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Advanced Beauty: Sabine Reichel

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Your Face is your Story
– So you better keep it Real!- Sabine Reichel http://grayinlosangeles.blogspot.com
I have an uncomplicated relationship with beauty and cosmetics.
Lucky that I am (thanks Mom!) I still have some (at 69) what is called
“flawless” pale skin. I never smoked, never drank much alcohol or any
soft drinks, never fried for hours in the sun. Didn’t like any of it. Boring?
Worked for me.
It’s all very simple. Age means more wrinkles, drier skin,
mostly on the body, and very dry hair when it’s gray! Logic: Less decorative
cosmetics, more rich body lotions, hand creams and hair oils.
Less showers, too (especially in California).
Once made up like a model – I’ve dropped it all after 50,
just like any other pretense and became a minimalist. You are You! Finally. No raccoon-eyes
and too dark lipstick for me. My motto is: Don’t enhance your eyes, enhance
your views. Look for your buried dreams not BB-cream on sale.
So, instead of wasting loads of money on useless magical
anti-wrinkle-creams, I travel, discuss hot topics with strangers, laugh a lot,
buy books and eat good food.
What’s really good is that I have a lifelong love affair with
cheap drug-store-cosmetics I can pick by myself (also in foreign countries!) since
I dread snooty cosmetic counter ladies. So my trick is the mix – a little bit
like with clothes. I only rarely throw in a few items that are fancy and
expensive -which is much more fun.
So – right now I clean my face with “Facial Foam
Cleanser” from “Trader
Joe’s” (6.99), the best I think. I recently bought organic Korean
Ginseng Milk from Erboria (39 $) for
my face lotion. Feel guilty about the price! And equally guilty about another
item, but what can you do, right?
Hands, a dark topic. Why, oh why did I touch even one dish
without using rubber gloves in the last 25 years? L’Occitane has the best Shea
Butter hand cream, it’s very rich and expensive (28 $) but I have to be
nice to my abused hands!
I always wear a little makeup and sunscreen since I’m 25, only because an old charming skin
specialist once explained that it protects you from the environment. My sister
bought me Georgio Armani “Maestro
Fusion Makeup” in a chic black compact with a 29 sunscreen. It’s light
beige and creamy, I like that. No powder for me.
My other “best friend” is a concealer – a must for
under-eyes and dark spots. I have a liquid one from NARS and a stick from “Wet
n Wild” (2.99$).
I was born to wear lipstick till I drop dead, and I’m
sticking to it. I’m not even dropping my trash without putting on lipstick. I’m
often asked which brand and color I’m wearing. Many different ones. I go by
shades. I have gray hair so I ALWAYS pick only dark pink, fuchsia, wine and
mauve tones, or the famed DIOR red, which is really good but expensive.
I adore SEPHORA, so there is one shade of their own cream
lipsticks called “Private Selfie” (No 51) that I like (12.99). On the
cheap front: NYC lipsticks (from
2.99) and Wet n Wild (from 1.99),
all in drugstores. Never buy matte lipsticks.
Last not least. I have two staples that always work:
Being German, of course I still use NIVEA (only in the blue tin, no tubes!) cause I grew up with it.
It’s perfect for lips, removing eye-makeup and carrying around in your handbag.
The other one is Organic Virgin Coconut
Oil (in a jar, for 5.99 $) from “Trader
Joe’s” – that can go anywhere: your hair, your legs and your frying
pan.
My cheapest and most effective beauty-secret is simple and
can be used by anybody (including men!). I’m not crazy about the vertical
lip-lines, and so I smile a lot. And I mean naturally! First, because I see the
funny and absurd side in everything (that philosophy grows in age), secondly,
because I’m friendly and like to
smile at people and connect. The result is natural Botox and a life not filled
with fillers but humor and gratefulness for the fact that I still can put on
lipstick by myself!

Do We Lose The Longing For Self-Expression As We Age?

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It is the opinion of some that as we age, we should become more conservative and not express ourselves in the same ways. I once had a woman email me to say that her grandchildren didn’t want her to dress colorfully any more.They thought that she was too old to wear clothing that would make her stand out in anyway.The problem with this is that the longing for personal expression, and the need to be creative don’t end at a certain age. 91 year old Ilona Royce Smithkin will tell you that she still feels young inside. It is only when she feels a slight pain, that she is reminded of her age.

The streets of New York are a wonderful place to look for inspiration. I love to walk around and scan crowds of people passing by, looking for something that catches my eye.  Whether its a woman with neon dyed hair, or another with a great pair of purple glasses or still another with arms full of handmade accessories.There is something glorious to see on every corner.

What I love about the ladies I photograph is that age has allowed them a renewed sense of freedom.Their rule, is that there are no rules.They dress for themselves and feel comfortable in their own skin.That’s not to say that they would all dye their hair pink or don eccentric accessories. They do what is right for them and wear what makes them feel good.As 80 year old Joyce says,” To age is a privilege”. I hope that the images I present are a reminder that we should never stop living life to the fullest and never stop having fun.

Richard and Carol: A Lifetime of Style Together

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Carol and Richard are one of my favorite couples. They are both fantastic artists who bring style into every part of their lives. Check out the short interview below for more insight into how style and art impacts their life together.

