Beauty Book Club: Bobbi Brown Pretty Powerful

Beauty Book Club: Bobbi Brown Pretty Powerful.

Welcome to my first Beauty Book Club. I thought I would kick off this series with makeup artist extraordinaire and the Queen of the beauty book...Bobbi Brown. Pretty Powerful is a makeup manual with a difference. This book focuses on who women are and what beauty means to them. It's named after Brown's charity campaign launched in 2013 in which the cosmetics company teams up with global organisations to empower women by making education more accessible to them.  

 This manual really carries on that spirit of empowering women, it encourages women to enhance what they already have and not cover it up, there are no signs of instagram makeup here. By focusing on your radiant skin or dazzling eyes you can own your looks and be confident in who you are, which is a Pretty Powerful feeling (see what I did there?).

 Along with the typical makeup tips like how to apply products and how to ensure your makeup lasts longer, the book is broken up into six categories; pretty natural, pretty radiant, pretty strong, pretty classic, pretty authentic and pretty bold. Each section has corresponding makeup looks explaining how to take each look from day to night. You can pick what group you fall into and base your look around that or you could change up your look depending on what kind of powerful you're feeling that day.

 These sections have been matched up with women who emulate what that category embodies (i.e. athletes are "pretty strong").Women, some celebrities, some everyday women are interviewed throughout the book about what makes them feel powerful and beautiful. For some it's overcoming obstacles like chemotherapy or a divorce, for others it's knowing what they like and working hard to get it, but one thing that all these people have in common is that they're holding their own in life and are unashamedly proving their power.

 Power can come from looking the part as this book explains but it also comes from feeling the part. An emphasis is placed working on your beauty from  the inside out and taking time for yourself to exercise, eat well, and meditate. This is more then a beauty book, it's a lifestyle manual. It is a very inspiring read, Bobbi Brown has a lovely way of making women of all ages, colour and weight feel great with just a few key tips and tricks to get them glowing inside and out but the real pleasure for me was getting to know the people in the photographs. Motivated women who are all pretty powerful, this book will get you ready to take on the world, I cannot reccommend it enough.

You can find the book here

Until Next Time,

Go Forth and Be Fierce,

The Beauty Psycho

xoxo