Beauty Advice and Information

How do you feel when you look in the mirror each morning? Do you like what you see?Would you prefer your eyes to be wider, your skin to be softer, your hair to be fuller? If you would you’re the average woman - there are very few women alive who are happy with their looks. It’s reported that Naomi Campbell hates her feet and that Catherine Zeta Jones thinks her eyes are too small. These are two of the most beautiful women in the world - if they’re not happy, what hope do the rest of us have? Well there is loads of hope. You see, the marvellous thing about beauty is that no matter how you look natulrally - how puffy-eyed, spotty-skinned or limp-haired - with the right equipment and the right techniques you can improve yourself. And with that improvement comes increased self-confidence and self-love ­two of the most beautiful (and of coulrse important) qualities any woman can possess.

Now, the problem with all this is that the beauty industry is rife with nonsense that plays on our need to feel good about ourselves. There are soaps that claim to melt fat, pills that say they’ll remove wrinkles and herbal products that promise to do everything from curing baldness to boosting your bust size. In 99.9 per cent of cases, the claims are complete rubbish. Which is where we come in. This book breaks through the hype and the puff. It’s going to go back to basics, giving you the products, techniques and tips you need to maximize your assets. By the end of it you’ll be armed with all the information you need to make the most of yourself inside and out: to emphasize the points you love and disguise the bits you loathe - and just to feel happy with yourself. Are you ready? Than let’s begin.

Which colour suits your skin?

Stand in front of any beauty counter and you’ll see there are hundreds of eye, lip and nail colours to choose from. Which you pick can make a massive difference - a shade that’s wrong for you can make you look pale and washed out; on mature skins it can highlight wrinkles and age you by 10 years. Knowing how to choose the right hues for you is vital to helping yourself look your best.

The good news is you can wear pretty much any colour you want, so long as pick the right shade. To do this you need to know two things. The first colour (the one you have now rather than the one you were born shows you the depth or brightness of shade that will flatter you best - the your hair, the lighter the shade that will suit you (and vice versa). The your skin tone. This helps reveal what shades of a colour will suit you best.