Lois Joy Johnson

Biography: Lois Joy Johnson is an award-winning beauty and style editor known for her down to earth accessible reporting and advice for women 50 +. Lois was one of the founding editors of MORE magazine and its beauty and fashion director from 1997 to 2008. Her best-selling beauty book THE MAKEUP WAKEUP launched in 2011 and the fashion sequel THE WARDROBE WAKEUP launches December 2012. Lois lives in Westchester, New York with her husband and is the mother of two daughters and a Yorkie-Poo Louie.

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Grey Hair Gets Hotter!

Posted on 04/3/2013 by Lois Joy Johnson | Beauty | Comments

Beauty & FashionGood news! The “things-that-make-us-look-old” list is getting shorter. We’re down to three: wrinkles, brown spots and a saggy body. There used to be five but whitening strips eliminated yellow teeth and now grey hair –the ultimate taboo –is a definite do, not a don’t. It’s so super-cool that even Madonna and Nicole Kidman were spotted recently with grey roots. The beauty chatter I’ve been hearing lately is from dye-hard fans, 50+, who can’t wait to go grey. But here’s the catch, …

Lessons from 91 Year-Old Fashion Legend Iris Apfel

Posted on 03/27/2013 by Lois Joy Johnson | Beauty | Comments

Beauty & FashionMost hoarders don’t get their very own fashion retrospective at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, yet Iris Apfel did in 2005. This super-inspiring former textile designer is known for her colorful approach to clothes and more is more attitude towards style. Apfel did help restore the White House for nine Presidents including Reagan and Clinton, but what really knocks me out, is the ability to recycle her own closet (she never tosses anything out!) as she ramps up …

Style Up: Women, Work and Staying in the Game

Posted on 03/20/2013 by Lois Joy Johnson | Beauty | Comments

Beauty & Fashion | Your LifeIn her neo-feminist book “Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead,” Facebook COO Sheryly Sandberg, 43 encourages women to push through fear, skip people pleasing and take more risks. Duh. Thanks Sheryl, but we, the largest, most powerful group of women 50+ ever in history, already know that. Thanks to early mentoring by heavy hitters like Gloria Steinem and Helen Gurley Brown, we are expert negotiators who rival Oprah for chutzpah and have a special gene that allows …

Bobbi Brown’s Own Beauty Secrets for Women 50+ !

Posted on 03/13/2013 by Lois Joy Johnson | Beauty | Comments

Beauty & FashionI met makeup guru Bobbi Brown, founder of her best-selling eponymous brand back in the 80s. She was a freelance makeup artist and I was the beauty editor working with her on a photo shoot. Even then as a rookie she had star power and strong opinions. She wanted skin to look authentic and used neutral colors that enhanced faces and features. She’s stayed true to that mantra. Celebs like Meryl Streep, Susan Sarandon and Blythe Danner are fans of …

Midlife Crisis Beauty Boosters

Posted on 03/5/2013 by Lois Joy Johnson | Beauty | Comments

Beauty & FashionGood move Michelle O! Instead of buying a sports car or bungee-jumping at birthday 49, you freaked out and cut statement bangs. Well, it is a cheap, risk-free alternative. Bangs are the secret of the universe. Here’s why: they divert attention away from a saggy jaw or stringy neck, they hide skimpy, over-plucked brows, they cover forehead frown lines and make us look happy, they disguise a thinning hairline, they dress up your face when you pull back your hair …

Brits Just Wanna Have Fun

Posted on 02/26/2013 by Lois Joy Johnson | Beauty | Comments

Beauty & FashionWhen Helen Mirren, 67, turned up with punky-pink hair at the BAFTA awards in London, we cheered. When Maggie Smith, 78, admitted to being “spiky” and using the f-word a lot during her 60 Minutes interview, we laughed. We adore Helena Bonham Carter, 46, for her off-beat ensembles like wacky Madame Thenardier’s in Les Miserables. Trudie Styler, 59, wears leather and clingy dresses to save the Rain Forest and keeps Sting going after thirty years! Even the Queen is cool …