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Uniquely You

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This book is a classic for me. I now know my color season and style, yet still I gravitate back again and again to the only copies I know of...one at the library and one at my friend's house. Both are falling apart with use, but the concepts are ever new and fresh. I don't grow tired of reading it, even when I have to crane my neck to read the pages that have fallen on the floor. This book will meet you on a comfortable level somewhere between the latest fashion magazine and the way you look when you get up in the morning. And it will take you as far as you want to go from there.

When I bought this book, it was at a clearance outlet center, and I figured that it was just another Color Me Beautiful knockoff. I was not expected a whole lot.

What I ended up getting, however, was one of the most valuable books in my collection. I am an artist, makeup artist, and clothing designer, and this book answers questions that Color Me Beautiful never seemed to answer.

Why am I bored with autumn colors- I want to wear bold colors, but autumn is so dull?

Why do I seem to be able to cross over from one season to another and make it work?

What if I look good in colors not from my season?

Many of these questions are answered in this book which divides the four color seasons into 12 seasons- each season has three dimensions- Gentle, Classic, and Bold.

As an artist, I am able to cross from one season to another with hair changes, makeup changes and clothing changes and make it work, but I use the information in this book to fine tune everything.

Although the other information in the book can be a bit dated, there is a decent amount of helpful information that you can glean if you are willing to wade through the philosophy and extraneous stuff in there that might not apply to you.

I use the color charts in this book constantly - not only for makeup and clothing, but for paintings when I am looking to do a portrait with just the right colors in it.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves to learn about color and wants to look better in their new hair color or clothing.

I was most impressed with the obvious calibre of this authoress's character and insights. It is much more than a fashion book. The only lack is that it was written way back when, and it needs to be updated into 2003 color charts and the way women wear amkeup and clothing styles. This book is a classic, though.
The concepts are timeless, as is the general advice.
I appreciated the Christian influence of the book. Very tasteful and appropriate.
I particularly likes the advice about how to dress parts of your body you want to hide. I have not seen this advice anywhere else. She looks beautiful on the cover of her book, but blue eyeshadow is definitely out of style now. Also, no one wears bow-tie secretary blouses anymore either.

"Uniquely You" combines sound and thorough fashion advice with a weird, regressive Christian take on a woman's place. At times a throwback to the days of "The Total Woman", this book may offend some, but others will find a great deal of unintentional humour. If a reader can disregard the intrusive bible quotes, and get past the ludicrous chapter on helping your husband dress himself (no, this is not meant for spouses of paraplegics) there is quite a bit of good information on colour and style. Mind you, the model on the cover wears bright blue eyeshadow, so one might choose to read with a grain of salt handy.