Sephora: The Ultimate Guide to Makeup, Skin, and Hair from the Beauty Authority

by Melissa Schweiger

Book Overview

Ever wonder what it's like to have your own personal team of beauty experts, advising you on how to look and feel knockout-gorgeous every day? Or have you ever questioned what exactly goes on inside the creative minds of beauty industry heavy-hitters? Step into the pages of Sephora, where the top beauty authorities give you access to their private domains. Spend the day with Vincent Longo backstage at fashion week, create red carpet--worthy hair with celebrity hair stylist Oscar Blandi, master the smoky eye with Hollywood's hottest makeup artists, and take a tour of Dr. Nicholas Perricone's kitchen with his refrigerator full of skin-perfecting foods.

In Sephora: The Ultimate Guide to Makeup, Skin, and Hair from the Beauty Authority, fashion and beauty journalist and former Sephora beauty editor Melissa Schweiger personally introduces the people behind some of your favorite brands and fills this gorgeous book with the beauty secrets usually reserved for insiders. Each photo-packed page brims with words of wisdom and expert advice from the creators of and authorities on more than two hundred classic and emerging beauty brands sold at Sephora, including LORAC, Smashbox, Too Faced, Dr. Perricone, Fr d ric Fekkai, and many, many more.

Each chapter is designed to mimic a Sephora store's "try everything" vibe while revealing the finest beauty tips and tricks for getting creative with cosmetics. From an A-to-Z glossary of terms and ingredients and a shopping guide to the best products, to detailed explanations of how to properly use cosmetic tools, Sephora is the complete beauty package that no woman will want to be without.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061466409
• ISBN13: 9780061466403
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.2" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Sephora

I absolutely love this book, I am a makeup artist trained, it help build product knowledge for my demonstrations

Sephora is God's Gift to Women!

This book should be on every woman's bookshelf. The tips are great and easy to follow. Plus, Sephora is an amazing store and everything in the book can be found at Sephora incase you would like to use exactly what they use in the book.

I loved it

Loved this easy to read book. It gives lots of product information on more than just Sephora brand products. It's a great starter book.

Sephora: The Ultimate Guide to Makeup, Skin, and H...

This book really helped me on the tips that I needed to make my face flawless.

Great book!

If you love Sephora like I do, you'll probably love this book. It has great articles with the creators of the products of Sephora. And good beauty tips for enhancing your features. I like the style and design of the book as well.

Amazing!

I am a beauty fanatic and I loved this book. They had loads of tips in there from how to make your legs look longer to how to make you look bronzed! A definite must read for everyone from the girl who is obsessed with beauty, to the girl who just found out what mascara is.