From burlesque show to fashion runway, magazine cover to Internet video, style icon and "burlesque superheroine" (Vanity Fair) Dita Von Teese has undergone more strokes of red lipstick, bursts of hair spray, boxes of blue-black hair dye, and pats of powder in a month than a drag queen could dream of in a lifetime. Whether she's dazzling audiences while swirling in a towering martini glass in Swarovski-crystal-covered pasties and stilettos or sparking camera flashes on the red carpet, one reality is constant: for this self-styled star, beauty is an art. Now, for the first time in her Technicolor career, Dita divulges the beauty wisdom that keeps her on international best-dressed lists and high-profile fashion show rosters. In Your Beauty Mark: The Ultimate Guide to Eccentric Glamour, Dita and collaborator Rose Apodaca take you through every step of Dita's glamour arsenal, and includes her confidantes--masters in makeup, hair, medicine, and exercise, as well as some of the world's most eccentric beauties--for authoritative advice. Packed with sound nutrition and exercise guidance, skin care and scent insight, as well as accessible techniques for creating bombshell hairstyles and makeup looks and more, this inspiring resource shares the skills, history, and lessons you need to enhance your individual gifts and realize your own beauty mark.
Includes bibliographical references (page 375) and index.
Preface / Rose Apodaca -- Introduction: making your mark -- Part one. Underneath it all. Face forward - Curves, swerves, and the pinup physique - Beautify your bosom - Bathing beauty - Strip, tweeze - Simply scentillating -- Part two. Cosmetically yours. Kiss and makeup - A good foundation - Making eyes - Arch de triomphe! - Cheek to chic - Mark the spot! - Lipstick traces - Hand over moon - Striking below the waist -- Part three. Mane attraction. Head over heels - Your true colors - Making arrangements -- Part four. Stages of beauty. Body of work - Under the kliegs -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Photography credits -- Index.