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Making Up by Rex : Beauty for Every Age Every Woman
by Rex Hilverdink, Diana Lewis Jewel

One of the world's most sought-after makeup artists, whose clients include Brooke Shields and Sophia Loren, shows how every woman can make the most of her looks. 90 full-color drawings.

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Rex, the makeup genius behind dozens of Vogue covers and scores of international beauties, shows how every woman from 18 to 80 can make the most of her looks with a step-by-step, fully illustrated guide to personalized makeup. 90 drawings.

Beautiful Pictures, Great Advice, October 24, 2000
Reviewer: A reader from California
I love books that combine beautiful pictures and fashion artistry with common-sense application tips for those of us that might be just a little make-up impaired! I enjoyed Rex Hilverdink's approaches to make-up, I think he makes high fashion entirely accessible to the average, normal woman. And the pictures! Absolutely gorgeous. With tons of work for Vogue and other magazines under his belt, Hilverdink has much, much more to offer to women everywhere. This book is a great start, I enjoyed it immensely

This is a book that has been around for over many years. I should know....it has been sitting on my bookshelf at home for most of those years. Rex is the famous makeup genius behind dozens of Vogue covers. He also worked with scores of international beauties. This book of 90 drawings demonstrates how every woman from 18 to 80 can make the most of her looks with a step-by-step, fully illustrated guide to personalized makeup.

I enjoyed this book when I first bought it and I enjoyed it when I recently pulled it off my bookshelf to review it. Rex offers makeup tips for all types of women. Not just gorgeous ones. He also takes into consideration hair color and style. This is of importance to me since my first focus is always on the hair. A lot of people will worry first about their makeup and then their hair. I always do the reverse. I worry that my hair looks good, then I worry about the makeup.

I like the fact that Rex balances both the hair and the makeup. He provides examples of women with white hair, black women, women with glasses and a variety of other unusual types of women. He also categorizes women according to the shapes of their faces. However, his categories are related to planets such as the Sun, Moon, Mars and Saturn. I found his different examples intriguing and interesting.

I would recommend this book because it still provides some new ideas that can be adopted for the current times. It is interesting to note that Kevin Aucoin's The Art of Makeup (see my review) is the 90s version of this first book by Rex.

Enjoy!

Karen Shelton
Book Reviewer
The Hair Boutique