If you ask people to describe what they consider makes a woman beautiful, you’re likely to get a lot of different answers. But if you look at the glossy fashion magazine pages, or check out Hollywood’s big-screen movies, you’ll be hard-pressed to find much variation on beauty that goes beyond young and thin.
Along comes the August issue of Vogue magazine to challenge at least one of those stereotypes. On the cover is 41-year-old former supermodel Linda Evangelista, and pregnant to boot. Inside the magazine, some of the other supermodels of her day — 36-year-old Naomi Campbell and 37-year-old Christy Turlington.
Vogue’s director of communications, Patrick O’Connell, admits most of the models that appear regularly in the magazine are in their early 20s. In fact, the magazine has had only one other cover model who was in her 40s — 45-year-old Iman, who was pictured with other younger models.
The August issue is dedicated to aging gracefully and even features women in their 90s who are still described as beautiful.

But Vogue also recognizes its readership is aging. This is Vogue’s fifth annual issue focusing on aging, and O’Connell says it grows more popular every year.

Which brings out another reality about older women gracing the pages of Vogue. They have the money to pay for personal trainers, the best fashion, nutritionists and cooks, and of course, cosmetic surgery. All of which makes “aging gracefully” a whole lot easier.

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/BeautySecrets/story?id=2221727&page=1

Great tips from MSN on how to make hair treatments, hair color, facials, and more last for weeks. Ideal for anything you need. Here are some tips below:

Haircut: Make It Last 3 Weeks
A typical layered style keeps its shape and looks healthy for about six weeks, but it’s easy to fake a fresh cut. “Smoothing frayed ends mimics the look of a trim,” says Janet St. Paul, senior stylist at Butterfly Salon in New York City and Palm Beach. Use a strengthening shampoo and conditioner that contains wheat or silk proteins to help repair damage (try John Frieda Frizz-Ease Rehydrate Moisture-Binding Deep Conditioner, $5.99, drugstores). After blow-drying, smooth splits with a leave-in conditioner that contains glycerin or silicone.

Hair Color: Make It Last 2 Weeks
“You can keep your hue vibrant longer than six weeks,” says Rita Hazan, who dyes the tresses of Jessica Simpson and Jennifer Lopez. Enhance dull color with a clear shine treatment like Clairol Natural Instincts Shine Happy, $7.99, drugstores. “Shiny strands create the illusion that hair is freshly dyed,” says Hazan. Conceal grays with a paint-on tint that matches your shade and rinses out (try ColorMark, $19.95, colormarkpro.com).

Facial : Make It Last 1 Week
“The day after a facial, your skin is plump and dewy because it’s superhydrated,” explains Michelle Copeland, MD, a plastic surgeon in New York City and creator of the Dr. Michelle Copeland Skin Care line. To maintain that glow all week, use your fingertips to lightly massage your skin while cleansing. “This increases blood flow at the skin’s surface,” says Dr. Copeland. Maintain smooth skin with a weekly gentle exfoliating treatment like Pond’s Purely Polished Micro-Dermabrasion Anti-Aging Kit, $13.99, drugstores. Keep your skin moisturized with a nightly repairing serum that contains vitamin C or hyaluronic acid (this molecule holds 100 times its weight in water), such as EmerginC Topical Vitamin C Serum, $70, emerginc.com.

http://lifestyle.msn.com/beautyandfashion/makeupandskincare/articlelhj.aspx?cp-documentid=3065664

Basking at the beach or hitting the tanning bed may be relaxing, but it can do serious damage to your skin.

More than 1 million people this year will be diagnosed with skin cancer, and the number of cases has tripled in women under 40 over the last three decades.

There are more new skin cancer cases each year than breast, prostate, lung and colon cancer combined.

There are new tools to help stay safe in the sun, including so-called “sunscreen pills.”

http://www.womenfitness.net/news/beauty/protect_skin_from_sun.htm

Sick of leaving the salon less-than-thrilled about your hairstyle? These tips will help:

1. Sit up straight. Don’t cross your legs when you sit in the stylist’s chair — it skews your posture, so your cut could be uneven once you stand up. Instead, sit up in the chair, legs uncrossed.

2. Collect pictures. The biggest hair disasters arise when your stylist doesn’t understand what you want. Pictures will help convey your message.

3. But be realistic. You may love a cut on a magazine model, but if your hair is not the same texture or your face is not the same shape as hers, the cut won’t look the same on you. Ask your stylist for variations appropriate to you.

http://www.lhj.com/lhj/story.jhtml?storyid=/templatedata/lhj/story/data/10tipsHaircut_04052002.xml

Beauty Tip 1: Use foundation on your eyelids before applying eyeshadow. It helps the eyeshadow stay on longer.

http://www.ultimate-cosmetics.com/beauty-tips.htm