Seventeen Ultimate Guide to Beauty: The Best Hair, Skin, Nails & Makeup Ideas For You [Paperback]

Ann Shoket (Author), Editors of Seventeen Magazine (Author)

Book Description

Release date: July 10, 2012

When it comes to teen beauty advice, no brand is more trusted than Seventeen, the #1 best-selling monthly teen magazine. Seventeen Ultimate Guide to Beauty is a girl's handbook to celebrating her natural beauty. It’s packed with clear, customized service that helps make the most of her skin tone, her face shape, her hair texture, and her style! Each chapter is filled with detailed how-tos, amazing inspiration, and awesome advice from Seventeen’s editors and the Beauty Smarties, our real-girl beauty experts, to help the reader have fun with her look!.

Seventeen Ultimate Guide to Beauty is broken down into three main sections: makeup, hair, and a resource guide. Makeup is organized by five beauty vibes—Girly, Boho, Classic, Glam, and Edgy—and shows you how to look great for any occasion (school, weekend, party, date). Each vibe offers exclusive makeup looks from Seventeen’s Beauty Smarties, insider secrets from celeb experts, and an inspiration board filled with runway, red carpet, and real girl ideas. Hair is organized by styles: braids and twists, waves and curls, updos and buns, sleek and straight, and ponytails. Each chapter includes easy-to-do styles for every occasion, a Smarties spotlight, celeb tricks, and an inspiration board. The book ends with comprehensive resource guides to getting clear skin and great nails—and gives detailed info on getting ready for a big event, like prom or sweet sixteen.

Editorial Reviews

Review

ChickLitIsNotDead.com
“Whether you’re a teenager or just still feel like one, this guide is super fun!”

Blog Critics
"Seventeen will be enjoyed by all adolescent girls who love to look pretty while maintaining their own unique sense of style. This can build self-confidence and self-esteem in teen girls. This is a very engaging and colourful book that is filled with different shades and colours to inspire an adolescent girl to look her best."

FUN
"If you have beauty questions, this is one excellent and amazing resource! I couldn’t put it down! Beauty should be fun and having this book at your fingertips make it just that."

modoration.com
"Be sure and add this book to your Back to School must-haves. What good is a great wardrobe if you don’t have the skin, hair, makeup and nails to match? You can walk down the halls feeling confident with your look and with you on the inside and out. That’s a recipe for a great school year!"

School Library Journal
“The detailed photographs and step-by-step instructions will have readers practicing braids, up-dos, and smoky eye makeup for hours.”

About the Author

Ann Shoket was named editor-in-chief of Seventeen magazine in January 2007. Under her helm, the fashion and beauty icon publication for teen girls continues to represent an important rite of passage, helping more than 13 million readers grow up to be confident, self-assured young women. The magazine is the largest teen magazine and number one on newsstands, and its website is the number one teen magazine site. Shoket has grown the brand beyond the pages of the magazine so that teen girls can be a part of the Seventeen universe wherever they are: on the web, in print, on partner sites, social networking platforms, and even on their iPhones with the Seventeen Ultimate Fashion Finder Flipbook app.

Product Details

• Age Range: 12 and up
  
• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Running Press (July 10, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762445246
• ISBN-13: 978-0762445240
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 0.5 x 10.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #201,108 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Beauty Guidebook for teenagers July 11, 2012

By Patricia Faulhaber

Format:Paperback

Ann Shoket and the editors of seventeen magazine published this guidebook for teen age girls to help them get their makeup, hair and even their nails done in a polished and appropriate manner by filling it with tips, techniques, big colorful photos and how-to steps.

The five "makeup vibes" introduced in the book make perfect sense for girls to learn about the different ways to do hair and makeup including Girly, Glam, Classic, Edgy and Boho. There is a section highlighting several hairstyles such as waves and curls, braids and twists, sleek, ponytails, and updos. The last section of the book covers taking care of skin and nails.

The book is filled with great photos, lots of easy to understand tips and it is written in a style that works for teenagers. While there are many recommendations for colors and shades, there are no product endorsements or recommendations. Parents can be comfortable with the way the book takes a conservative view for applying makeup and the hairstyles are also moderate versus purple spiked styles. The book would make a nice gift to any teenager starting to show an interest in makeup, skin care, nails and hairstyling.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars The Book That Should Be In Every Girls Bookshelf! July 10, 2012

By QuitaAnita

Format:Paperback

I absolutely loved this book. Not only do you receive hair, skin, makeup and nail ideas for you to try at home, you get to see what they really look like on celebrities. This book is perfect for any teen girl or young adult who are looking for new ideas to try out. One thing I loved about the book was that in the back of the book they give you all the page numbers for each different section, like, where you can find all their hair tutorials or nails. The book is filled with A-List celebrities and Seventeen's Beauty Smarties. The book also has the most beautiful elaborate pictures to capture the beauty and ideas for you. This is definitely something I'll be using and my teen niece will be borrowing from me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Ultimate beauty guide December 27, 2012

By C Needham

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

This book is filled with make-up and hair tips. Large color photos to get the look and colors that are best for your skin...eye and hair color. Great for young girls who are just starting out and curious how to apply make-up. Helpful for getting comfortable with what make-up to use and how to express your individual look and style.