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Bobbi Brown, in her new book Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual, is for everyone, from beginner to pro.
After reading the easy-to-learn manual, you will feel confident enough to break into the makeup artist business or just be a very educated consumer who knows how to put their makeup on like a pro.
Book Review of YOU: Being Beautiful: The Owner's Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty
In YOU: Being Beautiful, Drs. Oz and Roizen offer you a tool chest of tips and tricks to help you discover your own state of beauty.
In an attempt to capture real beauty, they argue that beauty is about how you feel and how you define your life. Looking beautiful, feeling beautiful, and being beautiful work together to form what they believe is the ultimate goal in life.
The ultimate goal in life is to feel good about yourself because you have strong self-esteem and a healthy, energetic existence that allows you to appreciate the subtle beauty of day-to-day life, and because you know your purpose in life - and to show off that purpose by helping others do the same.
Discover why You: Being Beautiful should be in every woman's bookshelf.
How we think affects how we look. Period. Though we can't always control how the world comes at us, we can decide to feel good about ourselves and to meet challenges head-on, with our best face forward. Read more.
Sunday Book Review
Chesapeake - James A. Michener
LONESOME DOVE - Larry McMurtry
The Hand of Justice - Susanna Gregory
London - Edward Rutherfurd
Ironfire: A Novel of the Knights of Malta and the Last Battle of the Crusades - David Ball
Lyonesse: Suldrun's Garden Bk.1 - Jack Vance
In the Company of the Courtesan: A Novel - Sarah Dunant
Pompeji - Robert Harris
The Secrets of Mariko: A Year in the Life of a Japanese Woman and Her Family
- Elisabeth Bumiller
Ball Four - Jim Bouton, Leonard Schecter
"When I was in second grade, I discovered the Hardy Boys series. Ever since, I've loved to read — both for fun and to improve my mind. And I'm always looking for the next great book. Reviews on Amazon and other sites are helpful, but I thought there might be a better way. One afternoon while I was scanning a friend's bookshelf for my next great read, it struck me. When I want to know what books to read, I'd rather turn to a friend than any random person, bestseller list or algorithm. So I thought I'd build a website — a website where I could see my friends' bookshelves and learn about what they thought of all their books.
Goodreads is that site. It is a place where you can see what your friends are reading and vice versa. You can create "bookshelves" to organize what you've read (or want to read). You can comment on each other's reviews. And on this journey with your friends you can explore new territory, gather information, and expand your mind."
Book Review: Staging a Comeback: Revival for Women Over 45 by Christopher Hopkins -- TheMakeover Guy (of Oprah-fame ).
Although this book was primarily written for women over 45, there were so many things I wish I had known when I was 25. Although his transformative makeovers were of women belonging to the baby boomer generation, there is a plethora of information on fashion, makeup, personal style, and hair for women of all ages.
When I say transformative, see for yourself. Read the review.
Here are snippets of the book, but to get the full value, you must read it from cover to cover:
Cleansers: Cleansers are on your face for about fifteen seconds twice a day, hardy long enough to have any therapeutic effect on your skin. Dr. Irwin recommends Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser, Cetaphil Daily Facial Cleaner, among others.
Sunscreens: Sunscreen is the most important product you can use on your skin every day. Dr. Irwin helps you choose the best sunscreen for your skin. Some of her recommendations include Neutrogena Healthy Defense, Lancome UV Expert 20 with Mexoryl SX, and a new one I'm going to try, Blue Lizard Australian Face Sunscreen SPF 30.
Toners: Toners are generally useless in my book.
Moisturizers: Moisturizers are worth using. Dr. Irwin likes Cetaphil Moisturizing Cream, Olay Total Restoration Lotion, among others.
Repair Creams: The only products that have been proven to work to reduce wrinkles at this time are the vitamin-A cousins (Retin-A, Renova, Tazorac), some antioxidants like vitamin C serums, some hydroxy acids, and possibly creams containing cell-growth factors or peptides.
According to Dr. Irwin, there are lots of questions remaining as to the efficacy of antioxidants and cell growth factors in skin cream, but she thinks a repair cream should be part of your skin care regimen. Some of her recommendations are TNS Recovery Complex, Replenix Cream, Olay Regenerist (which was also tested against nine other wrinkle creams by Consumer Reports and it was the most effective), SkinCeuticals C E Ferulic, and Neutrogena Healthy Anti-Wrinkle Cream with Retinol.
Beyond the creams:Dr. Irwin gives you a personal consultation and discusses the cost, longevity, risks of Botox, line fillers, laser, Thermage, peels, and microdermabrasion.
Food lifestyle and skin connection: Eat six foods with color a day, eat more fish, eat less sugar, and drink plenty of water.
Lifestyle changes to make your skin glow: Sleep seven to nine hours a night, limit alcohol and coffee consumption, exercise four to five days a week, wear sun-protective clothing, have your vitamin D level checked!, decrease stress, stop smoking.
Menopause and your skin:Use creams that build collagen (Retin-A, Cellex-C, and alpha- and beta-hydroxy acids), a gentle scrub like Bobbi Brown's Skin Refining Cream, and fractional resurfacing lasers like Fraxel.
Brains on Beauty: The Surgery-Free Makeover is brains on beauty. Dr. Irwin cuts through the myriad of confusing options to get a face-saving plan that will work for every woman and every budget. It's a must-read for any woman contemplating buying a skin cream all the way to Botox and Fraxel.
I read the book over the weekend and will post the most impressive tips and tricks tomorrow. BUT if I were one of 78 million boomers, which I am, I would run out this morning and purchase this boomer bible. (How Not to Look Old: Fast and Effortless Ways to Look 10 Years Younger, 10 Pounds Lighter, 10 Times Better (Hardcover)by Charla Amazon.com $15.59.