This giveaway is now closed. The winners are…
1. Tiff from Three Peas in a Pod who said, “My eyes!! I love to watch What Not to Wear! Great giveaway!”
and
2. Kristy who said, “My best feature is my eyes and would love to learn how to do a smokey eye.”
Congrats! And thanks to the folks at Hachette Book Group for sponsoring this giveaway.
I’ve been a fan of What Not To Wear since the very first episode aired in 2003 with Stacy London and Wayne Scott Lukas.
That’s right, I did NOT say Clinton Kelly. Wayne Scott Lukas was the first male co-host of What Not To Wear. I was hooked on the show immediately and have been a loyal fan ever since.
So when I was asked to review Carmindy’s latest book, get positively beautiful, I tripped over my two left feet zapping back an enthusiastic email. I did have the wherewithal to also request a giveaway, and the publishers were so generous they are giving me FIVE copies to give away! YES, FIVE! Two here and three on Chic Critique!
But before we get to that, let me tell you about the book. I have read it cover to cover. Her overriding theory of beauty is that “a confident face knows its finest features and plays them up.” Carmindy starts by demanding that her reader turns off negative thoughts about her appearance and focuses on the fantastic. I love how she encourages us not to compare ourselves to other women, particularly movie stars and supermodels. Throughout the book she emphasizes the belief that there is no set beauty ideal and every woman has unique beauty.
As a Christian woman, I believe that God has made each of us unique and beautiful in our own way. It is not wrong to focus on our assets as long as we don’t allow them to become a point of pride. It IS wrong to tear down what God has created. So while Carmindy may go a bit overboard with her “mirror mantras”, I think her overall point is valuable. We will be much happier and more productive if we focus on the good and not the bad. And this book helps us do just that.
I particularly liked it when she said that our pore obsession has become “utterly insane and is a poor use of our energies”. I have certainly spent too much time bemoaning the craters pores that have appeared on my post-35-year-old face. Carmindy encourages her readers to embrace their complexion and focus on finding products to showcase it. In fact, she goes through every facial feature and explains in detail how to make the most of it with makeup and skincare. She breaks it down into several different categories (for example, for the eyes she describes makeup techniques for each eye color and shape) and gives specific instructions for maximizing your assets. She encourages her reader to determine her “feature focus” and start there.
There is a chapter describing the tools you need to optimize your makeup application. Carmindy’s advice is to start collecting the tools that help enhance your feature focus and then build your toolbox as you experiment. I have already added a few new tools for my collection on her advice.
At the end there is a section with before and after shots and descriptions of how Carmindy achieved their dramatic makeovers. I pored over these pages, studying the makeup techniques she used.
This is a book for every woman who wants to make the most of her assets. The advice is practical and affordable. There are even product recommendations in the back.
WIN IT! For your chance to win one of two copies of Carmindy’s get positively beautiful, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling me your “feature focus” – your best feature, the one you want to maximize with Carmindy’s beauty techniques. The winner will be selected on Friday. Good luck!
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Jo-Lynne blogs daily at Musings of a Housewife, and she runs a beauty product review blog, Chic Critique
Laura G says
my eyes are my best feature. i would love to learn how to play them up
Valerie Mitchell says
hooray for eyes!
Angie P. says
I would say my hair is my best asset, but if she’s covering only facial features, I’d say my eyes. The detailed help that sounds like is in this book would be very welcome.
Rebecca C says
I like my eyes and my sin, and my boobs (in a bra anyway)
Joyce Jacobs says
Definitely my eyes. Thanks!
Martha C says
I love Carmindy! I would so love to have this book.
Julia Magrath says
I’m thinking my best facial feature is probably my eyes. I’d love to win the book, her makeup is awesome!
sharon says
wow, this sounds like a neat book! thanks for your review of it.
my favorite feature is my side profile of my whole body. i have a wide, thin, frame, so i like the side the best =D
Sara A says
My naturally full and pouty lips!
Francine Anchondo says
My best feature is my eyes. Thanks for the giveaway.
Ed Nemmers says
Legs! Facially, my baby blues!
Kelly says
My eyes.
Mae Behling says
My big blue eyes – the rest is all too wrinkly at my age!
Michelle says
My eyes–brown and friendly.
Courtney says
My eyes are by far my best feature. They are large and very light colored. They pop against my dark hair.
thefarmerfiles says
My eyes!
Carla says
I love What Not to Wear!!!!!!!
My best feature is my green eyes.
Charlotte says
I would have to say my eyes are my best feature. I love What Not to Wear, too!
Amy says
My smile is my best feature! I would love to read this book! Thank you!
Anne L. says
My lips are not my best feature, but I’d like to know how to make them look better.
Cassandra Janda says
My eyes–I could use a makeup “how-to.”
Samantha Pruitt says
my lips and my butt!
Linda Russell says
I would say my eyes! However being over 40 makes it hard to know exactly what is best to create the best look. I’d love to read her tips!
Pat N says
My eyes. Thanks for the contest.
Hesper Fry says
My eyes. Thanks for the great giveaway!
tvheidi says
Definitely my eyes!
Nature Deva says
My best feature would be my eyes or my eyebrows.
Patty says
I like my hair a lot. It is growing longer and longer everyday!
Mary Byerly says
I think my eyes are my best feature.
Charlene Kuser says
My eyes are my best asset.I could use this book
not very good on playing up my features
Kari Follett says
People tell me my smile 🙂
Shari Bowen says
I think it would be my eyes that I would focus on
kathy pease says
my eyes i think are my best feature 🙂
Karla says
I have great eyes that change color with what I wear and I would love to learn how to draw attention to them. I’m clueless with makeup!
Veronica Garrett says
My eyes.
skena megahed says
Mmmmmmmmmm……
I think my eyes is my favorite feature
Becky D says
I would have to say my Hair. Its gotten so long and its very soft. The book would be good for some hair tips to help maintain it.
Jennifer says
I have large pretty eyes but I need to learn how to use eyeliner and eyeshadow properly.
Queenbee says
I think that my lips are my best feature. I would love to win the book to find ways to play up my features. I also love What Not to Wear.
kristi blackstone says
It’d def be my eyes!
Tami says
I love my eyes!
And I would love to win this book 🙂
Karen says
I think my favorite feature is my eyes. The problem is as I get older the more everything sags.
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Lori Williams says
My eyes and legs, but both are aging more than I want them to!
sarah woods says
Look for oval lips and my high accented cheekbones
Michelle H. says
People compliment me on my eyes.
Jill Miller says
My best feature is my eyes, and I’d love to learn how to play them up more.
Helen says
I have great skin.
Emmy T says
My best feature is my smile, and I would love to see what she says about lip colors!
Lily Kwan says
My best feature is my dimples.
lisalou says
from my ortho too many years ago to a stranger last week, everyone says i have a great smile.