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YOU: Being Beautiful: The Owner's Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty
by Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz
from Free Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Looking, Feeling, and Being Beautiful
  If you've read a lot of the other "YOU" books, you're probably thinking what I'm thinking, "When are these guys going to run out of ideas?" Well, they haven't yet, and unlike a lot of sequels, this one's not half bad.
  So what's the point of this book- to just look beautiful? Well, not exactly. While looking beautiful is definitely covered in the book, the authors want to make it clear that real beauty isn't just "skin deep". As far as they're concerned, there are three "levels" of beauty. They are:more info

• Not very informative
  I have to agree with many of the reviewers that indicate the information is extremely basic and the illustrations rarely add much, if any, value to the discussion. Since the target audience is probably women in the 35-55 range, the tone and silly cartoons would be more appropriate for a preteen target audience. I find the tone of the book patronizing at best, insulting at worst. I purchased this book after hearing Dr. Roizen interviewed on the radio. He indicated there were certain ingredients in soap and... more info

• I Had To Return It
  Please know that I do not give one star reviews lightly. I had high hopes for this book and I was very excited to purchase it. However, this book completely missed the mark.
  Now the first thing I am going to mention I believe has been mentioned before, but it is worth repeating. The illustrations. They are awful. I believe the look of a book sets the tone for the content. Why on earth would someone write a book about being beautiful and have such hideous illustrations?
  The next thing I realized... more info

• Utterly Useless
  I should have known better than to buy a book about beauty that's written by a couple of middle-aged men. It's truly awful. The information is insultingly over-simplified. Most of it is stuff that we already know from high school science class and general existence. It contains tons basic personal care instructions that anyone living in this country already knows (brush your teeth, wash your face, etc.). More annoying than that: Pages upon pages are wasted on ridiculous cartoons that are supposed to teach... more info

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