Your Makeover: Simple Ways for Any Woman to Look Her Best

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Binding: Spiral-bound Dewey Decimal Number: 646.7042 EAN: 9780789303943 ISBN: 0789303949 Label: Universe Publishing Manufacturer: Universe Publishing Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 160 Publication Date: 2000-05-05 Publisher: Universe Publishing Release Date: 2000-05-05 Studio: Universe Publishing
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In her eleven years as a Ford model, Morgen Schick has worked with the top hairstylists and makeup artists in the world. Having witnessed remarkable makeovers on models, celebrities, and other women, she has come away with one conclusion: every woman can look more beautiful with a simple makeover. They just have to use what the experts use, understand why they choose one product over another, and learn the correct application technique. In Your Makeover, Morgen Schick gives advice on how any woman can change her look, whether it's the five-minute makeover for the woman on the run-the fuller lip, the more sensuous eye, the more prominent cheekbone-or the complete makeover, incorporating full body changes in nutrition, exercise, hair, and dress. Unlike most makeup books, Your Makeover features images of women from all walks of life-from models to moms, teenagers to seniors, women of all colors and sizes-before, during, and after their makeovers. Its unique spiral-bound format makes the book easy to use and perfect for travel.
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Customer Rating:      Summary: Very useful little book Comment: As a makeup veteran (been wearing it over 35 years), I still found this book surprisingly useful. Schick is a very no-nonsense commentator who merrily admits to her beauty problem, and prefers the natural look that I favour (and I also share her colouring, which is useful). Her tips on invisible eyeliner, following the lip's natural line rather than the colour line, and washing your hair with conditioner instead of shampoo all work a treat, and she gives very good information on makeup brushes and what to look for in a concealer. If the book has a fault, it's that she doesn't mention any particular make-up brands, which is probably to avoid irritating her clients, but as someone who lives in the countryside and has to buy makeup mail order without being able to test it, I would have loved her recommendations. I am not sure, for instance, how to tell if an eyebrow pencil has 35 per cent pigment. Despite that, though, a very welcome addition to my beauty library.
Customer Rating:      Summary: The scoop on Morgen Makeup Comment: Morgen Schick is a no-nonsense makeup guru. I don't wear makeup, I am fifteen years old and a model myself(Models aren't perfect, airbrushing is, hehe). For nearly the last five years I have worn sunscreen everyday (I have missed here and there) even in the winter, and have kept my naturally milky white skin in tact (The doctor stresses this, as does everyone but that was an example just to show you that everyone has time for taking care of themselves). The doctor's advice in this book is something you should listen to, even if you have heard it a million times before. I read this book and found great advice for my very curly hair, and fantastic little tips for any problem I have ran into. Morgen doesn't give specifics on who to buy makeup from, but she does have a mkaeup and skin care line on HSN.Morgen believes in no makeup makeup. Basically, NO FOUNDATION, which is good because I've never worn the stuff and every makeup look out there you look unfinished without everything on you. I recently bought a kit from her, she is very reasonable, and it gives great coverage on pimples and such, as well as an awesome thing called the Schick Stick, which is a lip and cheek stain to really does last all day. Her lip balm is really great too, it keeps your lips pouty and soft, even my 49 year-old mom wears it. Since thats all I wear, I can't comment on the rest, but everything I have recieved has come in great packaging, a great texture, and a range of colors in light so I can mix for myself. Her skin tones come in light, medium ,and dark, and have different tones in each set for the perfect match. Her makeup isn't conventional, but It lets you keep a clean face, look great, and only fix the problems, and still look finished. It is for any age, and has great formulations I have never seen elsewhere.
Customer Rating:      Summary: Great, if you have Morgan's coloring Comment: As a makeup novice, I found this book helpful and certainly have gotten lots of compliments when I apply the rules I learned here. Her makeup tips are easy to follow and her emphasis on a fundamentally natural look and largely simple applications makes this easy for almost anybody to pick up at least a few tips. I gave the book high marks because I personally got at least ten new pieces of information that I've been able to use, and that's not too bad!That being said, as another pale, freckled, German/Irish-extraction woman in her thirties, I think I got more out of this book than many users. Morgan is really talking about her own makeup regimen, and doesn't have much to offer women of color, or darker-skinned white women either. Also, gratuitous sections written by some doctor she works with, are a complete re-tread of advice you'll get in any women's magazine at least three times a year (stay out of the sun, drink lots of water, exercise, you are what you eat -- there, now you can skip all the parts he wrote). Finally, I would have appreciated some more specific advice on purchasing makeup -- or, at least, more relevant to the labelling at the makeup counter. She makes much hay about noncomedogenic and other such designations, but having gone to the department store AND the health-food-store with a shopping list generated from the book's guidelines, I had no luck finding products with the kinds of chemical-mix attributes she recommends. The cosmetic companies don't market using her terminology. It would have been a better book with more of this kind of specific guidance. I do, however, applaud her for not selling out to a particular brand and recommending all their products.
Customer Rating:      Summary: Great book!! Comment: This a great book for women who desire a natural look. The tips she offers really make a difference. Who would have thought to brush their lips after brushing their teeth!! It works!
Customer Rating:      Summary: The Real Deal Comment: My mother doesn't wear makeup and I didn't have an older sister to show me how to apply makeup so this book was just what I had been looking for. I have tried makeup tricks from magazines and other beauty books but it never came out the way it looked in the picture. The photos in "Your Makeover" are not touched up/ digitally enhanced... What you see is what you get! If you are beyond the basics and a little more playful with your makeup then perhaps this isn't the book for you but you never know...you may be doing something wrong!
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