Love it...

I'm still reading this book, I can't put it down. It is a must have for people with interests in beauty. I am quite keen on all the tips and tricks of the trade, especially DIY things. Have really enjoyed ready it and I honestly can say I want to keep it forever, think it will come handy through my life.

A must have!

This book is great and I really recomend it! I have always been interested in makeup and have considered my self beeing quite good, but there is so much in here I didnt know and my makeup skills have improved a lot after reading this book. I wish I had read this book sooner.

Good book if at a sensible price

This book has good visual representation of Japanese tattoos, but the text is a little ’oversimplified’ in its approach. Like I said though, great photos, and well worth the $17.00 a new copy will set you back on amazon.com. £131 as listed here is just crazy for a book still in print outside of the UK.

A good book with sound advice

Having been morbidly obese for several years I finally found an eating and exercise regime that worked for me. I came across this book while I was looking at exercise in general and thought I would give it a go as facial exercises are not generally covered in other programmes. By the time I had worked my way through to doing the Basic Workout Plus exercises I discovered that my chin was no longer one continuous line down from my ear but had a rather delicate shape of it's own! I don't think this book is for everyone - some people will see and immediate effect, some may have to work through to the end of the programme and some won't see any effect at all - but then we are all different. There is more to this book than just the facial workout, it covers nutrition, general flexibility exercises and massage. Considering what you get for the price you pay this book is a worthwhile addition to your collection

A good book but BEWARE!

Overall this is an excellent book BUT be very careful! Base oil quantities are measured in ounces or grams and these are fine. Essential oils and other additives, however, are specified in table spoons and in grams... The gram measurements are WRONG! It appears that whomever translated the spoonfulls into grams had been on the sherry! I have just made a batch of soap which called for four tablespoonfuls of Callendula petals or 45grams! 45grams of Calendula petals are about four cups! The same is true of the essential oils. The recipe calls for one teaspoon or 5 grams... 5 grams is about three teaspoonfuls!<br /><br />Buy the book by all means, its a good book; but when measuring out ingredients use grams or ounces for the base oils but then teaspoons or tablespoons for the additives.<br /><br />Also... Page 13, under the"ten commandments", step 5 reads"As you add the water to the sodium hydroxide" DO NOT DO THIS it would be bad, very bad! Always add the sodium Hydroxide to the water.<br /><br />So I have three wrecked batches of soap because I followed the gram measures. I'm wiser now... and so are you.<br /><br />Derek

Beautiful

This book is absolutelly marvelous and manages to still be approachable.

It has loads of picture. the technique used is that each model is featured on one page bare faced and with makeup on the opposite page.
The real novelty is that, with each look, there is a transparent plastic page with the different makeup areas and colors circled so that the easy to follow explanations are really very complete.

It's almost like having a professional makeup artist do your own makeup. All you have to do is browse through the variety of looks, choose one, eventually do a little shooping and have a go at it. All the colors are listed on the transparent plastic sheet accompaning every look.

A five stars for me !!!

The face lift massage

This is an excellent book.I can recommend this to any one who wants to look young without botox. This realy works.I saw the difference in my face within about 2 weeks.I don't do all the massages only ones I think are relevent to me.This takes about 15 min a day which is not bad.Try it and you'll love it.

Worth buying.

I found this book very helpful for seeing past all the hype cosmetics companies generate about their products. Just because a product is expensive doesn't mean its good! In fact, some of the most costly ones are extremely damaging to skin. This book has completely changed the way I take care of my skin, and what I look for in a skin product. My only criticism is that this book was last edited in 2003, which means that new products that have come on the market since then aren't in it. Also, cosmetics companies sometimes change the ingredients in their products, which means that some of the reviews may no longer be valid. Nonetheless, a very helpful book.

Very good

I've take this book with me on the train as it inspires me to come up with my own recipes. I think it is very easy to follow and makes it all seem fun.

Ohh La La Indeed!!!

I love this book!!! It has different hints and tips on everything, on cleaning make-up tools, how to use foundation, tips on eyes and lips, and the pictures are beautiful.

Refreshing and beautiful book

I was very upset to hear that the author of this book, Kevyn Aucoin, had died. He was a makeup genius and is such a loss for the makeup world. His images where so enchanting. I loved the variety of photographs such as the unique but totally different portraits of Karen Elson as Elizabeth I with startling white skin and Mary J. Blige's Skin covered in beautiful eggplant black foundation.

This book is essential to any makeup fanatic like me. And everyone just has to fall in love with the show stopping picture of a famous actress made up as James Dean.

Excellent Book

I am studying acrylic at the moment and I have found this book to be an amazing help. I was having difficulties at home with types of nails I hadn't come across in class, a quick look in this book and it answered all my questions. I would recommend this book to anyone studying Nails. I take it everywhere with me so I can refer to it when needed.

Great book for making soap and information.

I use this book for information, I don't use all of her ideas. But you are not going to be able to find everything you want in any one book.

ITS AMAZING

I dont feel theres anything good enough to describe how fantastic this book is. Its perfect, It shows different women both models and normal women of different ages from different nationalities and different tones. It goes through skin type, foundation lip makeup eye shadow, tools to be used different looks and step by step instructions on how they can be applied.<br />If this is not going to help you then i dont feel anything will<br />

Shampoo poo

I bought this book so that I could make my own shampoos and other toiletries, since I am choosing not to use products containing the toxic ingredient sodium lauryl sulphate. I was a little bit shocked that it doesn't actually tell you how to make them (the majority of recipes are to add essential oils to 'bought bases' for moisturisers,cleansers,bubblebaths, shampoos and conditioners). <br /><br />Luckily there are some 'from basics' recipes in it (mainly for soaps), so I will make these and then hopefully source a book that will answer my needs!

The best book ever written! 100 stars for Mr. Aucoin!

Forget about all those other useless books full of nothing but text and no photos, Making Faces is Full,Full,Full of COLOR photos and helpful words. Enough said, just buy this book if you want the best!

Brilliant illustrations and step-by-step instructions

This beauty book is a dream. Short (116 pages)but packed with step-by-step instructions and brilliant illustrations (one would expect nothing less from the excellent Dorling Kindersley), it enables the beginner or intermediate make-up enthusiast to perfect their individual look. It helps you analyse your face shape, skin-tone etc. and then illustrates with colours and tools how to make the most of them, or cover up flaws. It takes you through all skin-care regimes such as toning and moisturising and shows you step-by-step how to apply foundation properly, for example. What I liked most was that the models had 'real' skin and less than perfect features to begin with - which means you can compare yourself and work on making your eyes look bigger with shadow or toning down rosiness with correctors, to name just a few. And the models are not all white - thank goodness. Women of all skin colour will gain from the book. Various life-like colour palettes for shadow, foundation, nail polish etc. give you much help in choosing colours which which suits your tone of skin. You can make all your choices based on these illustrations which approximate real colours, unlike lots of other beauty books. Little boxes throughout give you Tips and each section, eg. lips, eyes, nails has an 'Effects' page for recreating certain looks. There is also a wonderful gallery of eight looks for copying at home. I can really recommend this because it has an emphasis on 'classic', not fads or fashions, so it will never go out of date. Plus you take the onus for experimenting with the ideas in the book. It's biggest asset is that it assumes we are all of different skin-tone and type and works hard to cover all angles so that you can find and show-off your own 'classic' look.