Featuring specifics on caring for 16 different kinds of skin types from head to toe, The Beauty Bible is the perfect skin and makeup guide for women of all ages. From the latest trends to classic styles, Begoun explains it all, using her energetic and effective writing style to separate reliable facts from cosmetic-advertising fantasies. 10 color photos.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Technical, repetitive, lots of information:
I have to agree with one of the other reviews--this is basically her other books but without as much editing--the book is VERY repetitive, to the point where it's hard to read more than a couple pages at a time. I do believe the book could be summed up in a few sentences and the remaining hundreds of pages are just reiterations and examples. I didn't find anything new (and therefore useful) in the book at all. It's rather boring.
Extremely Detailed Info on Everything about Skin and More:
This is the best book you can find if you want to know anything and everything in detail about beauty. The book goes into detail about the anatomy of skin, the biology of aging, every supposedly effective ingredient in beauty products, plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures, make-up application and much, much more. It is very unbiased. The author flat-out tells you if something doesn't work, and she tells you the motivation behind misleading advertising and why companies get away with it. She also tells... more info
Very good read for beginners.:
I have read it and I think it's good but not really worth 20 $ in my case because the level of my skin care knowledge is higher , there was nothing in this book that I did not know already. I wish I could have read it when I was 15 , in that case it would have saved me from making a lot of mistakes. So, I highly recommended for people that want to know more about skin care.
Full of great information:
Some reviewers have mentioned that this book is just a rehash of Paula's other book, _Blue Eyeshadow Should be Illegal_. That is somewhat true because technically _The Beauty Bible_ is a revised/updated version of that book, just with a new name. The name change reflects the fact that, in addition to having information on cosmetics and skin care for the face, it has information on body care as well. So if you already have _Blue Eyeshadow_ you may not be interested in this book, since large parts of _The... more info
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