I try to every few weeks prove my literacy by reading a book – almost always regarding beauty or hair, anyway.
Oh well, do what you know! And this is awesome…”Psych Yourself Skinny” is a deliciously brutal look at your FAT self, with a 28-day schedule of meditations, freestyle dance tips, meal ideas, daily “skinny” psych sessions, explicit visual motivators and blunt advice on how to make a big change, real fast.
“Psych Yourself Skinny started out as a weight loss program written for my eyes only,” says Sharon Geisen Hayes, the author, “but then it evolved into a funny little entertainment …read more

Since as far back as high school, each month, like million of girls (and many of my friends), I’d scour the pages of Cosmopolitan for advice on everything from my lukewarm love life to my frazzled hair.
To me, Cosmo was sort of my beauty bible — and now they’ve published a comprehensive bible of their own. COSMO’S SEXIEST BEAUTY SECRETS: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO LOOKING GORGEOUS (Hearst Books; November 4, 2008).
The book offers hundreds of insider tips and tricks on everything from scoring a flawless complexion to creating a ton of hairstyles to working the latest make up trends. There’s …read more

Hi!
As I pen this introduction, I am readying myself to hit the skies…not for vacation (alas) but to explore the spa and beauty regimes at a hotel and spa in Los Angeles.
Most certainly indulgent, and not entirely sane (there are probably more responsible ways to spend the final days before an election when the nation’s economy is in shambles…), it is actually pretty reflective of my very existence.
I’m not shallow, I am just goal-oriented…and said goal is to make everyone around me as pretty and well informed as can be!
My name is Aly Walansky, and I am an avowed beauty …read more

 
So I got my copy of Nina Garcia’s The One Hundred yesterday.  What an incredibly nice book.  Im not sure why I was surprised by how nice it was, other than the price is so right, I wasn’t expecting such a thick, heavy book.   MSRP is $21.95, but Amazon has it right now for $13.97 – go snatch it!
I made it through about the first 30 items last night, and well, I need to shop.  I did see the darned Birken page in there, although I haven’t made it that far in the book yet – should have known she …read more

 
Following the success of Nina Garcia’s The Little Black Book of Style, she is releasing, on August 26, her newest book:  The One Hundred: A Guide To The Pieces Every Stylish Woman Must Own.

Did you read The Little Black Book of Style?  I loved it, and loved getting to know Nina a little better – it certainly made me like her a lot more on Project Runway to have a glimpse into her life.  Beyond that, TLBBOS was a great book on fashion basics and classics, which really is totally my style.  The one problem with it?  It put …read more

I just finished Bringing Home The Birkin, recommended to me by my good buddy Hsien.  I really enjoyed this book – it is written by Michael Tonello, who apparently had quite the career finding and selling the elusive Hermes Birkin bag on eBay. 
Michael is a great writer, his style is friendly, yet elegant in a way.  His story is quite amazing – it begins with a move to Spain following a job that never panned out, and then through selling his designer clothing collection on eBay, he discovered the power of obsessed fashionista collectors and then wiggled and …read more

After my post the other day on the Eye Candy book, by makeup artist Linda Mason, the publisher emailed me with a link to this YouTube video for the book.  This, I believe shows all of the looks from the book – just quick enough to really tempt you and see what the book is all about.  Check it out, then I know you’ll want to buy the book!
 

Have you all checked this book out yet?  It is Eye Candy, by Linda Mason.  Linda is a makeup artist and has produced this book of nothing but gorgeous eye designs, page after page of them.  There are absolutely all different skin tones and ethnicities represented in this book, as well as looks that are appropriate for the funky young teenager all the way to us *grownups* (whatever that is), and everything in between. 
The book is small, about 7×7 inches, with around 150 pages.  Each spread has one photographed design, the design drawn out, plus all of the …read more

So the first big news is – OMG – I got a Kindle.  w00t! 
So one of the first books I went for, is How To Eat Like A Hot Chick.  Browsed through Skinny Bitch, but it just didn’t speak to me like HTELAHC.  That’s an ugly acronym, btw.
I am nowhere near done with it, but let me just tell you, my best friend and I could have written this book.  I absolutely can totally relate.  This book is not for the – um – folks with delicate sensibilities, it is chock full of f-bombs, bj’s and …read more

Oh I have been a slacker this week.  Ok, not really.  Super busy work week, and been eating Cold-eze and spraying that zinc-y nose goo trying to keep from getting sick.  Ugh.  And its soccer season.  And my dog is about to have puppies.  And the house keeper is coming tomorrow and things are upside down.  There is nothing I hate worse than feeling like I’m pulled in 92 different directions all the time, and always feeling behind.  Know what I mean?  Times like this week I don’t feel very supermom-y, and certainly don’t feel so beauty-full.  Regardless, I have …read more