From School Library Journal
Grade 6 Up–This makeup artist to the stars has created a glossy, how-to guide for teens. Using a diverse group of young women as her models, Mason transforms them using seven distinctive makeup looks: "classic," "cool," "sweet," "sporty," "retro," "glamorous," and "way-out-rageous." The colorful, well-composed photographs show each look, while additional illustrations help re-create it. One section offers essential tips for good skin care and basic makeup techniques and another discusses matching makeup to one's star sign. The list of basic colors and types of makeup doesn't include brand names or exact colors, which may frustrate those looking to copy the look exactly. Fans of beauty how-to books will definitely enjoy the visual presentation. Readers particularly adept with a mascara wand and eye pencil will want to try out the tips featured in the book. Some of them may require a more practiced hand, but teens will appreciate knowing about them nonetheless.–Elaine Baran Black, Gwinnett County Public Library, Lawrenceville, GA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Book Description
Tweens and teens will love this fun, photo-packed guide to makeup from one of the industry's top professionals! Novice users get all the basics they need-tips on tools and application techniques, ways to use color, and steps for basic skin care. More than 35 looks are then grouped by "expression" to represent the many moods of teen girls. Classic, sweet, cool, sporty, retro, glamorous, and outrageous-each mood is made up on five or more real girls with a variety of coloring and face shapes. As readers go through the book, they see each girl transformed with numerous looks. Teens also learn to express their astrological personality, with a color palette and special look for each zodiac sign. Teen Makeup is not about covering up defects or hiding who you are, but about the empowering ways makeup can be used to express your true self.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Tweens and teens will love this fun, photo-packed guide to makeup from one of the industry's top professionals! Novice users get all the basics they need-tips on tools and application techniques, ways to use color, and steps for basic skin care. More than 35 looks are then grouped by "expression" to represent the many moods of teen girls. Classic, sweet, cool, sporty, retro, glamorous, and outrageous -- each mood is made up on five or more real girls with a variety of coloring and face shapes. As readers go through the book, they see each girl transformed with numerous looks. Teens also learn to express their astrological personality, with a color palette and special look for each zodiac sign. Teen Makeup is not about covering up defects or hiding who you are, but about the empowering ways makeup can be used to express your true self.

FROM THE CRITICS

Publishers Weekly

Teens can go natural or glam with the help of Teen Makeup: Looks to Match Your Every Mood by Linda Mason. With 28 girls acting as models, Mason offers important skin care tips as well as makeup ideas and combinations that stretch from "classic" and "sporty" to "way-out-rageous." Rough sketches give an overview of the elements of each style and photos show the before and after makeover results. Makeup schemes based on zodiac signs add a hip finale. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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