Fashion Reading: Makeup Your Mind: Express Yourself

Makeup Your Mind: Express Yourself by François Nars

This is not a book about fashion, but I decided to talk about it anyway because it is so inspiring! Yes, this is a makeup book. There are makeup tips but this book really is interesting because of the pictures of people with and without makeup. The results are unbelievable. It's inspiring because no matter how you look, makeup can accentuate or minimize features in your face. This is true for women (and men) at every age. Between the before-after pictures, a transparent page tells you which product was applied and where. I cannot wait to try some of the makeups!

Did you read Makeup Your Mind: Express Yourself? Did you like it?

Any suggestion of fashion, style and beauty books?

Fashion Reading: I Love Your Style

I Love Your Style by Amanda Brooks

This is a new kind of post here on rose&violette. I was shopping at Urban Outfitters and I was sad because I found everything to be so expensive (for something with the same quality you can find at Forever 21 for a third of the price or less).So I wandered around in the books section, which I never did. And BANG! Illumination: I need to start collecting fashion, style and beauty books.

The first book I bought is I Love Your Style by Amanda Brooks. The book illustrates different styles (classic, high fashion, minimalist, etc.) and how to achieve them. There are a lot of pictures of women from now and then. I haven't read all the book yet, but I really like how it is written: It feels like Amanda Brooks is talking with you. It's easy to read (even if English is my second language) and I feel like I will refer to this book to from time to time. Style is forever, no?

And you, did you read this book? What do you think about it? Do you have any suggestions of fashion, style and beauty books?