The no-surgery face lift

Turning back the years needn't require buckets of cash or changing your appearance dramatically with cosmetic surgery.

Far from it, assures celebrity make-up artist Bobbi Brown. In her new book, Bobbi Brown Living Beauty, the 50-year-old redefines beauty for women in their 40s, 50s and beyond, exploring surgery-free solutions for looking better.

"I don't know why it's not okay to age," she says.

"I think that a face without lines and planes is an expressionless face - it's a face that lacks warmth and confidence. That's why I'm dismayed at the number of women today who are altering their faces in an attempt to look younger.

"Visits to the plastic surgeon have become as common-place as visits to the hair salon. Some women who get nipped and tucked actually look great, but I see many more who have been pulled so tight that they look completely artificial, and others who are so plumped up and frozen that they just look odd."

She adds: "When you go under the knife, there's no guarantee of the results - and no turning back."

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