Don't Go to the Cosmetics Counter Without Me by Paula Begoun, Bryan Barron

Very expensive!!by Michelle_Buenger

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December 01, 2009: I got this book on March of 2008 and some of the reviews were already out dated. With the industry putting new products on the counter almost every day it is very difficult to keep up with it. So in my opinion an easy solution would be to make more than one volume a year, this away it would cost less (let's hope) and it would be smaller!!

Have anyone who owes this book actually try to go shopping caring it? That thing weights at least 3lbs!! If you anything like me, who loves to shop for different things at the same time and might get distract by another products that you may not be familiar with, it would make sense to have the book with you, but this thing is simply to big and heavy to carry around!

Also, I thing Paula should have rated her products, because at the end of the day, she felt not problem in referring them to us!

I have no problem on paying for the book, but I do have a problem with paying every year for the same info on an unpractical book!

Read the book before believing the false negative reviewsby Anonymous

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May 31, 2007: I can't help but wonder if the bad reviews come from people in the advertising or cosmetic industries. First off, as much as Paula may have negative things to say, she backs up every word with scientific, documented research. She reads countless articles and journals written by scientists who study skin care concerns and products, and bases all of her work on that. She does not give just an opinion, but gives real knowledge. Most of the false advertising claims are garbage, not based on any documented research, and she is exposing that. Secondly, it's so convenient how you bash her for saying negative things about cosmetic companies, but you happen to leave out that she PRAISES thousands of their products as well. How many skincare companies do you know that take the time to recommend products from other companies? Even on her website where she sells her product line, she STILL talks about the newest products from other companies that she enjoys. She openly talks about the fact that she uses products from other lines on her own skin. Lastly, the only people who are most angry are those who work for cosmetic companies that make products with bogus claims that don't live up to their hype. Why don't you actually document and publish your 'research' so you can prove your products work? How arrogant to think that just because a company has a reputation, or simply because it charges a small fortune for its products, that it is exempt from criticsm and called out for the lies it feeds its consumers? Paula, march on.