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America's preeminent makeup artist shares his secrets, explaining not only the basics of makeup application and technique but also how to use the fundamentals to create a wide range of different looks. You'll learn how to care for your skin, what foundation to use with your skin type, and transformational magic for that central player in the drama of beauty: eyes. The introduction by the author, at once amusing and endearing ("...trying to conceal the fact that I was a gay, effeminate, hyperactive, adopted child with a serious lisp in southern Louisiana would have been like trying to hide Dolly Parton in a string bikini!

Sneakers: The Complete Limited Editions Guide brings you the very best limited edition and collaborative sneakers that have been released over the last ten years, a time when sneaker design has transcended its origins to explore new territories in global design culture, including fashion and art. “All the information a sneakerhead could want about many of the most appealing athletic shoes that have recently been launched―all accompanied by crisp, clean photographs.”. - Women's Wear Daily.

An entirely new way of looking at the history of fashion through the eyes of artists There have always been important links between art and clothing. “One of [Ribeiro’s] broadest and most ambitious works. Ribeiro may be a historian of dress, but she’s also a cultural omnivore.

Taking the reader through each major clothing classification step-by-step, this user-friendly guide helps you apply your own specifics to a series of dressing options, from business casual and formalwear to pattern-on-pattern coordination, or how to choose the most flattering clothing silhouette for your body type and shirt collar for your face. Dressing the Man 's sheer magnitude of options will enable the reader to expand both the grammar and verbiage of his permanent-fashion vocabulary. “A Hoyle’s, a Fowler’s, a Webster’s, a Baedeker’s, a Machiavelli’s, a von Clausewitz’s guide to men’s dress.” (Tom Wolfe).

The Science of Black Hair is the ultimate consumer textbook on black hair care. Hair science, research and testimony combine in this carefully written text designed to examine black hair on a deeper level. Win the war against breakage. The Science of Black Hair Chapter 1: Scalp and Hair Structure, Function, and Characteristics. Chapter 2: Textured Hair Properties & Principles. Chapter 3: Understanding Hair Growth and Damage for Healthier Hair Care. Chapter 4: What's Your Hair Care Regimen?

Milady's Skin Care and Cosmetic Ingredients Dictionary, 4th Edition is more than just a dictionary of cosmetic ingredients; it is a guide to understanding skin types and skin physiology, product formulation and how cosmetic products interact with the skin. Chief Scientific Officer--Emeritus for Pharma Cosmetix Research and a former Vice President of Research & Development for Revlon-Almay Inc., Mr. DiNardo was the VP of R&D for Almay Hypoallergenic Cosmetics and spent many years leading research for the development of products dedicated to atopic dermatitis.

Face Forward is an inspirational and how-to guide to make-up from one of the most sought after and successful make-up artists working today. His crafted visages range from minimal-application makeovers of friends to elaborate re-creations of such Hollywood icons as Audrey Hepburn (Calista Flockhart), James Dean (Gwyneth Paltrow), and Veronica Lake (shockingly, Martha Stewart) and such pop-culture personalities as Cher (socialite Alexandra von Furstenberg) and Siouxsie Sioux (Winona Ryder). The final pages present his ideas for looks to come, such as "Explorer," Mary J. Blige covered in eggplant body makeup with a rainbow of metallic eye shadows over her eyes and thickly glossed red lips; "Floralia," a freckled Lucy Liu resembling a sprite from A Midsummer's Night Dream ; and "Venusian de Milo," Sharon Stone as an orange-haired, one-breast-baring sci-fi femme fatale.