Product Description

Celebrated makeup artist and the Today show beauty editor Bobbie Brown share the secretes that have made her one of the most sought-after names in makeup today. In this straightforward, refreshingly honest guide to makeup, no one "perfect" beauty standard is promoted; Bobbie knows that every woman has her own look, and her mission is to help readers maximize their individual potential.

Learn the essential techniques necessary for any woman who wants to look and feel her best--day or night.

• Learning to appreciate your own beauty

• How to do makeup fast

• How to handle bad beauty days

• How to get out of a makeup rut

• How to make lipstick last

• How to wear foundation correctly

With Bobbie Brown Beauty, women will quickly learn what makes their face unique and how to play up their particular strengths. Never before has a beauty book tackled the pressing concerns of a woman's everyday beauty routine--what every woman, fromm fifteen to seventy-five, really wants to know.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #157349 in Books
• Published on: 1998-10-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Ingram
One of the hottest names in makeup today--the force behind such fabulous faces as Christy Turlington, Kate Moss, Isabella Rossellini, and Tina Turner--reveals her techniques for makeup application in a detailed, easy-to-use primer. 157 photos, 150 in color.

About the Author

Bobbi Brown is an internationally renowned makeup artist and CEO of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. Her products are sold in more than 400 stores and twenty countries worldwide. In addition to creating cover looks for magazines and making up models for fashion shows, Bobbi is the exclusive beauty editor of NBC’s Today Show and a frequent guest on the E! and Style channels. She is the coauthor of Bobbi Brown Beauty and Bobbi Brown Teenage Beauty. She lives in New Jersey with her husband and three sons.

Customer Reviews

my favorite makeup book
this book covers everything in clear easy language. for me it was magic. after years of the same old routine it reintroduced me to the new styles,products and do's and don'ts in todays makeup world. even my daughters love it. a must in todays confusion at the cosmtics counter.

The best of Bobbi's books
Call me sentimental, but this book is one of my all time favorite books on the subject of beauty and make-up. Coming from a home where anything other than lipstick was taboo and all make-up was comedogenic - and therefore evil - I needed a book like this to properly introduce me to good makeup technique and philosophy. This book provided me with the confidence to start wearing makeup on a routine basis. Ms Brown's techniques enabled me to enhance my appearance without being "high maintenance". Although many of her products are featured in the photographs, the techniques and colors she describes are universally applicable. I have been rather disappointed by Ms Brown's other books as they seem redundant in comparison.

If you don't need or want to put on lots of makeup....
... then this is the book that you want. Instead of encouraging you to experiment with wild colors and have fun with makeup, unlike artists such as Kevyn Aucoin, Bobbi recommends keeping the makeup simple and natural. There's only one chapter on experimental beauty and even that's only 1 page and still tells you to keep it safe. However, this is still a pretty good book for many women to read, especially beginners, who want to achieve a pretty but not over-the-top makeup look.

Bobbi starts off by giving you her philosophy: modern, pared-down, realistic, and natural make-up, which you will see reflected throughout nearly the entire book. Following that is a chapter about diet and excercise, including types of excercises you can do, the right kinds of foods to eat, etc. There are also individual chapters on skin care, organizing your makeup, most-asked beauty questions, changing the makeup you wear with the seasons, and more. Additionally, there are chapters on making up your lips, eyes, and face, along with using blush, eyeshadow, poweder, foundation, etc. A ten-step makeup application routine is also given for fair, medium, and dark skin tones. The book even has chapters on make-up for different ethnic backrounds, including Asian, Latina, African-American, and global women.

What I find rather strange is that Bobbi's own makeup line is full of bright and experimental colors and tools, yet she says that you should always keep your makeup natural. She even says to use the same makeup routine you normally use for your wedding or a black-tie event! Bobbi goes on about how she doesn't like bright-colored eyeshadows, bright lipsticks, smoky eyes, or lots of liner for the daytime. Well, I'm sorry, but I see many women wearing these things in the daytime and the look fine. I am thirteen years old and I wear smoked eyeliner and bright eyeshadow. Is that such a bad thing? Make-up is supposed to be all about having fun and experimenting, but clearly Bobbi doesn't realize or doesn't care about that.

Overall, I would say that this is the best book for women who don't wear lots of makeup, women who are just starting to wear makeup, women who want a book about natural makeup, or anyone who wants a beauty self-confidence boost. I don't think it's the best option for people who like to go past basic makeup.