I am very excited about my final book. Originally I intended to make the book an instruction manual about makeup but I decided at the last minute to include visual aids of what not to do. When I made the choice, I achieved the fun element I had hoped for. Luckily, my mom agreed to be the test subject. I repaid my mom with a piece of cheesecake. However, she told me there is no need for that because she loves me no matter what. (awww!) Even though I am using her as the bad examples, it is evident that applying makeup can go wrong at any given moment. A word of advice to those who apply makeup every day or almost every day: Less is more. I say that less is more because makeup should be utilized to enhance your natural beauty, not cover it and create a new form of artificial beauty.
The primary reason I chose to make an instruction manual is because I see women in the subway station who have not even heard of “apply makeup at your own risk.” Women in the train station do not understand how hard it is to pull off a look that utilizes too much makeup or too many layers of eyeshadow, for example. If you have noticed, I do not use examples of models walking down the runway because the makeup they have applied are to create an illusion or entice a person’s imagination. With my How To Apply Makeup book, I do not want to create that element. But rather, I want to make applying makeup more realistic and feasible for single working class women who travel at least twice a week. The book is for mass production and has a blank page at the end for those who want to put the book in a slipcover. When I upload the book onto Mag Cloud, I will try to find options for slipcovers. For the presentation tomorrow, I will make up a mock slipcover to show what I mean. Of course, it is optional for the customer to choose a slipcover, but I find it essential for the customer to have that option. Although the book is cost-efficient and produced for mass production, I want the customer to feel as though they can carry the book with them everywhere they go by having the choice of buying a slipcover or using a slipcover they already have at home.
Here is the link to my book: https://acrobat.com/#d=mhrq1gNNVYfHDz6p8oVPeA
My message:
I hope my book is fun and instructional as I intended. Please take your time with the book and try to apply makeup with the instructions I gave. This book is my contribution to the world. This book is also a gift to those who do not know how to apply makeup and have a willingness to learn.