Allure: Confessions of a Beauty Editor

I'm a regular reader of Allure, and I've always felt like Linda Wells is more approachable and humane--less judgmental, less attitude--than the typical fashion/beauty diva. I still believe that. However, if you read the magazine, you've probably read just about everything that's in this book. Even the 10 chapter openers come straight from the pub letters. In addition, there are 66 full-page color photos that have little or nothing to do with the text--they're basically decorative. Pretty 20-something faces. The book could have benefitted from some serious how-to photos or diagrams in a few places. The layout is a little hard to follow in some areas as well. I suppose that there's really not that much new under the sun in the world of beauty basics--I just expected more. I wish, for example, that she'd addressed the issue of leg/body makeup. But maybe that's a different demographic!

I am both an Allure subscriber, and a voracious acquirer/collector/consumer of all things health and beauty. Yes, some of the information in this book is basic, but it's actually quite nice to have it all compiled in one place. Having the full complement of information in a single book is a real boon for those of us who endlessly tear out magazine pages in an effort to organize the plethora of information out there.The information in the book is presented objectively and in a reader-friendly format. I love the "top ten" lists and the casual language/illustrations. It's nice to know that beauty editors have both Oil of Olay and La Mer in their make-up bags.This is not a book for beauty snobs, but is definitely a bible for the humble and curious beauty consumer.

If you don't like reading beauty magazines every month, this book might be for you. Minus the product promotions, it tells you how to cleanse and moisturize your face and apply make-up properly. If you do read beauty magazines regularly, there is nothing new here, and if you like learning about new products, you may want to keep your magazine subscriptions instead of buying the book. The title "Confessions" is misleading because it makes it sound as though we are going to learn some new and startling information that we would never have learned from a magazine, and that's simply not the case. That said, the information in the book is solid if you're tired of reading the product hype and flipping through page after page of advertisements to get to the next article in a magazine.

I'm not someone who reads Allure on a regular basis, in fact, I rarely read it. So this was a great book for me. I'm a 30 year old who doesn't spend a whole lot of time on myself so this was a great book to give me basic information about most every part of the body. My only complaint is that I wish it had more instructional information on applying makeup.I really recommend this book!

I love this book! I am very new to the beauty world (makeup)... I knew a lot about skin care from the trainings I got at the store I used to work at... But I was never sure if they were generally applicable to any skin care brand or not... This book helped me confirm that all I knew was true for any skin care brand and I got a whole bunch of knowledge concerning makeup too from reading it! : ) Love this!

Briefly enjoyed the book. It was stolen from me.

Came damaged with pages ripped out. From what I can tell from the other pages left, not anything special.

I've loved this book expecially for the first part that is about skin routine, the different types of products to use for the different types of skin and so on! it s full of contents! well-recommended!

OK book, but nothing new here if you already read the magazine.

Tipps sind sehr gut und wirklich auch hilfreich, wenn man sich mit Make-up noch nicht so auskennt.Aber dass die Autorin selbst offen zugibt, quasi kaum Make-up zu tragen, kommt nicht sehr authentisch rüber.

Only had a brief look through as this was a present but wouldn't mind receiving a copy myself as my friend has found some really great ideas.