Book Description
The Wrinkle Cure meets Making Faces in PLASTIC SURGERY
WITHOUT THE SURGERY, a practical guide that uses proven makeup
techniques to easily correct the problems you would otherwise need
surgery to overcome-without the knife
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Designed for the woman who is unhappy with an aspect of her face
or body but who "either cannot afford plastic surgery or does not want
to risk its very real potential side effects," Pearl's guide to makeup
techniques is a friendly, affordable alternative to the doctor's office.
As a makeup artist to celebrities such as Barbara Walters, Brooke
Shields, Mira Sorvino and Kelly Ripa, Pearl has blue ribbon credentials
among the rich and famous. This book, however, leaves starry glamour
aside and focuses on the common problems of ordinary women everywhere:
dark circles under the eyes, blotchy complexion, unwanted freckles and
double chins. Pearl uses normal-looking people, including her own family
members and herself, as the models for her before and after
demonstrations, which makes her results seem both more doable and more
believable. (Several of the models are African-American.) For example,
in the section titled "Bye-Bye Crow's-Feet and Laugh Lines" she shows
how concealer and foundation can be used in a "two-step process of
spackling and painting" that fills in and covers signs of aging. Other
sections cover techniques like contouring and setting. Some readers may
wish that more time had been spent explaining basic techniques like
blending foundation. But for readers who already have some experience
using makeup, and are satisfied with a transformation that can be washed
off at the end of the evening, Pearl's how-to book should be just the
trick.
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