Destination Fabulous: Finding your way to the best you yet

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Finally a book that challenges our tedious fixation with youth and turns the old rules about ageing upside down and inside out. With practical advice and spiritual insights, Destination Fabulous offers the kind of life-affirming guidance for womanhood I only wish I had known when I was 20.’ Chioma Nnadi, vogue.com Destination Fabulous is not about impossible goals. It’s not about denying the ageing process, nor attempting to erase its signs. It’s not about letting everything go, either. It’s about balance. It’s about the possible and the present. How do you lift and smooth your face naturally? Should you go grey and, if so, how? How do you deal with menopause? Anna combines her knowledge from years of writing about fashion and beauty with her openness to the alternative ways of thinking found in disciplines such as yoga and Chinese medicine.

Destination Fabulous: Finding Your Way to the Best You Yet

Obviously, in the fashion chapter, you could not ask someone more qualified to give their tips and secrets. She lists the women that inspire her, from Iris Apfel to Claire Hornby (founder of Me+Em– one of our favourite fashion brands). We live in a society that seems to want us to be afraid of growing older. But imagine if getting older could be the greatest thing that ever happened to you.

Talking of cliché busting, going gray has turned out to be one of the most visible acts of my life to date. I lost count of how many people warned me not to stop dyeing my hair when I threatened it in my early 40s. I am so glad that I didn’t listen to them. These days I am thrilled—and I have to admit, flabbergasted—to say that I have since lost count of how many strangers, men and women of all ages, have come up to tell me how much they love my grays. I rate the nasties-free Living Proof hair range, since I haven’t had any issues with that chemical-induced yellowish tinge that used to be an occasional problem. What gray hair needs more than anything is as much moisture as possible. My ultimate hero product is the brand’s Intense Moisture Mask in its No Frizz range, which you are supposed to leave in for 5 minutes, but which I leave in for 15. The synopsis reads: “At 50, Anna Murphy feels more visible than at any point in her life and her new book offers a wise and inspiring guide to making the most of life as a grown‐up woman, from the practical (how to dress your best) to the existential (how to feel your best).

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Equity release may impact the size of your estate and it could affect your entitlement to current and future means-tested benefits. Publisher Alison Starling acquired world rights in all languages directly from the author. It will be published on 2nd March. Anna then moves on to your face in the chapter, Embracing Your Face. She is not a proponent of tweaking your face as she has seen how women eventually end up with a strange face rather than a youthful one. She doesn’t judge anyone who goes down this road. However, she does judge society for making us believe wrinkle-free is more lovable. Mitchell Beazley, part of the Octopus Publishing Group, has acquired Destination Fabulous: Finding your way to the best you yet by Anna Murphy, fashion director of the Times.

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What a joyful ride through territory that could be dismal and anything but joyful. Anna Murphy is wise and so very positive that reading her is like happiness itself."