Pretty Honest, Sali Hughes
Pretty Honest, Sali Hughes
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Pretty Honest

Author: Sali Hughes

Narrator: Sali Hughes

Unabridged: 8 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Fourth Estate

Published: 09/25/2014

Synopsis

A witty, wise and truthful beauty handbook for real women on what works in real life from Sali Hughes, beloved journalist and broadcaster. ‘Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick and pull yourself together’ Elizabeth Taylor Think of beauty books – cue immediate images of coffee-table photographs of ludicrously beautiful models with few clothes and fewer time restraints, works inundated with ‘up-to-date’ reviews that may as well be Edwardian or holistic mumbo jumbo on how to make a face mask with molasses and some roughly hewn porridge oats. Not anymore… Covering everything from teenage skin to that milestone 80th birthday, botox to no-botox, celebration to grief, Sali Hughes, leading journalist and broadcaster, shows real women how to make the most of makeup’s physically and emotionally transformative powers in a work that is part instruction manual, part love letter to makeup – whilst employing a writing style that combines beauty editor, feminist and painfully funny best friend.

About Sali Hughes

Sali Hughes is a leading journalist, presenter and broadcaster with over 24 years’ experience. A former magazine editor, she is the beauty editor on the Guardian. In 2018, she co-founded the non-profit collective Beauty Banks and in 2022 she was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from Cardiff University for services to journalism and charity. Sali has a large social media presence and can be found on Twitter and Instagram @salihughes. She lives in Brighton.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma on April 14, 2019

Great, sensible advice from The Guardian’s Beauty Editor. I particularly liked the way she isn’t “one size fits all”. It’s refreshing and would be very helpful to me as a 15 year old who loved twilight teaser lipstick! It’s not glossy or full of “how to” pictures, it’s down to earth, practical advic......more

Goodreads review by Steffi on September 10, 2018

Es ist gar nicht mal so der Inhalt, der mich dazu bringt 5 Sterne zu vergeben. Es ist die Art wie sie schreibt. Ihr Humor. Ihre Art zu motivieren. Ihre Art Komplimente dem Leser zu machen, obwohl sie keine Ahnung hat wer das Buch liest. Es ist voll von Tipps. Von Make up bis Pflege. Ich konnte definit......more

Goodreads review by Ivy on June 02, 2020

"The only thing worse than feeling bad, is looking bad as well." This is not the average Beauty Book that just looks pretty and is nice to have. It promises to be witty, wise and truthful. And it delivers on this. It's actually useful, not only about Make Up, skincare and appearance but also about ex......more

Goodreads review by Marca on January 14, 2016

Pikem arvustus siin: [URL not allowed] Sali Hughes alustab haaravalt. Ta toob kohe mängu feminismi ja selle, kuidas ilust hoolimist peetakse pinnapealsuseks. See on selline raamat, millele tahaks nii vastu vaielda kui ka kaasa kiita. Ma ei saa aru, mis see on? Kas tõesti mina,......more

Goodreads review by Julia on February 04, 2016

Inhalt: Der unverzichtbare Begleiter in Sachen Schönheitspflege! Ein so hilfreiches wie kluges Schönheitshandbuch mit echten Tipps für jede Frau. Die beliebte Guardian-Kolumnistin und Visagistin Sali Hughes erklärt, was wirklich funktioniert und auf was man getrost verzichten kann. Und das in einer......more

Quotes

Praise for Sali Hughes: ‘I really love Sali Hughes … She's just really good and trustworthy and I've never had a duff recommendation from her.’ Hadley Freeman, Guardian ‘Oh joy! this is how we like our beauty advice – intelligent, real and stonkingly funny … She’s good, properly honest, with just enough bossy-ness in her tone to make you want to try harder and do better … Bookmark it under ‘essential reading’.’ The Women’s Room ‘Straight talking, super-knowledgeable and one of the most respected beauty writers around’ A Little Bird ‘Known for her thoughtful and witty writing style … Sali is a prolific tweeter who regularly dispenses humorous, no-nonsense style, shopping and beauty advice to her several thousand followers’ Stylist.co.uk

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