Books
CRAZY BUSY BEAUTIFUL
Beauty can be overwhelming. Walk by any cosmetics counter or into any drugstore and you’re suddenly surrounded by thousands of products promising to make you look younger, fuller, lusher, thicker, and just about every other “er” you can think of. It sounds too good to be true and most of it is. But who has the time to navigate all the beauty myths out there (or even their own makeup bag!) to find the tricks that will help you be your most beautiful? Can it really be that hard to look and feel your best?
Not anymore! Carmindy, the makeup artist on TLC’s hit show What Not to Wear, is opening her beauty treasure chest and sharing the hundreds of beauty tips and secrets she’s learned on the show and during her years as a makeup artist across the globe. Her new book CRAZY BUSY BEAUTIFUL: Beauty Secrets for Getting Gorgeous Fast is for all the women who are crazy busy but also want to be beautiful without spending hours in front of the mirror and their life savings on creams and powders.
Carmindy has made her name by focusing on the positive and bringing out the best in real women—and in CRAZY BUSY BEAUTIFUL she reveals the tried-and-true secrets she’s discovered and created along the way. She knows that beauty doesn’t come from a jar, but does know which jars (and brushes and techniques and colors!) can help. Organized by feature, the book covers everything from eyes and brows to cheeks and skincare, and includes travel tips and ways to channel your inner “glamazon.” Whether you’re looking for a suggestion on summer skincare or the best way to wear fake lashes for a night on the town, each tip is easy to follow and the full-color illustrations throughout the book make getting gorgeous that much more fun. And Carmindy is right there every step of the way, even answering fan questions in the “Tip Me, Carmindy” sections and sharing the wackiest tips she’s ever heard (and they all work). Of course, that’s not all. Here are just a few of the other no-fail beauty basics Carmindy unveils:
- Blackheads be gone! Carmindy says that Elmer's Glue is just as good as a pore strip for removing blackheads from your nose.
- Forgot to pack your eye-liner? In a pinch, Carmindy says "mascara can pull double-duty as an eyeliner. Use an brush to pick up a little color from the mascara wand and smudge it into the lash line."
- Can't get that last bit of blush to come off? Carmindy says to "Swipe a cotton ball dipped in mineral oil across stubborn makeup. It will melt off."
- Traumatized by age spots that just won't go away? Follow Carmindy's tip and "Put lemon juice on age spots at night to help fade them. But never apply lemon juice to the skin right before sun exposure."
Get Positively Beautiful
Hello ladies, I'm so excited to share the news about my new book "GET POSITIVELY BEAUTIFUL". This is really my manifesto and I wrote it for all of us who struggle with negative feelings about our own beauty. According to a recent study, only 2% of women describe themselves as 'beautiful'. The media instructs women how to 'look ten years younger, 'cover up wrinkles', or 'get fuller, plumper lips'. The beauty industry and so-called beauty experts play off womens' insecurities, promising to conceal perceived flaws, contour noses, or make eyes look bigger. The underlying message? That there's something inherently wrong with the way women look and that they have to spend time, money, and energy keeping up with all the ways they should 'fix' themselves.
In GET POSITIVELY BEAUTIFUL, I will show you how to change your mindset from a negative, flaw-focus to a positive beauty attitude. You will learn how to find and focus on your best features, and how to combat negative thoughts about your appearance. In this book I demonstrate easy makeup techniques to enhance your eyes, brows, lashes, lips, cheeks, and skin, and how to adapt your makeup to different weather conditions and 'beauty moods'. I have a makeover chapter on real women that includes their own personal beauty journeys and how they can use 'Carmindy Vision' to celebrate their own uniqueness. So, if you want to liberate yourself from insecurities and celebrate in the joys of being beautiful, join the beauty revolution and "GET POSITIVELY BEAUTIFUL"!
The 5-Minute Face
You're only five minutes away from your most beautiful face – and celebrity makeup guru Carmindy is here to show you how to make those minutes fly!
The key to a gorgeous face isn't expensive cosmetics, complicated makeup regimens, or cluttering your bathroom counter with bottles and tubes – it's using the right products in the right places to enhance your own unique, natural beauty. We know what you're thinking: "Sounds simple, but how do I know what's right and where to put it?" Carmindy, makeup artist on TLC's hit show What Not to Wear, knows exactly what and where-and she's here to share her secrets.
Carmindy believes that the key to a great look is learning how to enhance your best features with sheer washes of color rather than hiding under layers of artificial-looking makeup. In The 5-Minute Face, Carmindy shares her beauty philosophy, offering a practical, easy, and always successful makeup routine that works for all ages and skin types.
The steps for achieving the 5-minute face-from smoothing on foundation to slicking on lip color-are simple. In each chapter, Carmindy provides easy step-by-step instructions on perfecting the makeup technique that's right for your face, including tips on how to decide which products fit your skin tone and how to apply them for optimal results. In addition to the 5-minute makeover, she discusses:
- How to Get Brows That Wow: Learn what brow shape best frames your face.
- What's Age Got to Do with It?: Tricks and trade secrets that keep every woman looking beautiful, from teens to women aged fifty and over.
- Beauty Comes in All Colors: Freckles? Blemishes? Carmindy solves the problems that make finding the perfect makeup for your skin tone difficult.
- Building on the 5-Minute Face: Carmindy shows how to build on the basic face for special occasions, covering everything from sexy dates, to looking right in all-white at your wedding, to mastering hot trends like smoky eyes and metallics.
Accompanied throughout by beautiful photography by Palma Kolansky and Devon Jarvis, The 5-Minute Face is every woman's guide to enhancing their unique and beautiful features with the perfect makeup routine.
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