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Biography

Eternal youth, elegance, passion, natural beauty, and creativity: blend these together with a good portion of inspired genius and you have a recipe for success called Lydia Silvestry. Lydia not only embodies these qualities herself, she also infuses them into everything that she creates and sees them inside every other woman. From an early age, this former beauty queen, born and raised on the exuberant island of Puerto Rico and trained in design at the prestigious London College of Fashion in London, England, devoted herself to the study of everything that nature provides us with to maintain and enhance our inner and outer health and beauty. In her book: "My Beauty Secrets", Lydia discloses her utter most secrets exposing in detail her unique style of living in health. Lydia started her working career as a Woman's Fashion Editor at El Nuevo Dia newspaper in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was presented The Medal of Communications by the Governor, for outstanding performance in the journalistic field - the highest award achievable. Lydia then went on to become Managing Director of Temas Magazine, a New York based Latin American publication. Meanwhile, Lydia's hobby was fashion. She loved to create clothing for herself. Her friends were so impressed with her fashion designs, they frequently asked her to design for them as well. Because as a journalist Lydia was traveling frequently, she needed a dress that would travel well and look good for any occasion. She began to develop a design with that concept in mind.. the Infinite Dress. Lydia's success took her to Europe. She fell in love with London and decided to move there, continuing both her journalism and her fashion hobby. So impressed were Lydia's new friends in England with her Infinite Dress, that they prompted Lydia to share it with the world. Thus began Lydia's successful career as an international fashion designer. She studied at the London College of Fashion simply because fashion is her passion! As the Infinite Dress caught fire, Lydia opened offices in New York, Paris and London. The Infinite Dress was granted a patent in the U.S. and Japan, a testament to its unique design and ingenuity. Lydia's studies in sculpture and painting in Europe inspired her as an admirer of Modern Art. A polyglot, she speaks several languages, including fluency in Spanish, English, French and Italian. Among Lydia's loves are her husband, two sons, and grandson. Lydia enjoys pilates, preparing gourmet vegetarian recipes, and the visual arts. Her seemingly inexhaustible energy, curiosity and considerable sphere of influence all over the globe have given her a passport into the customs, lifestyles, philosophies, and spiritual beliefs of women all over the world, from every social strata. Lydia continues to channel that creative energy into fashion and beauty inventions that make women's lives better.

Inspiration

For a very, very long time friends and acquaintances have been frequently asking: "How do you keep looking so young?" I have two sons who are both in their forties. On countless occasions, people, seeing me with one or both of my sons, assume that I was a sister. (Sometimes they ask if I am the younger sister.) When they learn that I am the mother, they usually laugh. The laughter is followed by an incredulous comment such as “sure!” or “right!” It often takes a bit of convincing that I am telling the truth. Many of those friends and acquaintances insisted that I write a book about my beauty secrets. Although I was leading a very busy life as a multi-tasking modern woman, I eventually gave in and began to write the book so many had been asking for. Although the thought of writing a book seemed daunting, I did have the advantage of having worked as a journalist in my first career. The problem was always going to be, and did in fact become, time. From start to finish it took me more than ten years to write Lydia Silvestry's Beauty Secrets. Ironically enough, the lapsed time has only enhanced the information in my book: I am now in my 60's the effectiveness of my beauty techniques are all the more evident. The information contained in my book is a combination of what I have read, heard, and tested. Additionally, I received much of the information through meditation, dreams and intuition. My husband George helped me understand and trust all the odd revelations I received during my meditations. He assisted me in researching those revelations and putting them into practice. On many occasions this information seemed extremely odd. I did not readily accept every idea that came to me. However, once tested, I became convinced of its effectiveness. I’ve always been able to confirm the accuracy of the information. Consequently, I have learned to pay attention and give credence to the knowledge and information from my dreams, meditation and intuition. Thus I was inspired to write my first book: Lydia Silvestry's Beauty Secrets.