Beauty Books

Whilst teaching Level 3 VTCT Aromatherapy; this book was an essential reference guide; providing many opportunities for creating appealing and informative lessons. I recommended this book to my students; and many of them who purchased this book found it invaluable for their studies. It is a methodical and extensive book that covers all aspects of Aromatherapy theoretical knowledge; and the illustrations are exceptionally detailed and specific. I am a particular fan of providing students with mini tests at the end of their lessons. This helps consolidate learning and provides useful feedback to the teacher. This book helps both students and Lecturers tremendously in this respect.

I recently picked up this book on my way to a festival. At the festival I was just overwhelmed and found myself down with a headache (not to mention numerous other aches). This book has a GREAT "aromatherapy travel kit" section that no trip should be without. Within minutes, I was back in the festive mode. After the days of travel it took to get to the festival, I know this book was the best purchase I'd made that whole weekend (and for a long time before that).

This is by far the most complete book I have read on hand and machine applique I have reviewed. Explanations are clear and concise for the beginner as well as for the intermediate and advanced quilter. The pictures are drawn to thoroughly explain each step in applique. Jeanne Benson's book should be a definite addition to anyone's collection who is seriously into the art of applique.

do you think you are serious about tattooing? consider yourself a bit of an expert on it? and you don't have this book? (not even any of the other tattootime issues?) then re-think and re-consider! anyone serious about tattooing, its backgrounds, its history should have this book. and all the other four issues. they are all out on hardy marks publications; the publishing company owned and run by don ed hardy. whom you should know.

this volume is entitled "art from the heart" and goes into a bit of a different direction than the previous four "tattootime" books; which also has to do with the fact that it has a lot more pages. it goes more deeply into works of artists (with lots of photographic examples): tattoo legend bob shaw, thomas woodruff (paintings, not tattoos!), thom de vita, cynthia witkin (very unusual and unique style of tattooing!) and michael malone (a very respected figure in the tattooing community). all of them are very interesting artists. there's an article (and photographs) about "weirdo art and the rebirth of bold american classics" (meaning classic tattto designs). another one by tricia allen (who has done a lot of great research on lots of tattooing traditions!) entitled "european explorers and marquesan tattooing - the wildest island style"; very informative and educating. the second last article is dedicated to samoan tattoo chief suluape petelo, and the last one takes a look at how tribal tattooing has developed over the years, since it had first gotten big-time attention in "tattootime 1", back in 1982!

again, i feel, this book is worth the money for the photographs alone!

This book really helped me. Before I missed out on a lot of information covering toners and the law of colours.

I'm a cosmetology student who has had a few months of "basic" hair colouring. This book gave me some new ideas and tools to expand my knowledge. I highly recommend it!

Whilst searching for bath beads, bath bombs, and other assorted goodies that would make my bathing experience entirely more lovely, I came across this resourceful 96-page book. I am certainly glad that I purchased this over a five-dollar bath bomb, as "The Art of the Bath" is chocked full of marvellous, yet simple and cheap ways to enhance a bath.

The first chapter, entitled "The Perfect Bath," is basically a rundown of, well, the perfect bath! Whether it would be beneficial to have a cool, tepid, warm, or hot bath; different types of towels and body brushes; the benefits of salts, mud, fruit, herbs, essential oils, as well as that of steaming and massages.

"The Art of the Bath" offers up detailed descriptions of six different types of baths:

1. floral baths
2. aromatic baths
3. detoxifying baths
4. pampering baths
5. relaxing baths
6. aphrodisiac baths

There is the simple "rose bath," which includes rose petals and essential oil of rose; the extravagant Balinese flower bath, in which handfuls of jasmine, ylang ylang, patchouli, hisbiscus, or frangipani blossoms are strewn into hot water; the "zesty bath" which makes use of citrus zest to lift your spirits; mud baths and facial steaming; shiatsu footbath, Japanese hotsoak, fizzing champagne bath, and Eastern wedding bath are some favorites that come to mind as well.

The only real problem that I encountered with the book was that some bathing routines called for you to fill a tub, rub down with a homemade scrub, and shower. At the moment, I do not have a separate shower in which to do that. Not to mention, that a shower massager is preferable in one or two of the procedures, whereas I have a fixed showerhead that I cannot move. Some bathrooms are simply better than others.

"The Art of the Bath" was filled with historical and scientific facts about baths from all over the world, including Japan, Russia, Finland, as well as the ancient baths of Rome.

The other books that the author has used as resources include:

"Cathedrals of the Flesh: My Search for the Perfect Bath" by Alexia Brue

"Some Like it Hot: the Lure of the Sauna, its Lore and Stories" by Nicolyn Rajala

"Spiritual Bathing: Healing Rituals and Traditions From Around the World" by Rosita Arvigo and Nadine Epstein

"The Healing Energies of Water" by Charlie Ryrie

"Undesigning the Bath" by Leonard Koren

So, while there are many works that are much more detailed than this short book, it is certainly a good quick resource to possess.

When I 1st envisioned this beauty I must say I was overwhelmed. A dazzling pictuesque book with tons of babes. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. Fat,thin,old,young, it doesn't matter. What I can only describe as a blissful wondermeant through the eyes of a sinful young man. God bless Jon H. Huer

What a fantastic book, if you can read with a sense of humour about the restrictions on women in the past. This book was a text book for many university level courses on home science and dressmaking etc.

Students were advised to remember, however, that "there are very few normal young women who do not look forward to marriage as the culmination to whatever career they may engage in for a time" (p. 3).

The book contains such useful academic activities as lining all the blond women in your class up against the wall, in order of darkness to fairness of skin. Then get them all to face the wall and rearrange in terms of darkness to fairness of hair.(p.327). Of course, thanks for that great learning experience!

There is a discussion on the unfortunate fact that "college training ...has a significantly masculinizing influence" (p.269) and that "a man cannot accept a woman who rejects her own feminine nature" (p.280), and offers suggestions on how to dress in order to bring out the "warmth and feeling quality" and "feminine arts of grace and charm" (p. 281)that are our true value.

We are also advised to develop a skill in "some feminine handcraft" (p.283), but I'm worried that won't leave me time to take up the scary suggestion to use sandpaper to remove superfluous hair ("a mark of careless grooming") from my arms and legs (p.32).

My favourites, however, are the pages of pictures of female university students, in their swimwear or underwear, with faces blacked out, titled "typical figure irregularities of college women" (p.236). and "typical posture and other irregularities of college women" (p.19). Other irregularities? They don't balance their checkbooks? I really feel for girl d. on page 19. After being rounded up, marched into the college auditorium in her swimsuit, ordered around by some photographer and assistants, and preserved for posterity, she is told she has poor posture, stiff knees, a prominant abdomen, a flat chest, and bad shoulder blades. BAD shoulder blades - get down I say, down!!!

There are a lot of copies of this book floating around in second hand shops, and if you see one I suggest you buy it and preserve it so our daughters and our grand-daughters and their grand-daughters know how hard we all worked to change the world. My copy cost about US $5, and is well worth every cent.

It is sizeable - 400 pages with a hardcover binding, and would make a great present for fashion students, or a humerous gift for bridal showers (for the right socially-conscious bride of course) when you just don't want to buy another set of champagne flutes.

This is a great book whether you own or work in a salon or just want to do your own hair. I like the fact that it shows both mens and womens styles.