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Summary: Read it on a rainy day
Review: A fun, quick, and easy read, an interesting look into what goes on behind the make-up counter. From the people who create it, to the people who package it, to the magazine people who promote it, to the models who wear it, to the sales people who sell it, to the hopeful buyers, this book gives a look from the eyes of nearly every person involved in the business. Altogether enjoyable.
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Summary: Fascinating look at the inside world of beauty!
Review: For any women (or man) that have been captivated by a store beauty dept..this is a must read! It's all about the psychology behind the ads that attract sane people into buying expensive cosmetics..This book should be a must read by any beginning psychology student also!
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Summary: Not much new
Review: I found Color Stories to be a quick fun read, but if you are a fan of fashion magazines and a cosmetic "junkie" you already know most of what is in this book. The story of the developement of Neutrogena cosmetics would have been more interesting if the product line wasn't defunct. I'm sorry I bought the hardcover version. This is better as a magazine feature.
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Summary: Not much new
Review: I found Color Stories to be a quick fun read, but if you are a fan of fashion magazines and a cosmetic "junkie" you already know most of what is in this book. The story of the developement of Neutrogena cosmetics would have been more interesting if the product line wasn't defunct. I'm sorry I bought the hardcover version. This is better as a magazine feature.
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Summary: F.Y.I
Review: I have yet to actually read this book, but I feel moved to correct to previous reviewers who have. Actually, you are both wrong. Both Neutrogena and Oil of Olay products are still being produced though the latter is now packaged and advertised as simply "Olay".
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Summary: Fun and easy to read but that's about it.
Review: I loved this book! I thought it was extremely well written and an enjoyable and very informative read for anyone that buys cosmetics and clothes. I really enjoyed the contemporary process of how produts are developed and the history of how these companies got started and who started them. It is the first time I have read anything on how cosmetics are really made in a factory (Avon), and FDA information on what companies have tried to get away with in the past.
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Summary: Color Stories
Review: I loved this book! I thought it was extremely well written and an enjoyable and very informative read for anyone that buys cosmetics and clothes. I really enjoyed the contemporary process of how produts are developed and the history of how these companies got started and who started them. It is the first time I have read anything on how cosmetics are really made in a factory (Avon), and FDA information on what companies have tried to get away with in the past.
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Summary: Fun and easy to read but that's about it.
Review: Of course, what more do you need in a book? Okay, first off--the disclaimers--I never read fashion magazines (although I have been known to rifle through them at the doctor's office), I don't follow fashions, I am not a cosmetics connoisseur (I only use mascara and eye pencil and I have used the same 2 brands for over 20 years). so why did I even bother to pick up this book? I figured it would give me some idea of how the "other side" lives (i.e. the proudly fashionable, well groomed, perfectly coiffed, put-together women). Well, not really. But I certainly have an idea about how the author feels about such women. No, on second thought I don't. The ambivalent tone of her writing was a bit confusing. Could she speak more contemptuosly of the bored and boring "suburban mom" (no I am not one therefore I am not speaking defensively) in search of a superficial "escape" from her dull and dreary existence? And then later she would sound vaguely sympathetic for these pitiful creatures. Oh never mind--let's just all forget our problems and crises by spritzing ourselves with some fun perfumes and putting on a new face. Some of the history regarding the pioneers of the cosmetic industry --is interesting. But the narrative regarding the development of one of Estee Lauder's seasonal "color stories was somewhat disjointed and difficult to follow. But maybe it's just me. Maybe I need to start reading Vogue and Glamour. Maybe I need to lighten up and put on some pink lipstick.
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Summary: NJ reviewer is crazy
Review: Personally, I LOVED this book. I did a stint selling cosmetics at Bloomie's and this is the first time I've read anything remotely close to what actually goes on in the cosmetics industry. Including a lot I didn't know (like the FDA dirt, and the inside-the-factory stuff). And, to that reviewer from New Jersey, you have your facts wrong: Neutrogena Cosmetics are alive and well. Not only are they advertised on TV, they're being sold on the Web and my local drugstore as of today. I think you mean Oil of Olay, which went out of business a year or two back. How much of a cosmetics junkie could you possibly be?
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Summary: Well researched a written.
Review: This is a fabulous book that's well worth the read. Gives fly-on-the-wall accounts of various elements of the beauty industry. While some of the accounts seem a little exaggerated and reductive, it is a useful tool for those interested in the beauty biz.
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