Fabulous Over Forty – Where Beauty Is Ageless

The John Galliano dress inspired a classic elegance with a bit of a gangster edge

How to Get the Look:

For the red carpet at the Elton john event, Andre Rodman for Frédéric Fekkai Soho, created an ultra shiny and striking chignon.  Rodman parted the hair to the side and then slicked the hair back mixing the Fekkai COIFF™ Extra Control Styling Gel with the Fekkai Advanced Glossing Cream.  He created a low twist and wrapped the hair to create depth for the bun.  The look was completed with Fekkai Sheer Hold Hair Spray for added shine and brilliance.

THE PRODUCTS ALL BY FEKKAI: FEKKAI COIFF EXTRA CONTROL STYLING GEL ($23) FEKKAI ADVANCED GLOSSING CREAM ($23) FEKKAI SHEER HOLD HAIR SPRAY ($23). AVAILABLE AT SEPHORA, NORDSTROM, NEIMAN MARCUS, SAKS FIFTH AVENUE AND FEKKAI.COM

I’m a productaholic if there is such a thing.  I’ve purchased, tested, sniffed, loved, hated, raved and who knows what else, about products this year.   Some are products I’ve been using quite some time and others are new to me, and some are now on my “can’t live without” list.  So for you I’ve compiled a list of products to share that are my favorites in 2008 and are in no particular order.

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Apparently as we age, we lose the volume in our hair. Because of hormones and general aging, we can actually lose hair and our hair can often times become thinner. Personally, I didn’t need to age in order to get thin hair. Luckily I have a lot of hair, but it is baby fine.

Frederic Fekkai created the MORE kit for just such women. There are 4 steps in the MORE kit, a scalp purifying shampoo, a root nourishing conditioner, a night time folicle boosting treatment and this – the All Day Density Styling Whip.

When I first saw this line several months ago, I thought, I am not buying all 4 products for $100 in the kit – I’ll just try one and see if it impresses me. So I tried the Styling Whip. And I have to say, I do really like it. It’s one of the products I use nearly daily in styling my limp hair. It does give it volume without drying my hair out like some volumizers can. It is infused with Niaplex, which is a patentend formula that improves density and volume in the hair, while protecting the moisture. And for me, that’s exactly what it does. The bonus? The smell is to die for. It’s clean, fresh scent makes my morning. Just be cautious when taking it on the plane. My lid came off once and I lost the whole thing to the plastic bag it was in. It made me sad, not only because $25 went up in the air literally, I didn’t have time for a few days to replace it and in those few days I really missed what it did for my hair. I still haven’t splurged on the whole kit, but…