Get Positively Beautiful: The Ultimate Guide to Looking and Feeling Gorgeous - Hardcover

Carmindy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1599951436 ISBN 13: 9781599951430

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, 2008

Synopsis

According to a recent study, only 2% of women describe themselves as 'beautiful'. Fashion magazines instruct women how to 'look ten years younger,' 'cover up wrinkles,' or get fuller, plumper lips'. And even make-up products themselves play off women's insecurities, promising to conceal perceived flaws, define cheekbones, or make eyelashes fuller and longer. The underlying message? That there's something inherently wrong with the way women look and that they have to spend time, money, and energy keeping up with all the ways they should 'fix' themselves.

In GET POSITIVELY BEAUTIFUL, Carmindy teaches women how to change their mindset from so-called 'flaws' created by the beauty industry, to a positive beauty philosophy. Women learn how to find and focus on their best features and how to combat negative thoughts about their appearance. Using makeover photos by renowned fashion photographer Troy Ward, Carmindy demonstrates easy make-up techniques for eyes, brows, lashes, lips, cheeks and skin, and how to adapt looks to different weather conditions and 'beauty moods.' A shopping list gives her top high- and low-end beauty products.

About this title

About the Author

Carmindy was raised in Southern California, where she started doing make-up fifteen years ago. Today she is featured on the US version of hit TV series, What Not to Wear and has done the make-up for celebrities such as Cindy Crawford, Isabella Rossellini, Heidi Klum, Bjork and Christie Brinkley. Her work can be seen in Cosmopolitan, Elle, Vogue, and Marie Claire.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1599951436
• ISBN 13: 9781599951430
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224