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Bloom: A Girl's Guide to Growing Up Gorgeous
From the makeup artist on TLC’s What Not to Wear , a full color make-up book that shows teenagers how to embrace their own inner beauty.
Carmindy gives teens the beauty basics and best skincare practices needed to grow up gorgeous. Instead of teaching them to cover up their “flaws,” she demonstrates how to emphasize their best features in the most effortless and teen-budget-friendly ways possible.
Along with easy-to-follow makeup application tips, this book features beautiful, transformational photos of real-life girls as they get “Carmindized” in age-appropriate make-overs. Carmindy also offers inspiring advice for dealing with a wide range of self-esteem and image from zits and glasses to bullying and peer pressure.
Throughout, Carmindy reminds readers to always face the world, and everyone in it, with grace and a positive outlook.
Carmindy gives teens the beauty basics and best skincare practices needed to grow up gorgeous. Instead of teaching them to cover up their “flaws,” she demonstrates how to emphasize their best features in the most effortless and teen-budget-friendly ways possible.
Along with easy-to-follow makeup application tips, this book features beautiful, transformational photos of real-life girls as they get “Carmindized” in age-appropriate make-overs. Carmindy also offers inspiring advice for dealing with a wide range of self-esteem and image from zits and glasses to bullying and peer pressure.
Throughout, Carmindy reminds readers to always face the world, and everyone in it, with grace and a positive outlook.
- GenresNonfiction
160 pages, Paperback
First published August 5, 2014
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About the author
Carmindy
5 books7 followersEvery week, millions of viewers count on Carmindy to teach them about the latest makeup tips and tricks on TLC's hit show What Not to Wear.
Since her Southern California childhood, Carmindy has dreamed of traveling the world doing makeup and meeting inspiring people. Through hard work and an unstoppable attitude, she's made that dream a reality. She's painted faces in the studios of Paris, on the beaches of Brazil, and on the streets of Havana. She's lived in Los Angeles, Milan, Miami, and now makes her home with her husband, Javier, in New York, where she has established herself as a top fashion makeup artist.
Carmindy's work can be seen on the editorial pages of leading magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Elle, InStyle, O, Essence, Self, Lucky, Seventeen, Marie Claire, and Glamour. Her commercial clients include Maybelline, Sephora, Clairol, Avon, Aveeno, CoverGirl, Almay, Bath and Body Works, Sally Hansen, Crest Whitestrips, and Q-tips. She is the author of two fabulous beauty books titled The 5 Minute Face and Get Positively Beautiful. She has co-created a natural line of cosmetics called Sally Hansen Natural Beauty inspired by Carmindy available in drugstores nationwide.
Carmindy is always looking for the next great way to communicate with her fans. She writes a monthly e-newsletter featuring answers to questions submitted through her Web site www.carmindy.com, and is a freelance beauty writer for several other high-traffic beauty Web sites.
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Since her Southern California childhood, Carmindy has dreamed of traveling the world doing makeup and meeting inspiring people. Through hard work and an unstoppable attitude, she's made that dream a reality. She's painted faces in the studios of Paris, on the beaches of Brazil, and on the streets of Havana. She's lived in Los Angeles, Milan, Miami, and now makes her home with her husband, Javier, in New York, where she has established herself as a top fashion makeup artist.
Carmindy's work can be seen on the editorial pages of leading magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Elle, InStyle, O, Essence, Self, Lucky, Seventeen, Marie Claire, and Glamour. Her commercial clients include Maybelline, Sephora, Clairol, Avon, Aveeno, CoverGirl, Almay, Bath and Body Works, Sally Hansen, Crest Whitestrips, and Q-tips. She is the author of two fabulous beauty books titled The 5 Minute Face and Get Positively Beautiful. She has co-created a natural line of cosmetics called Sally Hansen Natural Beauty inspired by Carmindy available in drugstores nationwide.
Carmindy is always looking for the next great way to communicate with her fans. She writes a monthly e-newsletter featuring answers to questions submitted through her Web site www.carmindy.com, and is a freelance beauty writer for several other high-traffic beauty Web sites.
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November 5, 2014
Teen girls are often looking for tips on taking care of their skin and figuring out how to apply make up. Now they can get advice from an expert, Carmindy, who is familiar to many people from the time she spent on TV’s What Not to Wear, giving women tips and techniques for how to use makeup to bring out their best features.
In her book Bloom: A Girl’s Guide to Growing Up Gorgeous, Carmindy starts out by encouraging girls to find the beauty they have inside. She talks about how lots of girls feel like they would be happy with their looks if only they had…a different hair color or face shape, thinner brows, fuller lips, etc. She calls it the compare game and says even famous models feel the same way.
