Offers advice on caring for this precious external organ--the skin--including purchasing tips on the proper cosmetics and creams

Take Care of Your Skin

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Brumberg, Elaine

Beauty, Grooming, & Style

Harpercollins

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly 
It's not pretty reading, but the cosmetics consumer should put this illuminating book, directed primarily to women, on her shopping list, right up there with the eyeshadow and lipstick. According to beauty consultant Brumberg, many popular, innocuous-looking makeup and skin care products contain chemicals that may cause cancer, blindness or allergic reactions. She lists the chemical composition, and hazards, of a number of cosmetics, including eye makeup, lipstick, blusher, foundation, powder, moisturizer and facial cleanser; she also provides a comparison-shopping guide and advises the reader in prudent purchasing and avoiding the hard sell. This book is by no means an exhaustive study; the endless chemicals confuse, and many subjects, such as combination (dry and oily) skin, get summary treatment. Yet the reader will emerge with the knowledge that the onus is on her to become her own beauty expert and to wrest accountabilty from the loosely monitored billion-dollar cosmetics industry.

Save Your Money, Save Your Face: What Every Cosmetics Buyer Needs to Know

Medical Books

Today's cosmetics industry has struck a goldmine: Hundreds of new products, which promise to defy age, rejuvenate skin and erase wrinkles, are being offered to women who eagerly buy them and wait for the miracles to begin. Now, in her newest book, Elaine Brumberg gets to the bottom of the advertising claims, examines specific products and their ingredients, provides recommendations and delivers the one-of-a-kind information every woman needs to make smart choices. She illustrates how skin and hair care, cosmetic surgery, diet, exercise and above all, attitude contribute to maintaining youthful good looks. By sharing her personal experience, Elaine motivates and inspires women to look ahead at the wonderful opportunities that await them. With helpful hints, anecdotes, sidebars and charts complemented by the author's down-to-earth style, Ageless is an up-to-the-minute, comprehensive, motivational handbook for all image-conscious women.

Ageless: What Every Woman Needs to Know to Look Good and Feel Great

Women's Health

William Morrow

Cosmetics Buyer's Companion: A Guide to Makeup and Skin Care Products

Facts on File, Inc.

Discusses the types, ingredients, costs, selection and use of lipstick, blusher, foundations, powder, eye makeup, and skin care products

Save Your Money, Save Your Face: What Every Cosmetic Buyer Needs to Know

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