Reggie's Face Painting: Emmy Award-Winning Make-Up Artist Reveals His Beauty Secrets For African-American Women (Hardcover)

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"Reggie Wells has created . . . a wonderful, natural-looking style of make-up that always brings out the very best in every face that he touches." -- Essence

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"Reggie Wells has created . . . a wonderful, natural-looking style of make-up that always brings out the very best in every face that he touches."--Essence

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.; 1st edition (October 9, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805052178
• ISBN-13: 978-0805052176
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,030,772 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I hoped for!!, October 19, 1998

By	Pamela L. Lee ([e-mail]) (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews

As a certifiable make-up junkie, I am always interested when new books about Cosmetics come out. As an African-American female, I especially am interested in ones that cater specifically to me. I have to say I was dissappointed in this book. I was hoping to see more makeovers with specific how to information. This book dealt more with Mr. Wells interaction with certain celebraties than it did with makeup techniques and looks. There were really only 3 makeovers in the book, one for light complected women, medium complected women and dark skinned complected women. There were no day versus evening looks or how tos in regards to changing or updating looks.

There were also more drawings than there were actual pictures so I did not find this book to be all that helpful.

I think Mr. Wells is definitely a very talented makeup artist, I have seen his work in numerous magazines, however, this book just did not give me what I was looking for.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Biography and Celebrity Essay oriented, November 2, 1998

By A Customer

Reggie Wells certainly did work hard to suceed in being a makeup artist (and has paid his dues) and is definitely skilled at his trade. I found the book interesting (you almost feel like your right there watching). The only thing is the pictures seemed just a bit dated (80s'ish). I think I would have liked to have seen more modern (90s) looks. Other than that he talks in a warm light-hearted way throughout the book. He just seems like a nice guy who has a respect for African American women's beauty.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Porfolio, November 21, 2001

By A Customer

I am happy for Mr. Wells success. However, this book is basically a portfolio of his work. There are over 100 pages of who he worked on and the book has only a few pages for 'how-tos'.