Carmindy even relates a story from her own childhood and how she was bullied about the way she looked. She talks about overcoming her insecurities by learning to notice the positives about herself when she looked in the mirror. But she alto talks about how you can feel better about yourself when you put in an effort to look good. The rest of the book focuses on how teens can look and feel good by focusing on a few simple techniques.
Bloom covers topics like taking care of your skin with cleansers, toners and sunscreen, shaping eyebrows, and using foundation, mascara, blush and eye color. Carmindy gives tips for finding the right colors to go with certain skin tones and talks about trouble-shooting issues like getting zits or cold sores and having body odor.
Bloom finishes up with photos of girls who are going for certain looks, like what to wear to take a class photo, go on a date, attend a party, go to an honors banquet, or get interviewed for college. The book is illustrated with lots of photos, a list of tools needed, and sidebars with good information. Overall, I think it’s a good guide to help girls feel good about who they are inside as well as how they present themselves to others.
The publisher provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
In her book Bloom: A Girl’s Guide to Growing Up Gorgeous, Carmindy starts out by encouraging girls to find the beauty they have inside. She talks about how lots of girls feel like they would be happy with their looks if only they had…a different hair color or face shape, thinner brows, fuller lips, etc. She calls it the compare game and says even famous models feel the same way.
Carmindy even relates a story from her own childhood and how she was bullied about the way she looked. She talks about overcoming her insecurities by learning to notice the positives about herself when she looked in the mirror. But she alto talks about how you can feel better about yourself when you put in an effort to look good. The rest of the book focuses on how teens can look and feel good by focusing on a few simple techniques.
Bloom covers topics like taking care of your skin with cleansers, toners and sunscreen, shaping eyebrows, and using foundation, mascara, blush and eye color. Carmindy gives tips for finding the right colors to go with certain skin tones and talks about trouble-shooting issues like getting zits or cold sores and having body odor.
Bloom finishes up with photos of girls who are going for certain looks, like what to wear to take a class photo, go on a date, attend a party, go to an honors banquet, or get interviewed for college. The book is illustrated with lots of photos, a list of tools needed, and sidebars with good information. Overall, I think it’s a good guide to help girls feel good about who they are inside as well as how they present themselves to others.
The publisher provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
December 31, 2015
Professional make-up artist Carmindy’s book on teen beauty regimens is a lot of fun. The cover is cute - photos of multicultural teen models on a white background with the title in the middle. At the bottom is a photo of Carmindy with a model. Inside, there is a good amount of white space, large font and lots of colorful photographs.
There are 10 chapters in the book, covering topics from skin, eyebrows, the “nasties” and more. Occasionally, the text can be a bit overwhelming, but she gives very helpful advice. The chapters that focus on make-up application (5-Minute Face, What to Wear on Your Face) are the most easy-to-follow. She also gives helpful tips, like using olive oil to remove makeup and using sugar as a face and body scrub. Another plus - she doesn’t try to sell you specific products.
Another thing I really appreciated were the awkward teen photos she put in of herself and her team, and the bare-faced teen model photographs. It makes it incredibly relatable.
There are 10 chapters in the book, covering topics from skin, eyebrows, the “nasties” and more. Occasionally, the text can be a bit overwhelming, but she gives very helpful advice. The chapters that focus on make-up application (5-Minute Face, What to Wear on Your Face) are the most easy-to-follow. She also gives helpful tips, like using olive oil to remove makeup and using sugar as a face and body scrub. Another plus - she doesn’t try to sell you specific products.
Another thing I really appreciated were the awkward teen photos she put in of herself and her team, and the bare-faced teen model photographs. It makes it incredibly relatable.
March 23, 2017
This book is perfect for young girls who are becoming more interested in their appearance. As a mom of two young girls, I wouldn't want just anyone giving my girls advice on beauty. Carmindy does an excellent job reminding impressionable girls that who they are on the inside is what makes them truly beautiful and that confidence can make you radiate beauty from the inside out. This book isn't short on real makeup tips though and I appreciate the fun, youthful looks she puts together. From proper skincare advice to complete descriptions of cosmetics, this truly is a complete guide to beauty.
December 9, 2014
Perfect book for a teenager! I gifted Bloom to my 14 year old granddaughter, along with a few of the supplies. When she finishes reading, we will go to Nordstroms and select blush, powder and gloss! (Going to Nordstroms because I discovered the gal working at the Lancome counter had gifted the book to her niece!)
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