Photo courtesy of nytimes.com. Catherine Deneuve makes 66 look pretty darn good. Yesterday’s New York Times highlights “Ten Ways to Age Like A Frenchwomen” and although there were no big surprises, the list seems to encompass a more general philosophy of how French women approach taking care of themselves. A related Nytimes.com article, “Aging Gracefully the French Way,” quotes Françoise Augier (a friend of nytimes writer Ann Morrison) as saying: “For Parisiennes, maintaining their image is as natural as tying a perfect scarf or wearing stilettos on cobblestone...

Kami Gray on Studio 6 (KOIN TV - PDX) Two 40 year-old moms, Kori and Sarah, submitted their interest in a style makeover for my segment on STUDIO 6/KOIN TV PDX. Just like with Kori and Sarah’s new look — let your wardrobe make you look and feel years younger! Click here to see the BEFORE and AFTER! HERE ARE SOME OF MY ANTI-AGING STYLE TIPS: 1) Stop matching everything! Your shoes, purse, and belt do NOT have to match and shows your age because it’s a very “old school” rule. Mix it up with tones that compliment each other like gray, brown, navy, and black. 2) Don’t worry about...

For my May 25th segment at 4 PM on KOIN TV’s STUDIO 6 I’m in need of two women, ages 35-45, who are struggling with style, age-appropriate dressing, or feel like they’re in fashion limbo. If this sounds like you, please e-mail a brief description of you (height/weight/dress/shoes size), a little information about yourself, and a low-resolution jpeg of you that was taken recently to kamigray@gmail.com. The deadline is: MAY 21ST AT FIVE PM. I will be showing you and STUDIO 6 viewers how easy it is to make subtle changes to your wardrobe that can make a dramatic difference and make you...

I’ve now visited the Organic Bronzing Bar at Portland Spa & Boutique three times. I’m a fan. Here’s what I LOVE about this place: When I leave, my body is not pasty white. It’s a pretty bronze hue without the slightest hint of orange. I am summer dress ready! I don’t smell awful, in fact, I hardly notice a self tanner scent at all AND I don’t feel all sticky. It doesn’t streak! If you’d like to see how it’s done, click here (The model is actually the girl who performs my tanning, Hannah S.) They use an organic self tanning/bronzer solution so...

#1: LOOK BETTER — Make your own exfoliant: The exfoliant I make myself makes my skin ridiculously soft and positively glowing. Without measuring a thing; I mix up used coffee grounds, chopped cucumber, lemon juice, plain yogurt, and raw honey in my food processor until it forms a thick paste. According to Natural Living for Women: coffee grounds are antibacterial, exfoliating and stimulating to the skin. lemon juice provides an astringent quality plus the vitamin C provides a boost. honey is healing and soothing along with an ability to help skin retain moisture. yogurt contains lactic acid...

That show is giving us stylists a bad reputation. I don’t come into your life and your closet and tell you all the things you’re doing wrong and demand that you donate half your wardrobe to Goodwill. I provide personalized, customized styling services. This is about you, not me. Here’s how it typically works: We meet for an hour (it’s free!) and discuss your specific needs, hopes, desires, budget, and issues. Basically, I ask you a lot of questions and get to know you better. Some of my clients bring inspiration pages from magazines for this meeting, which is really helpful. Then (in many...

I stopped by AM NW this past Wednesday to give a brief lesson on how our clothes can make us look younger. Below are just a few tips I provided on the segment (click here to view clip): Stop matching everything! Your shoes, purse, and belt do NOT have to match and shows your age because it’s a very “old school” rule. Mix it up with tones that compliment each other like gray, brown, navy, and black. Don’t worry about dressing like your daughter. Here’s the quick test for determining if you’re dressing too young: Would your daughter wear YOUR outfit? If the answer is...

The April issue of Sunset magazine describes five “Powerful weapons in the war against aging and disease.” Cheryl Sterman Rule from Sunset is talking antioxidants here. “When you eat them, they neutralize free-radical molecules that otherwise would oxidize and damage your DNA and cells.” She says that, “If you grow your own produce, you’ll reap the biggest nutritional benefit possible, since plants tend to start losing nutrients the moment they’re picked.” I’m a big fan of antioxidants (and of the movie Star Wars, as you will soon see) and discuss...