The publisher insisted we call blush “rouge”, a term my granny used. Some of the models’ makeup style is not today’s look – you won’t see lip gloss – but the application techniques are fine. The STYLE of clothing in the beautiful illustrations is outdated and will likely give you a chuckle. Figure analysis, clothing personality, eye glasses, hair color, wardrobe planning and more – are all VALID for today’s woman. The information about color as well as the other topics in the book is valid. If you print your colors, you can do well with Kindle even though you won’t be able to see the coloring of the models. IBooks and Kindle Fire offer color in their electronic books. BUT, ON MY WEBSITE, I AM OFFERING PRINT YOUR OWN SWATCHES – as accurately as possible – with recommendations for appropriate paper. Poor man! I hope he doesn’t get 4 million calls!) Alas, I can no longer offer fabric color swatches nor the wonderful brand-name makeup guide. (I am told that the person answering the phone “rudely hangs up” when asked if he sells color swatches. The phone number belongs to an Exxon station in McLean, VA. The contact information in the back of most books is obsolete. Beware: there is no hard cover of the Makeup Book, though it is offered on Amazon. You will need to buy used books for Color For Men and the Color Me Beautiful Makeup Book. New books are still in print for Color Me Beautiful so you can be assured you will receive the color pages. Even library books had color pages removed by the reader who last checked out the book. Some used books have the color pages torn out. Today we have computers to adjust colors and PDF files to transfer books from print to electronics. In 1981, the printing press required plates (black, blue, red and yellow – sometimes 6 plates) and color corrections were done by hand (called dot etching). The color rendition, especially of the models, is a bit less accurate as in the earlier editions. Color Me Beautiful has been printed more than 4 million times.
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