YOU Being Beautiful The Owners Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty
YOU Being Beautiful The Owners Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty
Most people think that beauty revolves around such things as lipstick, sweet eyes, or skinny jeans — all those things that we can see (and obsess over) in the mirror. But the fact is that beauty isn’t some superficial pursuit, and it’s not some random act that you can thank (or curse) your ancestors for.
There are, in fact, scientific standards to beauty. Beauty is purposeful, because it’s how humans have historically communicated who we are to potential mates. Beauty, in fact, is really about your health and happiness.
In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Michael F. Roizen and Dr. Mehmet C. Oz bust the myths and stereotypes about the way we view ourselves — and how we define beauty. In these pages, you’ll find out why beauty isn’t as much about your vanity as it is about your humanity. The doctors take a scientific, informative, and entertaining look at the three levels of beauty and explain how they all work together to form a complete and authentic YOU. Those three levels of beauty are:
- Looking Beautiful: Your appearance influences your self-esteem and has major health implications. Here, the docs will tell you how you can look the way you want.
- Feeling Beautiful: So what if you have luscious lips or gorgeous locks if your joints creak and you have the energy of a rug? The docs will tell you how to improve your energy levels, beat back your life-altering aches and pains, and come to grips with some of life’s toughest stresses.
- Being Beautiful: By improving your relationships with your loved ones as well as with others, you’ll be well on your way to finding true happiness. That’s the ultimate goal: Having all three levels of beauty working together so you can have a happy and healthy life.
You’ll start off by taking the ultra-revealing and validated YOU-Q Test to help you assess where you are on your own beauty scale and where you want to be. Take the test, see how well you do; then use the book to help you improve your score.
With their usual candor and honesty, Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz break down the mechanics of beauty and explain how little adjustments in your routine can help you become a happier, healthier person. You will learn about the biology of beauty, take YOU Tests to determine where you are on the beauty scale, get tons of YOU Tips to help you improve your life, as well as learn the secrets of the Ultimate Beautiful Day.
From hair to toenails, Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz go through every part of your body to explain how different foods, vitamins, creams, gels, and injections can really boost your looks. They scrutinize the beauty myths that bombard us every day and offer an unbiased perspective on which ones cause more harm than good. You will be able to revamp your beauty regimen (or start a new one from scratch). They’ll also take a close look at chronic pain, mood swings, low energy, and financial stresses. And they’ll dive into the science of building relationships, finding happiness, and using spirituality to help you define your own levels of true beauty.
Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz act as tour guides navigating the tricky but exciting terrain of today’s beauty industry. YOU: Being Beautiful is your all-inclusive ticket into the world — the real world — of beauty.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Informative
This book is very informative with a good deal of humor. Many bits of info that I was not aware of. Worth reading.
5 Stars Good Read, Great Info
Another great book by Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen! There is a lot of useful information that you don’t even realize what we’re doing to our bodies by doing the things we do or by consuming what we eat. It give you tips and ideas on how to change your lifestyle to make you beautiful from the inside out and I can say that I’ve definitely have made adjustments to my lifestyle. I want to live a long beautiful life!
3 Stars ok
This book does have some good advice but on some of the things that is adviced on this book are kind of common sence. It tells you what ingredents are best for your face and gives a very small list of products that it recommends. i would have liked to see more product recommendation than ‘why this does that.’
1 Star Like the Authors, Hated the Book
I have several of the “You” books, which I think are helpful and generally well written. This one was an insult. The content was slim compared to the other books. It seemed like a rush job to capitalize on the franchise. That I could have overlooked, but the tone had me rushing to return this book, which is extremely rare for me.
It’s as though the target reader is a 10 year old who would find the references to boogers irresistible. For example, there is a diagram of a finger, with a pointer identifying matter under a fingernail as a booger.
Some humor is welcome, but know your audience. Assuming repeat “You” buyers are an obvious target audience, this book misses the mark.
4 Stars good information
This book has a lot of information on things you should do to stay healthy. I like that it really goes into the skin, you don’t really get that in most health books, and it has humor along with it which makes it a fun read.
Passport to Beauty Secrets and Tips from Around the World for Becoming a Global Goddess
Passport to Beauty Secrets and Tips from Around the World for Becoming a Global Goddess
Passport to Beauty features unique, yet simple beauty tips and techniques as well as instructions for creating cleansing masks, exfoliation blends, and moisturizers for hair and body. Learn how women around the world stay beautiful:
· turn back the hands of time with a white clay mask like Australian beauties do
· refresh your complexion with white tea – an ancient Chinese anti-aging secret
· use coconut oil for glossy, shimmering hair as South Asian women have done for centuries
A beauty treatment and make-over with an exotic flair is only as far away as your local grocery store – learn how to unleash the beatifying power of yogurt, lemon, olive oil, honey, and other surprising ingredients. Additionally, Shalini Vadhera will introduce you to the secrets of spices, natural remedies, and spa treatments from around the globe.
And once you’ve got your skin and hair looking wonderful, Shalini Vadhera dips into her bag of international beauty tricks and reveals a multitude of techniques for selecting and applying make-up and always looking your absolute best.
No matter your latitude or longitude on the globe, by using the information in this book you can truly become a global goddess!
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars Average book with some helpful hints and tricks
This book is not “truly amazing” as another reviewer put it, neither is it that bad either. The hints and tricks in this book use mostly ingredients like coconut oil, avocado, and fruit and nut oils; basically, ingredients and methods that can easily be found on the internet as well. I would recommend this only to those who really want to have a book for reference, as I did.
