Bobbi Brown Pretty Powerful [Hardcover]

Bobbi Brown (Author), Sara Bliss (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 26, 2012

From Bobbi Brown, world-famous makeup artist, Pretty Powerful is a new kind of makeup manual that starts with who you are, rather than how you look. In this book, Bobbi interviews dozens of real women, celebrities, and athletes about what beauty means to them and shows, step-by-step, how to achieve each look. Along the way, she shares her trade secrets for striking eyes, youthful skin, pretty lips, and perfect brows for any age, skin color, or beauty type. Brimming with hundreds of stunning makeover ideas, recommendations for the best tools and products, inspiring beauty stories, and expert tips not found anywhere else, Pretty Powerful is the must-have guide for lasting beauty, inside and out.

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About the Author

Bobbi Brown is an internationally renowned makeup artist, New York Times bestselling author, and founder of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. Her products are sold in more than 900 stores worldwide. She lives in New Jersey.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (September 26, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811877043
• ISBN-13: 978-0811877046
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 1.3 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bobbi Brown is an internationally renowned makeup artist and CEO of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. She's the author of three previous bestselling beauty books, and she is the exclusive beauty editor of NBC's Today show.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Typical Bobbi Brown !!!!!!!!!! Fabulous October 2, 2012

By Lorraine Niemczyk

Format:Hardcover

This book captures the essence of Bobbi Brown - classic style - truthful - great advice - well written - wonderful tips and suggestions that anyone can adapt to their current lifestyle. Bobbi is the most down to earth beaty mogul in the business. Her makeup, just like her sense of style and her attitude is for real people who lead busy lives. This book is great as it showcases women from all walks of life and all ethnicities. The advice and life stories that are featured in this book come from real women who have experienced much in their lives - You can learn a lot from reading their individual stories. I have been a Bobbi Brown fan since the beginning of her career - I have always been more than satisfied with her products and she remains true to her original theories on makeup and how to lead a full and satisfied life. I think anyone looking for inspiration and personal motivation about life, not just makeup would benefit from reading this book. It is a great reference book as well - you won't want to share this with anyone - unless you buy them their own copy. This is one of Bobbi's best books to date.

Sit back, grab yourself a nice cup of green tea or a glass of wine and take in all of the inspiring stories as well as wonderful makeup tips. You'll end up feeling refreshed and inspired at the same time and will wish Bobbi was your next door neighbor or your best friend -

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys fashion, makeup, personal style/inspiration stories or living life to the fullest ...c'mon after reading this review, place your order now - you will not be disappointed ..................................btw - Amazon has the best price for this book as well - just my little tip ........Catch Bobbi on QVC - you'll love her .................

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars Recycled Web Pages October 7, 2012

By J

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I was disappointed to find that quite a few of the women in the book were the same ones that were on Bobbi's Pretty Powerful page of her Web site. At least there every product used was specifically identified. Not so in the book -- there are no samples of the shades used on each model. Instead, we are given descriptions such as "I kept lips and cheeks soft with natural shades of pink."

I have all of Bobbi's previous books, which I have thoroughly enjoyed. Unfortunately, this one isn't up to par with the rest of her collection.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected. January 6, 2013

By Laura

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I love Bobbi Brown. I love her products. I have enjoyed her other books. I had high expectations for Pretty Powerful. But I was very disappointed. It is just a rehash of all her other books. There isn't much new in it. Maybe I just didn't get it, but I think the book is very bland and certainly wasn't what I expected.