Bobbi Brown Beauty Evolution: A Guide to a Lifetime of Beauty

"Bobbi Brown has a wealth of experience where cosmetics are concerned, and this shows in her writing, and experiences.

The book contains a lot of photos, collages and examples of cosmetics but the main reason why I would prefer Kevyn Aucoin's Making Faces and Nars' Make your Mind up is because both are more adventurous thatn this.

Brown is rigid - she loves her neutrals, brown, greys, and doesn't think twice about telling people that blue shadow is just a no no - but how can you rule out EVERY shade of blue, matched with all possible skin tones in the world?!

The book is of a good standard overall, but if you want a bit of daring, try another one."
~ Written on 2006-02-11

"This is the best beauty book I own! At first glace it's full of really beautiful pictures of real people whose transformation using simple make-up techniques is really inspiring. But it doesn't stop there. The text is informative and translates into real life. Advices are clear and easy to understand, and I've been able to use them successfully. The best of all is that it covers such a wide range of age-groups, skin colours, and different events that life brings. Personally I'd recommend it to anyone interested in make-up. It's inspiring!"
~ Written on 2003-11-08

"Unfortunately, in beauty books which focus a chapter per age range or per skin type, you're going to find that very few chapters apply to YOU personally. This is the case with Bobbi Brown's new book Beauty Evolution. Although you can't fault the down-to-earth, upbeat advice she offers women old and young, all struggling with beauty and self-esteem problems and make-up ruts, it tends to spread itself very thinly across a broad area.

The text is organised around a bunch of rather general photographs of extraordinary and ordinary women, and quite frankly there are far too many, beautifully shot as they may be. The point is to illustrate the amazing diversity of beauty, how it comes from within and how it changes - positively - across your lifetime. On this score, the book succeeds because beauty really is more than the sum of its parts. However, this philosophical side to the book leaves less space for more instructional aspects (diagrams for how to apply make-up etc) that some women might be seeking.

Bobbi Brown is one of my favourite beauty writers because she is so commonsensical and 'real', so I am disappointed not to be able to recommend this book. Her previous book Bobbi Brown Beauty The Ultimate Beauty Resource (to which I would unreservedly give five stars) is far more in-depth and I would advise turning to this for beauty tips and make-up inspiration.

For those of you looking for a brilliant all-round guide then buy The Beauty Bible by Josephine Fairley and Sarah Stacey, or their book Feel Fab Forever in the same vein for older women, both of which include recommendations of products based on tests on thousands of ordinary women."
~ Written on 2003-05-28

"Unfortunately, in beauty books which focus a chapter per age range or per skin type, you're going to find that very few chapters apply to YOU personally. This is the case with Bobbi Brown's new book Beauty Evolution. Although you can't fault the down-to-earth, upbeat advice she offers women old and young, all struggling with beauty and self-esteem problems and make-up ruts, it tends to spread itself very thinly across a broad area.

The text is organised around a bunch of rather general photographs of extraordinary and ordinary women, and quite frankly there are far too many, beautifully shot as they may be. The point is to illustrate the amazing diversity of beauty, how it comes from within and how it changes - positively - across your lifetime. On this score, the book succeeds because beauty really is more than the sum of its parts. However, this philosophical side to the book leaves less space for more instructional aspects (diagrams for how to apply make-up etc) that some women might be seeking.

Bobbi Brown is one of my favourite beauty writers because she is so commonsensical and 'real', so I am disappointed not to be able to recommend this book. Her previous book Bobbi Brown Beauty The Ultimate Beauty Resource (to which I would unreservedly give five stars) is far more in-depth and I would advise turning to this for beauty tips and make-up inspiration.

For those of you looking for a brilliant all-round guide then buy The Beauty Bible by Josephine Fairley and Sarah Stacey, or their book Feel Fab Forever in the same vein for older women, both of which include recommendations of products based on tests on thousands of ordinary women."
~ Written on 2003-05-28