Bobbi Brown: Makeup Manual Essay

Sarah Bartz

Holmes

Lit/Comp 9

2/16/12

Bobbi Brown’s book, “Makeup Manual:  For Everyone from Beginner to Pro” has everything you need to know about makeup.  It you knew nothing about makeup before reading the book, after you read it you could probably stand your ground next to someone who has been wearing makeup for a while.  It gives you fantastic information for everyone from beginner to professional, as stated in the title.  It does a great job at celebrating 20 years of making women beautiful, also stated in the title.

This book also has many beautiful pictures. In every chapter there is picture upon picture. They are there to show beauty as well as lay out step by step procedures on how to apply makeup. The photos made me want to go out and start applying makeup. They are very inspirational and add unbelievable quality to the book.

“Makeup Manual” is very recently published, and since Brown is a makeup artist who is still in practice today, all of her techniques are very up to date, new, and fashionable. It is dated to first have been published in 2011, so its information and quality are almost completely shiny and new. The book was published in New York by the Hachette Book Group, which is a reliable publisher and publishing location. It is also stated in the book that the library of congress has copies of this book, which makes it pretty top notch.

The book has exceptional cited evidence as well. In every advice and techniques it gives, it has an explanation and evidence to show that what it stated was true. It does this in the exceptional pictures that are almost on every page of the book and through detailed lesson summaries. Bobbi Brown is also a very well known and famous makeup artist, and has been in the business for many years. You know you can rely on her for makeup advice, well, from all of her exceptional masterpieces over the years.

The quality of this book, in my opinion, was very good. It has many amazing tips and ideas to start off your makeup career. Brown has the knowledge to help you lead a career that will last you a lifetime.  I would recommend this book to anyone that is interested in the art of cosmetology.  I obtained so much knowledge from reading “Bobbi Brown: Makeup Manual” and it is defiantly going to be a reference for me whenever I have makeup questions.