Trish McEvoy: The Power of Makeup: Looking Your Level Best at Every Age

by Trish McEvoy

Trish McEvoy has created one of today's most successful skincare and makeup brands by listening to women's needs and empowering them to take control of their own beauty. She creates products and provides techniques that make it easy to learn how to be your own makeup expert. Trish The Power of Makeup offers a revolutionary new system to unlock the secret to your makeup style. Learn if you are a Level 1,2, or 3, and then follow Trish's step-by-step instructions for creating your unique look and organizing your routine to fit your busy lifestyle. What's Your Level? Level Makeup is not a driving passion in your life. You live in casual clothing and you love the natural, simple look. Trish will help you find the bare necessities you need. Level For you, makeup is a lot like putting on clothes; it's an everyday essential. You wear makeup like a second skin. You feel more comfortable and confident with how you look in makeup than without it. Trish will help you refine your look. Level For you, makeup is a means of expression. You like to play and have fun with it and you're game to try false eyelashes and other high-impact effects. Trish will show you how to pull out all the stops for your most glamorous look.

Genres: Nonfiction, Self Help, Fashion, Reference

224 pages, Paperback

First published October 21, 2003

Reviews

[D · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book did not tell me anything new. It concentrates of the basics of makeup and makeup organization, both of which I am very well familiar. The copyright is 2003. I really thought it had to be an older book, as little information as it provided. A few pluses: mentioned special facial dermatology procedures that were less invasive and less expensive than others (including how to ask for them by name), and the layout and pictures of the book made it easy and attractive to read.

[Anthony Yannuzzi · Rating 2 out of 5]

She lost credibility in the very beginning saying ”why live with a pimple when you can get a cortisol shot?” which they don't do anymore because it causes pick marks. Trish products doing last long and any product that's good she discontinues.

[Trish · Rating 3 out of 5]

Has some helpful tips.

[Alicia Zuto · Rating 3 out of 5]

A nice collage of material. A couple good makeup tips. It seems like a fun book to make.

[Amelia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Touches on skincare but the focus is makeup. Very nice pics, the makeup on models is inspiring and fresh looking and the product closeups add a layer of sophistcation. Also, a touch I rather appreciate, is that you can find out what shades were used on the models and show in the pictures in the back of the book listed under credits. She does use several different font sizes and types, often switching for no apparant reason, which makes the book a bit difficult to read. There is a chapter on organizing, which I thought was a nice touch but it ended up just being a product promotion for her line. She had another chapter on brushes which was essentially more product promotion but I was able to overlook that because the pics she gave of the brushes, with the coorsponding names, was rather helpful (especially since almost every company uses the same approximate name to describe a particular kind of brush). She discusses makeup textures at length, which I haven't seen in many other books. I like how she addresses different makeup levels, so that if you're a minimalist you can easily skip over the topics that would overwhelm you. Unfortunately, she doesn't give you many tips/ideas at all for more advanced techniques. Makeup application directions are clear but only eye makeup instructions come with visual aids.
Overall, a good book. Very visually appealing. But not very useful if you are looking for more advanced tips/looks.

[Katherine Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now, I don’t consider myself a guru or anything about makeup but I know enough to get by. Plus, I get a lot of practice from doing my friends’ makeup during the school year whenever they are going out and I’ve worked in cosmetics, so I’ve picked up a few things. Anyways, that’s not the point. The point is that this book is full of a lot of great information and I learned a lot by reading it.

If you’re just starting out, this is a great book about the basics. It covers skincare and the essentials to looking young and fresh. It has all the regimes to keeping your skin looking clear and clean, which are good to know when those pesky problems arise, and a lot of useful information.

With a book like this, I don’t know what else to really say about it. If it’s your type of thing, it’s worth a look, but if it’s not, don’t worry about it. Since it’s informational fiction, there’s no point in reading unless you want to know. For me, it’s a 6/10; I’ll be looking back at it periodically for a refresher.

[Selestalis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been using Trish products since 2005. When I was first discovering her line I bought this book and took lessons from the counter manager I befriended at Nordstrom. Both were very helpful. I am more like a Level 6, due to my "collector" habits. I should own a business doing people's makeup or something, I really have way too much than I could probably ever use. What I love most about her line, is the fresh, clean look it gives no matter what lighting. It certainly isn't something you'd want to use for print ads or photoshoots (leave that to NARS), but for typical every-day looks that transition from day to evening, she's the master. Plus she invented the modern-day high-quality makeup brushes. She's a pioneer and continues to roll out high-tech product. I love this line, and I love that I'll be able to use it through my old age.

[Bellatrix Martinez · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, this book really was pretty good. I learned a lot about "levels " and types of brushes, etc. and this provided good info for buying makeup. My issue (besides her blatant advertising) was that this provided very little instruction on different application styles, which was more what I wanted. Not too bad a buy.

[Carina · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book. I liked they layout, design, and format, and there were some good tips in it. However, I felt like every other page was being used to plug her own line with grew old VERY quickly and was awkwardly obvious.