Some interesting stories about the working life of a make up artist and her celebrity clients. The author used a conversational style of writing, making it seem like you were having a conversation with her.

I was really disappointed in this book. I expected a lot of gossip and behind the scenes stories but it was just read like a trashy magazine instead of a memoir. I would just skip this if I was you

A book centred around the gossip of Hollywood's film sets from the view of a makeup artist.
I'm still not sure if there was a narrative thread, it felt mostly like a compilation of anecdotes, some of them quick and fun to read, others dragged and couldn't relay hold my attention. Sadly some parts felt a more like advertising for skincare product than anything else.

I was eager to read this book - in the spirit of the book Heads in Beds, Waiter Rant, and Where's My F*cking Latte, I am always eager to read a book that takes you inside an industry for which you may not know much about. My knowledge about celebrity makeup artists is quite small and so I enjoyed hearing the backstory of this celebrity makeup artist and her trials/tales/memoirs. She has great stories about handling crises while on set and has definitely many tales to share! She name drops here and there and certainly has enough material to cover future volumes!

Entertaining read and fun!!! Nice read to take your mind off of things that are going on or you may have going on in your life that you may need a reprieve from. I recommend this book. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the arc of the book in return for my honest review. Receiving this book in this manner had no bearing on this review.

I'm sorry, I just was not at all a fan of this book. It read like one long, badly written journal entry from a 1980's middle schooler who was trying to impress you. The name dropping was bad enough, but she just bashes some celebrities and is really off-putting about others. I was really bothered by the way she wrote about an interaction with a famous black actor and how she depicted him. In other cases she seemed too gleeful to gossip, like the way she wrote about Amber Heard and relayed gossip she heard about her dating a woman and her legal trouble (believe me, I'm not a fan of Ms. Heard, but this just felt slimy). She tried to be really cute with words like "wasband" (no longer a husband) in gossiping about other celebrities. It just all left a bad taste in my mouth. Her writing is not high quality and the book really would have benefited from a good editor. The makeup tips at the end are the standard type you've read in a million magazines from decades ago. I made myself finish this book because I committed to reading it for review, but otherwise I would have stopped early on. Sorry, just not for me.

I read a digital ARC of this book via NetGalley.

I love all things celebrity and I love make up so my kind of book! Great light read and entertaining. If you are into reality tv and celebrity gossip this book is all that!
Worth a read!

I'm sure everyone will love this book. I felt it was a little too loose and I felt it needed to be tightened. Much of it just couldn't hold my interest.

Great read and entertaining, especially if you are into Hollywood gossip.
It’s a behind the scenes look at what it is like to be a celebrity makeup artist. It is full of great stories about celebrities, both the good and the bad. I enjoyed it.

"Mirror Mirror" is a memoir of a successful makeup artist in the entertainment industry.

What's good: The book is very readable; it moves along quickly. The stories are interesting, and the artist's tips for handling bad behavior are quite useful outside of a makeup artist's chair! I loved that the author showed the range of work she has had as a makeup artist, from movie sets to political ads to even dealing with mannequins and animals.

What's iffier: I'm not keen on the name-dropping of a specific skincare line with the author currently has her own cosmetics brand. It read a bit as an ad (for the skincare), although I suppose it does make sense she'd work with a company she admired. This could just be me side-eyeing the book with the knowledge she now has a cosmetics brand with them.

I also wasn't thrilled with the MLM-like discussion of essential oils. What she's doing is harmless at worst--talking about using lavender to relax people, for example. No big deal there. That said, every time an oil was referred to as having immune-related properties, I, as someone with an immune system disorder, ground my teeth. Just list off the benefits that seem more self-evident, please, and not the inflated MLM-type claims. (To be clear: She's not selling the reader on her oils--I don't mean to accuse her of that at all. I just dislike the repetition of claims that are extremely dodgy.)

Finally, I don't know if this is a valid complaint or not, but I feel I need to say it. The artwork is very much either inspired by, or an absolute copy of, the Stila girls. The stars artwork is *extremely* similar to Stila products; the cover makeup artist feels strongly like an image I've seen on a Stila product. I actually went looking for it, but haven't found anything, just this girl's "sister" on a Stila Day to Night talking palette, as well as some of the stars around her brush. (There are differences, but the comparison is similar enough that I felt like I wasn't crazy for immediately feeling like I'd seen that girl before.) I found this particular image (the cover girl) also on some generic Arabic-language beauty sites, but I can't tell if they lifted it from "Mirror Mirror" or if the reverse happened. Why is this an issue for me? I've tried to find some reference to who did the cover art and I haven't found any credit for it. If someone was hired to do a Stila girl (as a wink and a nod to the makeup industry), they should get credit. If this is a modification of an actual Stila design, I would like to see some credit there, too. (At least a reference to Stila in the text!) The Stila girls are iconic in makeup packaging history, so I'm surprised I didn't see any kind of acknowledgement of the artwork's connection to Stila anywhere in the text.

Fun read. Need more gossip and while I loved the beauty tips at the end., having one after each chapter could elevate it. Good summer read.

Great light read and entertaining. If you are into reality tv and celebrity gossip this book is all that!