The Handbag Beauty Bible - Sarah Stacey

I bought this book a while ago and I have to say it is a bad influence! Each section details the best (in the opinion of the authors) of the best. So you will get categories on face creams, mascara, hair treatments in fact every type of beauty product you can think of! Therein lies the problem, if you are partial to a bit of shopping (ok for bit, read lots) this book will encourage you to go out and try the latest products. I have had mixed results as I have tried some things like an Eve Lom face cleanser which I thought was very overrated and ended up giving to a friend, but then I have been introduced to Aveda products through this book and they are a definite winner ...  Read the complete review

The Handbag Beauty Bible is brought to you by the same authors as that of The 21st Century Beauty Bible, which is a large pink book leading you through the minefield that is cosmetics shopping. That book had a wealth of beauty information but its biggest strength, in my opinion, was its ‘Tried and Tested’ sections which would give a number of products to a handful of women and take their average rating out of 10 to evaulate a product’s efficacy, with different brands of product set against each other in a category such as ‘best fake tan’. This book is relatively small and 99% full of Tried and Tested products with little extra info, so it’s intended to be a handy ...  Read the complete review