Monday, January 17, 2011

Globes 2011 - Who Was the Most Elegant?

Jane Fonda by Georges Hobelka

THESE ARE MY PICKS, WHAT'S YOURS?

Halle Berry by Nina Ricci












Olivia Wilde By Marchesa


Sunday, January 16, 2011

SSShhh Michele's Announcement

Annoucement: Personal Image Coach Michele Benza, will be working in Las Vegas February 17, 18 and 19. 

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Saturday, January 15, 2011

Review - L'Oreal Age Perfect

L’Oreal Age Perfect

L’Oreal Age Perfect is a very nice skin care line for women over 50. I tested the serum, eye cream and the Age Perfect Hydra-Nutrition cream. My skin liked the serum particularly. It is fluid and penetrates the skin very well. The eye cream’s texture is perfect too, and easy to apply around the eyes. I found the Hydra-Nutrition cream a bit thick and heavy and would suggest to apply very little if used as an day cream. I wish both the eye cream and Hydra-Nutrition creams would come in tubes instead of jars.
Price is excellent. This line would make an excellent gift to the woman who likes to take of her skin.
Michele Benza ICP
Image Consulting & Posture

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Confessions of an Image Consultant


Confessions of an Image Consultant




A Day of Reckoning
The other day I had to attend a conference and wanted to wear a classic outfit. I decided to wear a fitted, conservative dress that I have owned for a couple of years. As I stepped into the dress and pulled it up…….my hips started screaming “NO” and I saw, in my mind’s eye, a large STOP sign sticking out of my hips.

By
Michele Benza
San Francisco Image Consultant

I kept pulling the dress up pass the danger zone and looked at myself in the mirror. What just happened?

For the very first time in my life I realized that my butt had grown bigger! My beloved Hugo Boss dress is now too tight. Quel dommage!

Skin Care: Face it and change it

What about my face? Lately I’ve found that I now have to work at it more and more. Never satisfied with my makeup, I jump from one foundation to the other to no foundation at all. I continue to use my skin care products twice a day, but still it seems that they too do not work as before.

As an Image Consultant, I constantly update my knowledge and skills. So, in order to benefit my clients, my readers and myself, I have decided to put my face into the hands of a professional and have set up an appointment with my esthetician to establish a skin care program for 2011.

I’ll ask her to design an entire skin care program for the coming year. I want her to tell me what skin treatments I need and when to have them and what skin care products she recommends I use. I will schedule all the treatments for the year at once; this will enable me to make a budget and to follow my new skin care regime religiously.

I’m not alone

Many of my clients have confessed to me that they do not like their bodies and don’t know how to accept themselves. So often I have heard, “I don’t like looking at myself in the mirror.” “If I could, I would change everything about my appearance.” “I have no self-esteem.” 

None of us like some of the changes age brings, myself included.

I was not thrilled to see that one of my dresses did not fit any longer.

Let the fight begin

My philosophy is to smile J about my new ‘derriere’ knowing that I will take the bull by the horns and soon enough the centimeters will melt away. I have already signed up with www.eatingfree.com. This fabulous site will put me back on the right track. It is important to understand that our metabolism changes as we age so we have to be more active to lose the same amount of calories than when we were in our 20s.

In my case, it is a hamstring injury that has kept me away from my 30-minute daily hike. Let the fight begin! I will stop comparing my new size to last year’s and I will not be nostalgic about the past.

Although, I accept that age brings new challenges, I will continue to be my best self and share the knowledge I gain first-hand, with all of you.

A la prochaine!


Michele Benza
Your Image Coach