Body Bizarre Body Beautiful (Paperback)

~ (Author) "Once your've cleaned your skin you can moisturize it..." (more)
Key Phrases: color inserts, body paint, face paint, Papua New Guinea, Central America, West Africa (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Tattoos, body piercings, wild hairstyles -- people all over the world have been decorating and changing their bodies for as long as anyone can remember. Body Bizarre, Body Beautiful fills you in on the how, why, and when of what people have done in the past, and what they're doing now.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Fireside; Fireside edition (April 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743213041
• ISBN-13: 978-0743213042
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 7.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,271,161 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FASCINATING!, October 18, 2003

By	"christinky14" (Oxnard, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This book is exactly what I wrote in the title- fascinating! There are all kinds of different things people do for beauty. The person before me rated it a 1 star for not being detailed enough, but I think the point of the book was to go over several different things and not specifically pinpoint one topic. Anyway, I like the book, and I think those who like to know little bits of interesting information would like it as well.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars disapointment, September 4, 2001

By	Sheena Estel Galpin "milktooth" (Moscow, Russia) - See all my reviews

It touched such a variety of areas and it was so broad that it was never specific. It contained quoteswhich were not at all insightful or informative. It attempted to address so many topics(eg: nail painting, hair, makeup, neckenlargement, footbinding, tattooing, piercing...) that there was no space for real detail and always talked in general terms(plus its a thin book.)
It was not what I expected to receivefor i had been given the impressionthatit would have a main focus on body piercing and tattooing(in the whole book there were only about 10 pages on these subjects).