1. You say you are extravagantly exuberant in your lifestyle, but minimal in your living space. Can you expand and explain?
We like our environment to be neat and organized. We are selective in what we put in our live/work space which is a one-bedroom apartment. In Philadelphia we had over 4,000 square feet. When we moved to New York, we had our architect create a loft-like esthetic on a small scale. Our walls are white and bare, but we have favorite objects and our books on shelves. Art materials are put away at the end of each day and stored in boxes. This lack of clutter lets us focus on our art.
In our lifestyle we are exuberant because we have fun and laugh together. We go out to lunch and dinner, go to museums and keep in touch with indy happenings like theater and puppet shows. We always dress for these occasions. We love to travel. I have been studying French, so we go to France each year. Many of our dear friends were Richard’s students at Tyler School of Art, and we see them as often as we can. We take advantage of the unique offerings of New York City.
2. Did you and Richard always dress up?
We have always dressed up, but perhaps not as consciously as we do now. In the 60s and 70s we lived in Philadelphia, and the great department store, Wanamaker’s, had a wonderful men’s shop. When we shopped there, the charming salesman would greet us with “How are you folks today?” Richard bought a fantastic pair of Bill Blass cotton pants in multi-colored stripes — very magical mystery tour. I have always loved fashion touches. Influenced by Diana Vreeland’s shoots for Vogue, I once made a maxi dress from strips of ribbon and wore it to a gallery opening at Tyler. A guard asked me if I was dressed up for Halloween!

Richard in his Blass pants, Orient, NY. Carol in pink shorts from Nan Duskin. the fanciest store in Philly.
3. Have you influenced one another’s style?
We must be soul mates to have been together for 45 years, so it follows that we must have influenced each other’s style along the way.
4. How have your styles changed throughout the years?
You get more confident with who you are as you get older. That goes for clothes too.
5. Do you think a couple that styles together stays together?
It seems to have worked for us.
6. You are both artists, is this one reason that you dress up?
Dressing up is definitely a creative activity. You get to exercise all of the same impulses you use in your art such as love of color, drama, emotion, humor and beautiful materials. Styling is a form of making a collage on your body.
7. Do you shop together?
I always shop with Richard. We go to Paris and buy his shirts at Coton Doux. Lately, we’ve been going to Paul Stuart for trousers. Richard knows what he likes, and I act as a sounding board. Richard shops with me most of the time. He finds a chair and waits for me to try on things. If he doesn’t like something, he makes a funny face. Sometimes I dart into Zara, H & M or J. Crew (my secret vices) on my own.

Alice Carey For Vogue Japan and Advanced Style

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Writer, Alice Carey is another one of the fantastic women I shot for a jewelry series on Vogue.co.jp . Here are some out takes from the original shoot, showing off some more of her wonderful jackets and jewels. I asked Alice  the following questions about aging and style:
1. How old are you? What are your concerns with your appearance as you get older. What is your attitude towards aging?
2.How do you take care of your skin, keep it looking healthy. Are you worried about wrinkles and aging skin?3. How do you keep your hair looking healthy. Do you color your hair? What is your thoughts on gray hair?
4.How has your style changed as you have gotten older. Do you feel more free to experiment with style. How do you get out of a style rut?
5.Any advice you would give to others who are concerned with aging…
6.Anything else you ‘d like to add?
Read her answers below:
1. I am in my early 60’S. Provided I stay looking good (and I work on it) I have no concerns about aging other than I hope I won’t become an old crone.
2. I am a CLAIRINS girl and have been for a long time. It is the best. However, when I’m in Ireland or England I find BOOTS face creams very good. Wrinkles are always a concern, but CLAIRINS seems to keep them in check. I use olive oil soap always.
3. Being Irish I began to go white in my early 20’s and I have been hennaing my hair since then. My husband and I do it every 6 or 7 weeks because my hair grows out fast and one can see the white. Several years ago, I wanted to see what I looked like au natural and I let my hair grow out so my stylist could cut all the colored hair off. Suddenly, I was marvelously white and looked like David Bowie. However, it wasn’t me and I continue to henna my hair.To keep my hair shiny I use Indian oil made from almonds and olives I buy in Middle Eastern stores.

4. I change my style all the time. However, as I grow older I heed Geoffrey Beene’s advice of wearing a uniform. My winter uniform being how you saw me in the street. My summer uniform black chinos from Marks & Spencer and as expensive a white shirt I can get my hands on. Thrift stores are good for this. I also live in cashmere sweaters, preferably vintage, and linen shifts for summer. I do not follow fashion trends and think women silly who do.
5. For god’s sake don’t sweat it. Moisturize as often as you can. Remember ‘life is just a bowl of cherries. Don’t take it serious, life’s too mysterious.”Also, red lipstick, always red lipstick!
6.Anything else…a good haircut several times a year. I do 5 or 6. Hair dye. Red lipstick. Face cream, face cream face cream – I do CLAIRINS and a F-you attitude to dowdy’ness. I look the way you saw me at 9 in the morning when all I’m doing is getting the paper and coffee. Fie on women in sneakers and sweats!
Fashion influences: Duchess of Windsor, Nan Kempner & Pat Buckley for frowzy, lavish formal / dress up stuff.Audrey Hepburn for informal such as my wearing all summer ‘uniform’ of tight black chinos (Marks & Spencer) and great men’s shirt from (say) Thomas Pink.
CLICK HERE to check out Alice’s book I’ll Know It When I See It: A Daughter’s Search for Home in Ireland on Amazon and enjoy her style wisdom in THIS past post.