or move on — fast...Read Full Article
Belly Fat to Belly Flat (HealthNewsDigest.com)
Your Hormones Are Adding Inches to Your Waist and Subtracting Years from Your Life...Read Full Article
'Chicken Soup' series takes on 'American Idol' (L.A. Times)
Fans can dig for the "Chicken Soup" moral in tales of how Sanjaya Malakar dealt with the harsh criticism from the judges or how former champion and recent Grammy winner Carrie Underwood was moved when she met a South African boy diagnosed as HIV positive...Read Full Article
'The Harder They Fall': Fame and Addiction
In The Harder They Fall, a new collection of stories of addiction and recovery...Read Full Article
Rehab Isn't What It Used to Be
It's easy to see why celebs struggle with dependencies, says Gary Stromberg, author of The Harder They Fall...Read Full Article
For kids, divorce is tough but has advantages, too
So is there a bright side? There is, says young author Max Sindell, whose parents divorced when he was six...Read Full Article