Make Up by Michelle Phan is Just What Her YouTube Fans Ordered

If you know who Michelle Phan is, than you hit the bulls eye for this book's demographic. Are you scratching your head and wondering if I've insulted your age? Don't worry, I fall in the upper 30s category (wink wink) and this book still offered some useful advice to me as well.

Make Up by Michelle Phan

Quick back story of Michelle Phan because really, that is what makes her such an internet celebrity. Michelle is a self made celeb (which is quite refreshing!) who made a name for herself by creating How-To Makeup tutorials on YouTube. She amassed a HUGE following and created both Ipsy (the full-size monthly beauty box subscription service), as well as her own cosmetics line, em. Quite an impressive accomplishment for a twenty-something.

Make Up is Phan's first book and is basically three books in one. First is her autobiography, Second is the guts of the book (make up tips, tricks and tutorials) and the Third section about how to cultivate your own business/brand.

I think that this book is perfectly targeted for the tweens through twenty-year old set, as it gives them lots of useful advice (both style wise and career wise), but for anyone a little older, this information may all be old news to you.

Having said that, I found certain aspects of the book to be useful (the smokey eye instruction because I can never quite nail the perfect technique!). There were also ample reminders about Do's and Dont's in the age of oversharing and social media.

Definitely gift this book to a young girl in your life. She'll be impressed that you even KNEW who Michelle Phan was!

Blogger note: I received this book from the Blogging for Books program in exchange for this review. This review is entirely based on my opinion and contains my honest evaluation.

2015 Reading Challenge

A friend shared this with me today and I'm actually super excited about this. It's Popsugar's 2015 Reading Challenge and it's a mix between a scavenger hunt and a book challenge. Basically there are 50 category prompts and you need to read a book that falls into each category. I'm hoping to use this as a way to knock off a bunch of books from my to-read list.

Sounds fun, doesn't it? Feel free to play along. I'll periodically update this post with my progress. Comment on your progress and your book choices below. Happy reading in the new year!

Update January 2, 2015. I figured I'd get a jump start on this challenge by choosing the book I could read in one day/one sitting. If you are looking for a starting off point, this might be a good one to ease yourself into the challenge.

Update January 3, 2015. I'm super excited to have gotten my groove back, when it comes to reading. I had hit quite a lull in the past two months and this challenge has really invigorated me and made me fall in love with books again. I'm using this challenge as a way to FINALLY read all those books I had passed over or blindly added to my to-read list.