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Yamaguchi owns five California hair salons and is a feng shui devotee. Yet he runs into difficulty with this attempt to explain how understanding feng shui can help a woman alter her physical appearance for the better. Traditionally, the ancient Asian philosophy assists people with placing objects in the home in such a way that energy (chi) flows and creates a positive environment. Applying that discipline more widely, Yamaguchi says we should consider our bodies as homes. By placing our hair and makeup in a certain way, chi will flow through our souls. Feng shui, Yamaguchi explains, is based on the belief that each individual's personality is dominated by two of five elements: fire, earth, metal, water and wood. After readers take a rather involved 17-question quiz, they'll find their most dominant personality elements. They must then muddle through two chapters of jargon and complicated charts to determine the strength of each element in their personality, and then flip to the paragraphs throughout the book relating to their score to determine which hair style, hair color and makeup will bring forth their best physical traits. There are far easier ways for a woman to get advice for looking her best; indeed, the book's latter chapters, where Yamaguchi straightforwardly explains makeup and hair techniques, are its most useful sections. Photos.
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It is an intriguing plot: California hair stylist meets 4,000-year-old Chinese art of feng shui, falls in love, and creates methodology that maximizes a woman's two dominant elements (out of the five in feng shui, including fire, water, earth, metal, and wood) in her hair, makeup, and personal style. The story line, however, doesn't end completely happily ever after. Why? The many different possible combinations of feng shui elements, while necessary to highlight, tend to drag down the text with a formulaic presentation; in other words, the earth individual is described, then examined in terms of skin tones and all conceivable earth-dominant variations of haircuts and colors. Two, the text seems to appeal more to professional stylists with its directions and explanations. And three, Yamaguchi is a bit too diligent in promoting his eponymous line of products and salons. Nonetheless, the 20 before and after photographs and captions of real women with new feng shui hairstyles and makeup will inspire and motivate, as will the author's suggestions for improvements to be made in personal styles. Appended are hair-coloring techniques for stylists. Barbara Jacobs
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Yamaguchi owns five California hair salons and is a feng shui devotee. Yet he runs into difficulty with this attempt to explain how understanding feng shui can help a woman alter her physical appearance for the better. Traditionally, the ancient Asian philosophy assists people with placing objects in the home in such a way that energy (chi) flows and creates a positive environment. Applying that discipline more widely, Yamaguchi says we should consider our bodies as homes. By placing our hair and makeup in a certain way, chi will flow through our souls. Feng shui, Yamaguchi explains, is based on the belief that each individual's personality is dominated by two of five elements: fire, earth, metal, water and wood. After readers take a rather involved 17-question quiz, they'll find their most dominant personality elements. They must then muddle through two chapters of jargon and complicated charts to determine the strength of each element in their personality, and then flip to the paragraphs throughout the book relating to their score to determine which hair style, hair color and makeup will bring forth their best physical traits. There are far easier ways for a woman to get advice for looking her best; indeed, the book's latter chapters, where Yamaguchi straightforwardly explains makeup and hair techniques, are its most useful sections. Photos.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist
It is an intriguing plot: California hair stylist meets 4,000-year-old Chinese art of feng shui, falls in love, and creates methodology that maximizes a woman's two dominant elements (out of the five in feng shui, including fire, water, earth, metal, and wood) in her hair, makeup, and personal style. The story line, however, doesn't end completely happily ever after. Why? The many different possible combinations of feng shui elements, while necessary to highlight, tend to drag down the text with a formulaic presentation; in other words, the earth individual is described, then examined in terms of skin tones and all conceivable earth-dominant variations of haircuts and colors. Two, the text seems to appeal more to professional stylists with its directions and explanations. And three, Yamaguchi is a bit too diligent in promoting his eponymous line of products and salons. Nonetheless, the 20 before and after photographs and captions of real women with new feng shui hairstyles and makeup will inspire and motivate, as will the author's suggestions for improvements to be made in personal styles. Appended are hair-coloring techniques for stylists. Barbara Jacobs
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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