The Essence Total Makeover: Body, Beauty, Spirit

by Susan L. Taylor, Essence Magazine, ESSENCE Magazine

Book Overview

Complemented by two hundred full-color photographs, this comprehensive guide to inner and outer beauty for women of color encompasses helpful techniques, step-by-step instruction, and tips on makeup, fitness, diet and health, skin, hair, and mental and spiritual well-being. 50,000 first printing.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609603655
• ISBN13: 9780609603659
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.6" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

***BEAUTIFUL***

The creators of Essence magazine have put together a beautiful, informative coffee table book for black women to better their mind, body and souls. Filled with exquisite color photos and easy to understand information will keep you reading in one sitting.A must-have for the Essence woman's bookshelf.I love it!

Stunning

Finally a book that celebrates the beauty of Black women in every shape, size, and shade. This book, filled with stunning photographs of beautiful Black women, offers practical advice on hair care, skin care, nutrition, exercise, and self-care. Not just a cosmetic make-over, but a total body make-over. There are recipes and tips for creating a luxurious in-home spa environment with ingredients you may already have in you home. It's like having the indispensible information in every issue of Essence, right at your finger tips.

Finally A Beauty Book for African American Women

The Essence Total Makeover book is wonderful. It provides all kinds of insights into black skin and hair care. The illustrations and pictures are great. I have always had questions about my skin and how to care for it. I have finally found the answers to my skin and make-up care questions. Thank you, Essence, for writing a beauty book for African American women.

FINALLY, A BOOK ESPECIALLY FOR AND ABOUT BLACK FEMALES

This is a great read! There is so much helpful information that I predict that it wll become the "Bible" for beauty and well being for all black females in the 21st century. The author gives clear, concise and well thought ideas and concepts that are applicable in every day life regardless if you are 21 or 71. I urge all my sisters to buy two, one for themselves to keep and one for whoever sees that they have it because for sure they will try to grab it.

Beautiful, useful, and timeless

I have never seen a book bursting with such glorious images of sisters of all shapes and sizes, hues and ages. This is a book to proudly display on your coffee table, if it weren't for the fact that it's so chockful of information you'll want to use in the bathroom and on the go. True to the spirit of Essence, the advice covers all aspects of beauty, from food and exercise and makeup to mental and spiritual health. Every proud black woman should have this book on her shelf!