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Asian Faces
Guest Contributor in Beauty School, Books & Magazine — May 6th, 2008 (15 views / Print this article )
by tinkerbell
Ever since I stumbled upon FD and discovered makeup, makeup books are a must on my list. Why? Because for a bencong wannabe like me, buying makeup sure is fun, but applying it can be a challenge on its own. This is where these books came handy. Asian Faces (by Taylor Chang-Babaian, forwarded by Yoko Ono) first attracts me coz it was made especially for Asian women and their characteristics. It might seem like a pretty basic book for advanced, suhu bencong and the likes, but it’s a pretty darn good book for a novice bencong like myself. This book teaches you how to choose the right color of foundation, a face chart (so you’ll know exactly where to put what, with a real human as the model to illustrate the technique, thank you!), how to highlight and contour, makeup brushes, and of course (the eye candy) the many wearable daytime and nighttime looks that you can copy.
Another thing worth mentioning from this book is the cool little tips it provides. Here are some to share with you:
- Use a tiny amount of cream blush as a base and finish off with a powder blush to make cheek color lasts longer.
- Brush a contour shade from the lash line to the middle of eyelid to create additional depth to your eyelids.
- Add a highlighter from temple to apple of the cheek to create a subtle glow to the face, and many more..
Other than the great photos, which surely makes turning page after page of this book enjoyable with your favorite cup of coffee, the text itself contains many good information. Wait, did I say it right? Text? Did I actually read this book? The answer is yes folks. This is one of the few makeup books that I actually do read (well, most of it anyway). The language is pretty simple and not overbearing, and the author didn’t stay too long talking about one thing, which scored points from me!
A little about the author: Taylor Chang-Babaian is a makeup artist who lives in the
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vitsky
Wah, good review, Sar! Gara2 FD juga makanya gue mulai cari makeup books! Gue tau buku ini juga ga sengaja gara2 wkt itu lagi browsing aja di Borders. Langsung terpikat deh gue, apalagi emang khusus ditujukan buat orang Asia. Bahasa yg dipake gampang, dan tehniknya pun emang gampang diikutin.. Love this book!
May 6th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
jingga
Where can I get this book??? Interesting!!
May 6th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
kembang gula
kak sarah, kalo mau cari di jakarta di mana ya..
May 6th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
bluebelle
iya, kalau mau cari di jakarta dimana yah?? penasarannn….:p
May 6th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
silperlintje
tinkerbell, nice review and writing, nek. Good Thank you. I also love the book.
Girls, coba diceki2 kinokunia ato periplus ato QB. Mudah2an ada.
May 6th, 2008 at 4:19 pm
tinkerbell
thank you girls. kemaren ini gue liat ini buku di periplus pim 1, tinggal 1 biji. harganya 250an kalo ga salah. o ya, seperti kata silperlintje, coba tengok2 di kinokunia juga deh.
May 6th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
DYS
wahh ini menarik bgt bukunya.. utk kulit asia pula, jd tertarikk.. dan cocok jg niy utk kado ultah adik gw yg koleksi buku makeup.. thx tinkerbell..
May 6th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
vylette
you make a great persuasive writer, babe!
im interested, very much interested hehe, mo nitip tmn di jkt, moga2 masi ada =)
May 6th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Leela
Sartink…useful review bgt….thk u, btw tante silper…bole pinjem?
May 7th, 2008 at 9:27 am
lysa
Di Periplus IDR265000, stocknya buanyaaakkk…
Di Kinokuniya IDR350000
HTH
May 7th, 2008 at 1:03 pm
tinkerbell
thanks for the info on the prices lysa! gile ye, di kino mehong bener.. ck ck ck
May 7th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
loucee
what a great review, tinker! gue langsung meluncur ke Amazon deh!
May 7th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
happineesh
wah gw ngeliat di periplus kemaren….!pengen jadinya…
May 12th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
lila
i have this book,
this is very useful, and thankfully very easy to create all these looks!
May 20th, 2008 at 1:25 am
van
haha…hi..newbie here..n masi cupu juga soal make up n fashion but i do love it..jadi pengen bli bukunya..cari ah di periplus bdg
August 1st, 2008 at 7:20 pm