Beauty Book Reviews
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Beauty Book Reviews
Photographing a World of Everyday Beauty
It's not really news that there are beautiful people everywhere, is it? And not just because we're surrounded by Photoshopped images of perfection, either....
Beauty Book Reviews
Last-Minute Gift Book Ideas for the Beauty Maven who has Everything
Have you finished your holiday shopping? Probably not, unless you're incredibly organized. And even so, there are always a few people who aren't that...
Beauty Book Reviews
Book Review: Toss The Gloss
Andrea Q. Robinson knows a lot about beauty - she's a legend in the cosmetics industry. As a student in an all-women's Catholic college,...
Beauty Book Reviews
Book Review: The Power of Glamour
You'd think that after working in the fashion, beauty, and entertainment industries for ages, I'd have a lot to say about the subject of...
Beautiful People
Painted Ladies: Madame X
To us in the 21st century, masterworks in painting convey a classicism and elegance that seem nonexistent in the modern world. But in the...
Beauty Book Reviews
Cult Favorites: Miss Craig
It's easy to make fun of vintage beauty regimens - any beauty fiend who's watched George Cukor's 1939 classic The Women is mesmerized by...
Beauty and Culture
Faces: Thérèse Le Prat
As a makeup artist, I love faces - that goes without saying. But I don't just love a pretty face with makeup on it...
Beauty Book Reviews
Wild Beauty Booklist: Awesome Beauty Books to Give (or Keep!)
Books make great gifts, and beauty books make even better gifts - at least for the makeup mavens in your life. Here is a...
Beauty Book Reviews
Book Review: The Makeup Wakeup
It's easy to assume that the makeup tips we pick up over time will accumulate into an always-better look. But after 40, that assumption...
Beauty Book Reviews
Book Review: Erotic Capital
We all know people who get by on their looks. For women, that has often been the only way to get ahead. But when...
My Writing
Beauty Archetypes: Whores
Whore! It may be the lowest insult that can be hurled at a woman. Yet prostitution and promiscuity thrive as archetypes in beauty and...
Makeup as Ritual: The Sadhus of Nepal
Living in the Western world, it's easy to take our participation with cosmetics for granted. Whether we use makeup to smooth and conceal, or...
Painted Ladies: Victorine Meurent, Manet’s Modern Muse
She was the Kate Moss of her day, her face ushering in a realist art that shocked the Paris bourgeoisie. But who was she?...