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Renowned beauty expert Nadine Haobsh has the answers to the world's really BIG questions:
How much should I tip my hair stylist (and the shampoo girl and the colorist)?
How red can I go before my lips make me look too vampy?
What's the best perfume for my lifestyle?
What's the proper method for using that most important beauty accessory, the eyelash curler?
Is it ever too early to get Botox?
Forget celebrity trends and complicated how-to books. In Beauty Confidential, Nadine names names and provides the inside scoop on the products that are worth it and those to forget. In this must-have handbook for the modern girl, she offers industry secrets and insider tips on everything beauty—from how to make a dye job last to finding the ideal mascara to creating the perfect ponytail—fearlessly debunking with wit, style, and smarts the common beauty myths perpetuated by the top magazines. With Nadine's expert guidance and priceless secrets, you'll learn how to put yourself together flawlessly in under ten minutes . . . and you'll have the best skin and hair at any age!
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Nadine Haobsh is a former beauty editor and author of the popular beauty blog "Jolie Nadine." She works as a marketing consultant, has written for Lucky, Cosmopolitan, the Huffington Post, and the New York Daily News and regularly appears on television as a beauty expert. Haobsh currently lives in Los Angeles and is working on her next book.
Product Details
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks (October 30, 2007)
Nadine Jolie (born Nadine Haobsh) is Editorial Director of Who's the Fairest?, and the blogger behind JolieNadine.com, started in 2005 as Jolie in NYC. A former beauty editor, Nadine has worked for Lucky, Ladies' Home Journal and FHM, blogged for Vanity Fair, Jane, MTV and the Huffington Post, and writes for AOL as a Shopping Expert.
Nadine is author of the beauty guide Beauty Confidential and novel Confessions of a Beauty Addict, and is co-founder and Creative Director of JolieMD skincare, launching in December 2009.
She has appeared on the Today Show, Tyra Banks, Showbiz Tonight, Anderson Cooper 360, CNN American Morning and MSNBC, and in commercials for Bare Escentuals and Guthy-Renker as a beauty expert. Her first book, Beauty Confidential, was optioned for a beauty show by No Regrets Entertainment and she's working on her next book, a skincare guide.
She has a passion for polo, stiff drinks and learning to say "Where is the nearest Sephora?" in new languages.
I picked this up on a whim from the library, and had a blast reading through it. I am a mom of 4 kids between 4 months and 7 years old. I DO NOT get a chance to take time to make myself presentable more than a couple of times a month. What's really great about this book is she gives you the tips to do it right. Some of these things I learned the hard way after many years of trial and error, so it's nice to see it in print (and sometimes with diagrams!). The other thing that I enjoyed about this book is the tone. My best friend sounds like this when she's giving me a verbal slap upside the head as needed. :D Lastly, she gave me names of products that there is No Way On this Green Earth that I would have looked for or tried. So, I'm here on Amazon to buy a copy for my sisters' birthday. They will love it! Thanks!
The only virtues about this book are that it's a quick read and that it's cheap. For women who have even the most rudimentary understanding of beauty in the western world (i.e. knowing what a cleanser/toner/moisturiser is), however, this book offers almost nothing. Nadine Haobsh's premise is that, as a beauty editor, she's done the work for you; on her countless trips to Sephora she's sorted the gems from the cobblestones, and she's here to tell you what the picks of the bunch are, thus saving you time and money.
However, even as a moderately beauty conscious woman, I had heard virtually all this before. Go on youtube and you'll hear countless 'Gurus' talking about YSL Touche Eclat, Narciso Rodriguez For Her, Frederic Fekkai, Diorshow mascara etc. All this information is conveniently available in the public domain, for free. There are no breakthroughs here whatsoever. Also, 50% of this 'catalogue' (because it's hardly a 'book'), is about the vacuous pleasures of being a beauty editor, i.e. dousing yourself in perfume, getting massages etc -- useless and irritating to the common reader.
This book promotes mediocrity and product-hoarding, much like a beauty magazine. For example, it touts ideas like "it is accepted in the beauty industry that EVERYONE looks better with fake tan. There are, however, exceptions." These "exceptions" aren't explored at all, so a girl like myself with English Rose skin is meant to just go with the party line and get her orange on, I suppose.
The positives about this book: I did benefit from reading the study on the twins -- one wore sunscreen assiduously, the other lead a beach bunny lifestyle. At 20, there was no perceptible difference, but at 50, there could have been a 15 year age difference between the two women.... The moral of this story: re-apply your sunscreen (not your cosmetic 'sunblock') every *two hours*. The specifics of this study were a wake-up call to me, though I already observe suncare. Also, despite having no pictures, which are extremely necessary for something as visual as hairstyling, the chapter on hair wasn't too bad and did have some handy tips for those who, like myself, are a bit style-challenged when it comes to hair and just want a good place to start.
One trait about this book that I found particularly annoying was the author's writing style. Obviously this is a beauty book, but this girl just wastes pages and pages with her silly jumble which she thinks is witty. Being stuck with her for the 5 hours you'll spend reading this book is slow and painful.
My advice: Skip this book and pick up Victoria Beckham's infinitely superior 'That Extra Half an Inch'. Packed with genuine wit not vacuous editor-speak, much more specific and timeless advice, great pictures, and a whole lot more fun, it is easily the better choice. Better yet, wait for Dita Von Teese's beauty book which drops next year.Read more ›
I love this book! Beauty Confidential has become my go to resource when I want to know what to do with my hair, or what kind of makeup will work best for me, or how to wash my dry clean sweaters. My husband has commented that my hair looks better than it has for years. I am using some of the products that the author recommends, but I am not spending a fortune on them, unless they are really worth it. The author has done all of the testing, so I don't have to. It is like having a girl friend who tells you all of her secrets for looking great. I save money on the items that I can, then spend money on things that really matter, like getting really good haircuts. This book was well worth the money!!!
Being a fan of beauty products since the wee age of five, I've always thought myself a beauty afficionado. That was until, I met my match--Ms. Nadine Haobsh. I've turned to her blog for advice on self tanners without the orange face effect, face moisturizers that don't make you break out, and foundations that are worth spending a quarter of that paycheck on. Now, with "Beauty Confidential", I can take her advice with me wherever I go. I love Ms. Haobsh's fun, witty and honest writing style and her unflinching devotion to her favorite products (ahem, Bare Escentuals.) I especially appreciate the way she breaks down each chapter by affordable products. If "Cosmo" is a girl's Fashion Bible, then "Confidential" is the new Beauty Bible.
I got this book from the library. I thought it was about clothing style. When I started reading it, I realized I'd chosen a "BEAUTY" book, just like the title suggests. The book is totally interesting to read. The author has a great sense of humor and is down-to-earth in her evaluations and writing style. Within the first couple of chapters I thought, oh no, this is for 20 and 30-somethings and not for a 50+ stay at home woman who Tim Gunn would rip apart my wardrobe. I decided to keep reading. Boy, I am sooooo glad I did. Did you know you should not dry your hair by rubbing the towel all over your head--it disturbs your hair and you get major frizzies. I cannot wait to just throw my hair into a towel and get the water out without rubbing. Did you know, you don't have to buy expensive moisturizer, that one of the best is sold at a drug store. The author suggests products from all spectrums from drug store to sephora and gives her suggestions about which are best. You will not regret reading this book. It is chock full of great information, even for non-fashionista women! ENJOY......
