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You Are Beautiful: A Beauty Guide for Real Women

by Ken Paves
Sterling. Jun. 2013. 272p. photogs. ISBN 9781402797088. $24.95. PERSONAL GROOMING
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Though he boasts a Hollywood A-list clientele, here hairstylist Paves sets out to convince most women that they, too, can be beautiful. He offers advice on hair care, makeup, clothing, and self-confidence to help the reader look and feel like a star. The key to beauty, according to Paves, is believing in oneself, flaws and all. The author admits that this is a challenging task and shares his own evolution from insecurity ("I'm no Brad Pitt. I think I look more like Ellen DeGeneres") to self-acceptance. He emphasizes, through interviews with noncelebrity women in his life, that beauty comes from within and follows his upbeat talk with easy-to-follow hair-care, makeup, and fashion tips for women who want to enhance their already fabulous selves.
VERDICT Though there is no shortage of straightforward beauty manuals (Bobbi Brown's Bobbi Brown Makeup Manual: For Everyone from Beginner to Pro and Sandy Linter and Lois Joy Johnson's Makeup Wakeup: Revitalizing Your Look at Any Age), this informative and encouraging guide will inject a healthy dose of self-love into readers' beauty regimens. Highly recommended.
Reviewed by Ajoke Kokodoko, Oakland P.L. , Jun 15, 2013
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