Plastic Surgery Without the Surgery: The Miracle of Makeup Techniques [Paperback]

Eve Pearl (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 26, 2005

The Wrinkle Cure meets Making Faces in PLASTIC SURGERY WITHOUT THE SURGERY, a practical guide that uses proven makeup techniques to easily correct the problems you would otherwise need surgery to overcome-without the knife

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Designed for the woman who is unhappy with an aspect of her face or body but who "either cannot afford plastic surgery or does not want to risk its very real potential side effects," Pearl's guide to makeup techniques is a friendly, affordable alternative to the doctor's office. As a makeup artist to celebrities such as Barbara Walters, Brooke Shields, Mira Sorvino and Kelly Ripa, Pearl has blue ribbon credentials among the rich and famous. This book, however, leaves starry glamour aside and focuses on the common problems of ordinary women everywhere: dark circles under the eyes, blotchy complexion, unwanted freckles and double chins. Pearl uses normal-looking people, including her own family members and herself, as the models for her before and after demonstrations, which makes her results seem both more doable and more believable. (Several of the models are African-American.) For example, in the section titled "Bye-Bye Crow's-Feet and Laugh Lines" she shows how concealer and foundation can be used in a "two-step process of spackling and painting" that fills in and covers signs of aging. Other sections cover techniques like contouring and setting. Some readers may wish that more time had been spent explaining basic techniques like blending foundation. But for readers who already have some experience using makeup, and are satisfied with a transformation that can be washed off at the end of the evening, Pearl's how-to book should be just the trick.
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'Eve is not only a make-up artist, she is a magician who reveals the tricks of the trade' - Kelly Ripa

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Life & Style (December 26, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446693308
• ISBN-13: 978-0446693301
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.4 x 9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #223,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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65 of 70 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous photos, but not really quited for real life, March 10, 2004

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archangeli (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plastic Surgery Without the Surgery: The Miracle of Makeup Techniques (Hardcover)

Eve Pearl writes in her introduction that her roots are in theatrical makeup. That theme reoccurs in almost every makeover she does. While her tips are interesting, some of them are just not really doable in real-life working situations. For example, of you cover your entire mouth in foundation and redraw your lips, it looks like you re-drew your lips. It's not any special effect. But in a photo studio, with nice lights and special lenses, it can look like you had lip surgery. The basic principles behind her suggestions are based on contouring and illusion. It was an interesting read, but not worth to buy it. The before-and-after photos are quite remarkable, but if you can tell in the photo that the subjects have 3 inches of makeup on, how awful would they look upclose and personal?

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, December 21, 2004

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Ceelly "Ceelly" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Plastic Surgery Without the Surgery: The Miracle of Makeup Techniques (Hardcover)

This book is really good..

First thing that impress about this book the people that are in it are not just beautiful young models. There is a wide range of people with different ages.. young - middle age - mature..( Pearl has her neice and her mother and mother inlaw in this book).. and different races too (White, Black and Asian). It is the first makeup book I have ever seen that deals with problems that mature faces have.. sunken areas under the eyes, lines, bleeding lipstick... The colour corrective and shading technique were very interesting..

Although I am in my early 30's.. I do have darkish circles underneath my eyes.. and red patches of skin on my face.. using her colour corrective techniques made a big difference.. I can hide these now if I whish too...

Ceelly

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It met my expectations!, October 20, 2004

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This review is from: Plastic Surgery Without the Surgery: The Miracle of Makeup Techniques (Hardcover)

This book is great for begginers and i guess also for experienced people.

They've exaggerated with the title, but even so i think you can get incredible results in your makeup after having this book. It is true that you won't achieve with normal amount of make up the results that you see in the photos and trying to get the flawless faces that shows the book would look too unreal in person, but probably it would work for a photo session.

I like the fact that anyone can follow all the advices in the book without spending too much money, also the chapter of the tools (brushes,etc) was great, i learned a lot. I must say that this book gives you the general techniques and tools needed to get the effect you want, the rest is practice.

The book has a good presentation and nice paper, but i expected a bigger size, fortunately the content was worthy.

I don't regret that i bought this book, it's a good beggining.