The late A-list celebrity makeup artist recounts his painful childhood, early career with Vogue magazine, and behind-the-scenes perspectives on the fashion industry, offering tips on how he created some of his most popular looks.

America's preeminent makeup artist shares his secrets, explaining not only the basics of makeup application and technique but also how to use the fundamentals to create a wide range of different looks. 200 color photos & sketches.

Offers step-by-step directions on how to achieve a wide range of effects, for both everyday and special occasions, through the use of makeup.

Original publication and copyright date: 2010.

Carmindy, the makeup artist on TLC's popular show What Not to Wear, believes that the secret to a great look is to enhance your best natural features with sheer washes of color, not to hide under layers of artificial-looking makeup. In The 5-Minute Face—now with an all-new updated Shopping Guide—Carmindy shares her positive beauty philosophy. She offers a practical, easy, fast, and mistake-proof makeup routine that works for all ages and skin types. Each chapter contains valuable advice on perfecting the makeup technique that's right for your face—and includes product tips and “toolbox” sections describing the best implements to use with each type of makeup. And there's more: How to Get Brows That Wow: Learn what brow shape best frames your face. What's Age Got to Do with It? Tricks and trade secrets that keep every woman looking beautiful at any age. Beauty Comes in All Colors: Freckles? Blemishes? Carmindy helps you find the perfect makeup for your special skin tone. The 10-Minute Face: Carmindy shows how to build on the 5-Minute Face for special occasions. With beautiful photographs by Palma Kolansky, The 5-Minute Face is every woman's guide to enhancing her unique and beautiful features.

Makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin shares step-by-step makeup techniques, and briefly desribes the techniques he has used for thirty-five famous women, including Christie Brinkley, Audrey Hepburn, Whitney Houston, Demi Moore, Paloma Picasso, Roseanne, and Diana Ross. Also includes a brief biography of Aucoin and short essays about him by Polly Mellen, Cindy Crawford, Donna Karan, and Liza Minnelli.

Face to Face, the follow-up to Scott Barnes’s bestselling beauty primer, About Face, is the everyday style guide for every woman. Scott helps change up the usual go-to makeup routine with techniques for getting the perfect look during every transition of the day. What’s a sleek, work appropriate face for the boardroom and client meetings? How do you take your work face up one notch for a dinner out? And what does it take to wow the all-night crowd and create your own red carpet glam? Scott shows readers with a variety of looks for all types and complexions. Step-by-step instructions make application simple and photos show before and after shots of just what is possible with some makeup magic brought to you by the relied-on makeup artist of Kim Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez, and more.