Beauty Parlor Wisdom

by Risa Mickenberg, Joanne Dugan (Photographs)

Who needs a therapist if they already visit the beauty salon? This delightful follow-up to Taxi Driver Wisdom gathers together weird, witty, and often hilarious quotes gleaned from actual hairdressers, manicurists, and beauticians across the country. These modern-day Freuds offer insights into aging gracefully, the differences between women and men, fulfilling your dreams, and, of course, the meaning of hair and nails. Colorful photographs punctuate each message, and a puffy red cover evokes hours of beautification in the salon chair. With its salt-of-the earth wisdom from the people who beautify us, this book will make you feel as good as you look after a great session at the salon.

176 pages, Hardcover

First published May 4, 2006

Reviews

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as funny as I thought it would be, but still humorous.

[Bellona Wolff]

This is one of the worst books you will ever read and/or buy. Don't waste your time. I read it in 22 minutes - mostly because I had to reread a lot of it because I couldn't believe how racist & ignorant the text actually was.
Every page has a subject on top, followed by a piece of "advice" from a professional. My personal favorite was this.
"On Proposals - Listen to me - Get yourself pregnant." Yeah. That's some wisdom for you & that's one of the good ones.
While I understand that Asians do a lot of work in beauty parlors - YOU DON'T WRITE IN A RACIST ACCENT! My God, the book is filled with 1950's style badly-written sketches, like the following.
"On Your Way Out - Be Careful You Nails."
The pictures are lazy, the writing is uninterstinsting drivel & the whole experience made me feel like an complete moron for ever opening the book. Please, keep looking for books that offer bits of advice with titles similar to this because there are a lot of them out there BUT THIS AINT ONE OF EM!