Makeup Your Mind [Hardcover]

Francois Nars (Author), Fabien Baron (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2001

Makeup Your Mind deftly combines cult favorite cosmetics designer François Nars’ two remarkable talents—makeup and photography, both of which he uses in this collection to stunning effect—to show women how to enhance their natural beauty. Designed by renowned graphic artist Fabien Baron to be the ultimate makeup how-to book, Makeup Your Mind is a comprehensive compilation of Before and After photographs, each containing instructional acetate overlays, covering almost every face type, complexion, eye color, and facial feature found on the runway today. Makeup Your Mind is also a revolutionary instruction manual on makeup from one of the most respected and imitated cosmetics artists in fashion today: a makeup book designed and constructed as a durable paperback companion suitable for the vanity or for the car, sliding in and out of its attractive hardcover binder as needed, containing precise instructional guides on clear plastic overlays indicating exactly what goes where, allowing you to see the finished effect for perfect results.

Summarizing each chapter on "Eyes", "Lips", "Neutrals", "Shimmer", "Monochrome and Suntan", "Pastels", Color, and "Skincare" are François Nars’ trademarked guidelines on the technique of applying makeup for that dazzling NARS look.

Showcasing the famous NARS look are today’s top models, including Karen Elson, Maggie Rizer, Naomi Campbell, Devon Aoki, Trish Goff, Erin O’Connor, Sophie Dahl, May Anderson, Ling, Aurelie, Missy Rayder, Elsa, Caroline Ribero, Eva Herzagova, and many others.

Makeup Your Mind features these women and more in sixty-three stunning Before and After pictures. All of the models were shot sans makeup for the Before pictures, displaying their bare-naked faces replete with imperfections and idiosyncrasies. Their transformations in the After pictures span from natural and elegant to fun and outrageous. In superb four-color photographs and brilliant acetate instructional guides, Makeup Your Mind demonstrates how makeup can minimize flaws and maximize beauty potential for every woman.

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About the Author

François Nars is president and creative director of NARS cosmetics, with more than 200 boutiques worldwide. His work has been featured on the runways of designers like Versace, Valentino, Dolce & Gabbana, Marc Jacobs, and Karl Lagerfeld, and on the covers of such prestigious magazines as Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Italian Vogue, W, Elle, and Allure. Additionally, Nars has collaborated with such legendary photographers as Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Steven Meisel, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Bruce Weber, and Patrick Demarchelier. Nars’ first monograph, X-Ray (pH, 1999) was published to instant acclaim and sold out in just over three months. Born in France, Nars lives and works in New York City.

Fabien Baron, president of Baron and Baron, is an award-winning, internationally acclaimed graphic designer who, in addition to famously redefining the look of Harper’s Bazaar in 1992, designed Madonna’s notorious art book, Sex. Baron is also Art Director for print and television advertisements for Giorgio Armani, Calvin Klein, Kors, Prada, Valentino, Jil Sander, and Burberry; fragrance and makeup package designer for NARS, Calvin Klein, and Carolina Herrera; and Editor-in-Chief of Arena Homme Plus Born in France, Baron lives and works in New York City.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 284 pages
• Publisher: powerHouse Books (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576870995
• ISBN-13: 978-1576870990
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 1.7 x 9.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (50 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #204,731 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #94 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography > Fashion

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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not challenging for the professional, February 27, 2002

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Makeup Artist/Instructor (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Makeup Your Mind (Hardcover)

As a professional makeup artist and Instructor, I found this book non-beneficial, although it was beautifully laid out. (The art director did a fabulous job.) All but a few eye techniques were a basic color wash of one color. This book does not challenge the professional with different techniques or looks. What I and the other instructors found horrifying was the lack of brow grooming. Any print artist knows that everything needs to be flawless before they go on film. One models brows were growing in all directions. The other con to this book was the light grey type that was tightly spaced. While creatively appealing, it was very hard to read.
What I did like was the acetate overlays with the description of the basic color and then the color in his line. What I thought would have helped the book out even more was to provide pictures of the products he was using or to tell a little more about them because if you aren't familiar with his line, you had no idea what he was using.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Make up Junkie, March 5, 2006

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Kim Lee Granger "chemkink" (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Makeup Your Mind (Hardcover)

The idea of the overlays is great - it allows you to see the makeup completely finished without the distraction of the writing and then able to add that information of where to place the colors. I like the honesty in using the same light/background/hairstyle in the before and after pictures without any retouching - it is more truthful than many other books (believe me, I have many).

I didn't give it 5 stars for the following reason (some I will admit are personal preference):
1. Not enough variations in skin tone color - as in not enough olive toned and bronzed toned women. It was concentrated on either extremely pale or very dark with the majority being very pale.
2. A large section of the makeup is more suitable for runway - I don't see them being realistic for real life.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite diverse enough, still creative, August 5, 2003

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Scandalous10010 (Baltimore, MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Makeup Your Mind (Hardcover)

The book definitely has great looks and ideas. As an African American though, only 2 faces look similar to mine. It would have been nice if there were models with all shades of skin, not just mostly caucasian people. The book is very creative and fun to read, it gives you good detail of how to create each look as well. A fun read if you are a makeup fiend.