Makeup Your Mind deftly combines cult favorite cosmetics designer Francois Nars' two remarkable talents - makeup and photography, both of which he uses in this collection to stunning effect - to show women how to enhance their natural beauty. Designed by renowned graphic artist FAbien Baron to be the ultimate makeup how-to book, Makeup Your Mind is a comprehensive compilation of Before and After photographs, each containing instructional acetate overlays, covering almost every face type, complexion, eye color, and facial feature found on the runway today. Makeup Your Mind is also a revolutionary instruction manual on makeup from one of the most respected and imitated cosmetics artists in fashion today: a makeup book designed and constructed as a durable paperback companion suitable for the vanity or for the car, sliding in and out of its attractive hardcover binder as needed, containing precise instructional guides on clear plastic overlays indicating exactly what goes where, allowing you to see the finished effect for perfect results. Summarizing each chapter on Eyes, Lips, Neutrals, Shimmer, Monochrome and Suntan, Pastels, Color, and Skincare are Francois Nars' trademarked guidelines on the technique of applying makeup for that dazzling NARS look. Showcasing the famous NARS look are today's top models, including Karen Elson, Maggie Rizer, Naomi Campbell, Devon Aoki, Trish Goff, Erin O'Connor, Sophie Dahl, May Anderson, Ling, Aurelie, Missy Rayder, Elsa, Caroline Ribero, Eva Herzagova, and many others. Makeup Your Mind features these women and more in 63 stunning Before and After pictures. All of the models were shot sans makeup for the Before pictures, displaying their bare-naked faces replete with imperfections and idiosyncrasies. Their transformations in the After pictures span from natural and elegant to fun and outrageous. In superb four-color photographs and brilliant acetate instructional guides, Makeup Your Mind demonstrates how makeup can minimize flaws and maximize beauty potential for every woman.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
great:
The book is great, those pictures impressed me because of the perfect quality before and after makeup
Nice Book. The Overlays are Great!:
This book is great for the beginner and the expert. I like that Mr. Nars tells you the Nars color and the general color you can use in place of a Nars product. Some people commented the looks in the book are not street ready. I think many of the looks are. Nars is giving you a guide, and you choose colors that flatter your skin tone. Some of these are looks he created for runways and advertising, but adjust them to fit yourself. I'm not crazy about the plastic cover it comes with. That cover is too flimsy... more info
Visually appealing but not much else:
I love NARS, their products are amazing and Francois Nars is a great artist. But this book was a complete let down. This isn't your typical makeup tutorial book, it is full of head on photos. One photo is the model bare faced and the next photo is of one with the model wearing makeup. My big gripe about the book is that out of all the photos there are only 4 women of color, big disapointment.There is a thin see through microfilm sheet of paper on top to show you placement of the makeup products and their... more info
Basic beauty book:
This book would be great for beauty beginners. Before and after photos are large, and after photos feature a handy over-lay that show colors used and also placement. I've been in the beauty biz for quite a few years now and thought this book would be a great addition to my collection and I hoped I would take something away from it as well. I didn't find it the least bit interesting. This would be a great gift for someone who loves Nars makeup and is just starting to venture into the makeup world.
