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How To Look Expensive: A Beauty Editor's Secrets To Getting Gorgeous Without Breaking The Bank (2012)

by Andrea Pomerantz Lustig(Favorite Author)

3.34 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1592407234 (ISBN13: 9781592407231)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Gotham

review 1: Don't buy this. Don't. Just go to Pinterest, which is also in the Reference and Inspiration section. I cannot believe I paid $6 for a used copy of this junk. Every single topic that is discussed in here is on Pinterest. And better explained on Pinterest to boot!I have dark brown hair and this book tells me to bleach my hair (at least around my face) and to wear bronzer. "If your hair is raven, almost black: You can lighten it a shade or two to take the edge off..." The option for a simple clear gloss was lost inside of all the bleach enthusiasts.Instead of helping me to focus on makeup skills to help bring out my beauty, this reads as a newspaper. I was bombarded with Stylists to go to and how clients annoyed them. (For real, example on page 20) Book an appointment with _... more___ practically every page ended my patience. Nothing in here was new or inspired. Waste of 40 minutes of my life!
review 2: I'm not sure why 'The Record' gave this book a rave review. The advice in it is OK (though a lot of it has been given in Lustig's column). The book is laid out poorly - the font size is so small you practically have to squint to read it. And while she does 'name names' as far as products go, I do have to wonder if some of the name-drops are sponsored. There's nothing in here that you couldn't get elsewhere - it's a good general primer, but there's better out there. less

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