Use the art of glamour magic to transform your confidence and countenance with this full-color hardback guide, written by bestselling author Marie Bruce.
Glamour is a carefully crafted illusion that witches have used for centuries to cast an aura of power, mystery and seductiveness around themselves. It can make a person stand out in a crowd, do better in a job interview, have the confidence to go out on more dates, or seduce their partner when they least expect it.
This transformative guide will give readers to tools to tap into this inner magic. Readers can learn to walk taller, stand straighter, speak out with authority on topics they are passionate about and generally move through life with more grace and wit than they had before.
Because glamour is an illusion, it means that anyone can achieve it. It doesn't depend on being able to afford expensive lip fillers or botox, nor hours spent in the gym. Anyone can become glamorous regardless of age, shape, size or gender, because glamour is for everyone. Everyone, that is, who dares to try it...
I stumbled across this at the bookstore for a good price and it caught my attention because it's pretty and pink, and I like to give most things that are 🎀girlala🎀 a chance. I don't subscribe to any Wiccan beliefs whatsoever, but I'm solidified in myself, my faith, and my values enough to maintain a healthy curiosity to read this objectively, take what I need, and leave the rest.
I love reading about what people have to say about beauty practices since it's a hobby of mine, even if I don't utilize all the tools or practices (like last year when I read 'Plant Based Beauty' by Jess Arnaudin).
That being said: Some of tips mentioned seemed frivolous and thirsty — like “The Cheerleader Effect” which details hanging around attractive people so that you seem more attractive also. ‘The Repoussoir’ concept repulsed me, as the primary example instructs to position yourself around less attractive people to seem more beautiful in the event you don’t have people to fill the "cheerleader" position. I view glamour (regardless of personal belief or practice) to be empowering and self-affirming, but some of these exercises seem opportunistic and mean.
The very next chapter on 'Inner Beauty' had a much better message and was starkly opposite of the chapter I just mentioned. This book gave me whiplash as I found it to be contradictory in so many spots.
I did, however, enjoy the idea of having a Glamour Chest, which I thought was pretty unique, as well as the concept of a Makeup Manifesto.
No rating because I don't want to be harsh seeing as based on the practices, I'm definitely not the intended audience for this book.
This book was not for me. It was a quick read, not a lot of substance. I found the perspective to be unhealthy at times and I skipped sections because of this. Would not recommend, especially would not recommend for young witches in formative self image/esteem building years.