Beauty Confidential: The No Preaching, No Lies, Advice-You'll- Actually-Use Guide to Looking Your Best [Paperback]

Nadine Haobsh (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 30, 2007

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!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

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)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061128635
• ISBN-13: 978-0061128639
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #447,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!, January 2, 2008

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Karin "kar8abun" (Euless, TX USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Beauty Confidential: The No Preaching, No Lies, Advice-You'll- Actually-Use Guide to Looking Your Best (Paperback)

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!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book must be helping, my husband noticed the difference!, January 24, 2008

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Janice Willis "Wonder Woman" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beauty Confidential: The No Preaching, No Lies, Advice-You'll- Actually-Use Guide to Looking Your Best (Paperback)

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!!!

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You Can Trust THIS Beauty, November 7, 2007

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Alexis Barad "Lexinthecity" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Beauty Confidential: The No Preaching, No Lies, Advice-You'll- Actually-Use Guide to Looking Your Best (Paperback)

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.