Paula Begoun: „The original beauty bible“: this is the first book I’ve ever read about cosmetics (and more than once) and it changed my view of certain products. Thanks to this book I reduced the number of products on my skin shelf and I no longer go crazy for packaging or some amazing claims that make you buy everything. In the book author describes everything related to skin: how to take care of skin, what skin really needs and what to avoid. She also explains what should good cleansing gel, lotion contain, what are the acids for, how the sun exposure influences your skin and what kind of crap is cosmetic industry feeding us. This Book also gives some advice how to get rid of some skin problems and describes plastic and cosmetic procedures. English is not easy, as in makeup books, which is understandable since she explains chemical reactions, products’ ingredients and so on. If you are not used to reading in English, I don’t think you can handle it without some serious vocabulary problems. The book costs 19,50€ on her website, www.paulaschoice-eu.com, you can also buy in on Amazon. Beside the book, Paula Begoun also created special website, http://www.beautypedia.com/, with products’ reviews and ingredients’ descriptions so shopping for cosmetics is easier. She and her team try products, review them and list the best in each category.
Paula Begoun has her own brand, Paula’s choice, and they are only available on her website, www.paulaschoice-eu.com. I’m personally huge fun of her products and I can’t imagine my beauty regime without some of them (I’ve been using AHA and BHA acids, Moisture Boost one step face cleanser for at least 5 years).
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| Paula Begoun: The Original Beauty Bible |
Ellen Marmur: „Simple skin beauty“: after reading this book, I went straight away to get examined by my dermatologist. Author is well-known dermatologist and specialist in skin cancer. In the book she describes skin structure, how it works, what works and what not and therefore what not to spend money on. She speaks extensively about the sun exposure and radiation, how it influences skin and that we should not ignore skin cancer threat and should not to neglect preventive annual check-ups. Also, we should check ourselves at home regularly as well and ask somebody to check places that we can’t see (back for example). After reading this book, I got really scared (after all these sun bathing sessions since my childhood) because our skin remembers everything and it can get worse not only straight after the sun tanning but years later as well. I can only hope that all I get is wrinkles and nothing more serious. The book’s English is difficult, like Paula Begoun’s book so if you are not used to reading in English you may have a problem. The book costs 8£ on UK Amazon.
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| Ellen Marmur: Simple Skin Beauty |
