Lauren Conrad Beauty

I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm just slightly obsessed with Lauren Conrad.  The obsession started with Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County and continued with The Hills.  I just love her effortless style and I seriously want her hair.

Of course when she released her Style book I had to pick it up and then when Beauty book came out at the end of last year I had to get that as well.

  The book is more basic tips and look ideas and would be great for anyone just getting into wearing makeup - my eldest step daughter would love it.  But as a fan I love the book.  It covers skincare to general makeup tips, so if like me you like Lauren's style and general look it's worth checking it out.  I will say that it's not like your going to learn much from the book really if you've been playing about with makeup for a few years, but like I said before it's full of some great basic tips.   

There's also a sections on Everyday Hair and Party Hair, so great for me!

Lauren also has two websites:

Lauren Conrad

(http://laurenconrad.com/)

The Beauty Department

(http://thebeautydepartment.com/)

Dressing Marilyn - How an Hollywood icon con was styled

 I wanted to share with you a lovely prize I won on Twitter, from Carlton Books which can also be found @carltonbooks.

Dressing Marilyn - How a Hollywood icon was styled by William Travilla

Like most people I love MariIyn Monroe and this is an absolutely gorgeous book, with lots of images and sketches from Travilla, as well as details of how the designs came about.