The writing style of the book is a little prosaic at times, and perhaps a bit shallow (lots of exclamations marks!), but I understand that in general, the “beauty crowd” isn’t all that intellectual and some can’t spell well either (just take a look at some of the other reviews on here for this book). (I am not saying that Shalini Vadhera cannot write, but she probably had to dumb down her book for the target audience.)
All in all, this book is average, but not something I would say is stellar reading. As another reviewer noted, it would have been nice to include more beauty ideals from other countries.
An idea: This book could make a nice stocking stuffer for a teen or young woman.
1 Star Nothing I haven’t heard/read before
I am extremely disappointed. I was expecting new, fresh, exotic ideas of skin care from around the world. Having read it cover to cover, I don’t think I found one idea that I haven’t heard/read before. Further, Shalini (the author) mentions her skin care line throughout the book, therefore, I can only surmise that the intention is to further publicize her online products. I’d like my money back!
2 Stars Not bad, but not quite what I was hoping for
This book isn’t quite what I was hoping for. I’m interested in the beauty ideals of other cultures and was hoping Vadhera would go a little further into each culture’s perspective of beauty, such as by providing a few pages of narrative in each chapter in addition to the “beauty tips and techniques”. (For example, how does what the culture found beautiful in the past compare to what it finds beautiful now?) But that isn’t really what the book is about. It’s a lightweight, breezy collection of face and hair masks used by women in other countries.
I found some of the tips interesting, but other advice appears numerous times throughout the book, worded differently. Drinking a lot of water, eating a healthy diet, portion control, and exercise are mentioned constantly, which of course are good tips, but not really anything new. Vadhera has a perky style of writing, such as “African gals say walking is not only a way of life but also a great way to keep their lean physiques. Walking around town is an easy path to a tight butt and strong, toned legs!” and “Avoid trying to emphasize all your features at the same time. Overdoing it may label you a makeup misfit!”
I would recommend this book to someone who enjoys making her own skin and face masks and is looking for more receipes. I would also recommend it to someone who wants to learn more about the beauty practices of women in other cultures, as long as they aren’t looking for anything too deep.
Someone who is looking to learn more about French or Japanese beauty may enjoy “All You Need to Be Impossibly French” by Helena Frith-Powell or “Beauty Up: Exploring Contemporary Japanese Body Aesthetics” by Laura Miller.
5 Stars MY BIBLE!
truly amazing! i have saved so much money just by reading her tips. THank you so much Shalini!
5 Stars For your body’s sake!
If you want anatural remedy for a more beautiful, lustrous, touchable skin, then go ahead and nuy this number. All recipies are doable, I have tried some of them myself: Great Results! at the palm of your hands.
Gaining Weight For Skinny People
Gaining Weight For Skinny People
For those people who are underweight, it can be a challenge to gain weight. There is a high prevalence in our country to be overweight and obese and this means that there is little thought put into the fact that there are those people out there that are underweight and need to add pounds rather than take them away. To gain weight you need to be healthy and you need to consume more calories from healthy foods. You must also perform the right types of exercise so that you stay fit and healthy, but also gain weight. This may seem like an oxymoron, but you want to gain healthy weight, you don’t want to look like a couch potato. This also means that you need to eat healthy foods instead of high fat processed foods that are only going to clog your arteries and cause damage to your health later down the road. Also, for those young people out there, you should give yourself a little time. Some people are very thin until they hit their twenties and then they begin packing on the pounds. But for those of you who are past this point in their lives then it is not likely that you are going to be gaining weight, so there are things that you can do to begin gaining healthy weight. There are a number of people who are underweight, and this stems from a variety of reasons. Many people who are underweight suffer from chronic diseases or eating disorders. Some people are athletes or just thin people who want to gain muscle as well as weight. Elderly people are often underweight. As our body ages we gradually lose taste, smell and it is harder to prepare large meals and the result is that they lose weight and become thin. Being too thin may also increase a person’s risk for dying from certain diseases like cancer and heart failure. Many people associate this with being overweight, but the fact of the matter is that it works both ways. You have to meet in the middle where you are a good weight without being overweight. Elderly people who are underweight are also prone to becoming frail and suffering from osteoporosis or hip fractures. Men have an increase chance of erectile dysfunction. This guide will tell you how to gain healthy weight and to do it in a healthy manner. By following these simple guidelines you will be on your way to not being chronically thin and also gaining muscle as well.
Your Best face Forward Makeup Application Tips and Techniques
Your Best face Forward Makeup Application Tips and Techniques
This video simply teaches you how to do your makeup simply and effectively. Professional makeup artist, Jennifer Riley, teaches you how to apply makeup using her secret techniques to get you the look you desire. Jennifer teaches that it is not so much about the type of makeup you use, but how you apply it. With this video, you will learn how to have a fabulous face in just a few minutes. Want to go from a day look to an evening look? Jennifer shows you how without having to do a complete redo. In this video, you will see Jennifer do makeup on three different girls, with different types of features and complexions. This way you can see how Jennifer does it from start to finish. Anyone can benefit from this video, whether you are new to applying makeup, or an old pro.
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User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Very Helpful
I usually use the review section on Amazon to let people know that I was not pleased with a product that I purchase for my children (hence the title name). However, I was so pleased with this video that I wanted to write a review about it. I really liked the ideas that I got from this video. The steps are easily layed out and I feel that I have been able to apply them to my every day routine.
5 Stars Good Gift
I bought this video for my girlfriend because she was looking for something like this. She said the steps were easy to follow and really helped her be able to get ready quicker and look better at the same time.
5 Stars My new look made my friends jealous!
This is a great DVD. It taught me a lot about makeup application techniques and I have been wearing makeup for years! The teacher is easy to follow and the video shows each step very clearly. I was amazed at how much better my makeup looked after watching this video. I would definitely recommend it to my friends but make them purchase their own copy.
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