NIGEL BARKER’S BEAUTY EQUATION By Nigel Barker
By Mel Fabrikant Friday, August 13, 2010, 04:05 PM EDT
Nigel Barker—fashion photographer, TV personality, humanitarian—has drawn upon twenty years of experience in the beauty business and fourteen seasons of judging on America’s Next Top Model, to give us NIGEL BARKER’S BEAUTY EQUATION (Abrams Image; September 2010; U.S. $19.95; Can. $23.95; ISBN: 978-0-8109-9642-7).
With NIGEL BARKER’S BEAUTY EQUATION, Nigel shares the formula for revealing inner beauty that will have readers looking great and feeling even better. Casting aside conventional rules (Be tall! Be skinny! Have flawless skin!), Nigel shares the elements that, when added together, equal true beauty: humor, honesty, and confidence, to name a few.
Armed with their own cameras, readers are guided through a series of self-portrait chal¬lenges.
Chapters include: Allure, Confidence, Compassion, Spontaneity, Radiance, Health, Honesty, Charm, Energy, and Humor. Throughout the book, Nigel shares tips and advice on fashion, style, hair, and makeup, showing readers how to turn perceived negatives into positives, celebrate their uniqueness, and be their personal best.
About the author
Nigel Barker is a fashion photographer and judge on America’s Next Top Model. His photographs have been printed in the pages of many major fashion magazines. He is a star on the personal appearance circuit and appears in promotions for Sony and Microsoft, among other brands. In addition to his work as a photographer, Nigel is devoted to his humanitarian work for organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Nigel Barker’s Beauty Equation
By Nigel Barker
Abrams Image / September 2010
U.S. $19.95 / Can. $23.95
ISBN 978-0-8109-9642-7
Paperback
208 pages / 8" x 9"
100 full-color photographs
FROM THE ALLURE CHAPTER
YOUR REVIEWS ARE IN!
“I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” —Abraham Lincoln
I’m going to ask you to look at yourself as others might judge you upon first meeting you.
And I’m going to challenge you to see both the places where you could use improvement and your undeniable strengths.
Without being either too negative or too self-congratulatory, I want you to paint a clear
picture of how others see you. Do you want to better yourself and be the most beautiful you? Then it’s time to turn the judges’ eyes on yourself.
That doesn’t mean you need to be critical. It means you need to be honest. Again, we can learn from what models go through when they go on those hundreds of casting calls, because no matter how pretty they are, they don’t always get the job.
In fact, there is a lot of rejection. For some, the rejection proves to be too much. The girl who takes the words no and pass to heart isn’t fit for fashion. But the girl who doesn’t take rejection personally comes to grasp very quickly how to size up a room and learn from her mistakes.
When she makes it to the top, it’s because she knows herself well enough to become
an expert at putting her best foot forward at all times.
You want to be that girl. Why? Because over the years, how many times will you have to “audition”? Put another way, how many parties will you have to walk into where you have to overcome your insecurities?
How many job interviews will you have to sweat through?
How many times will you have to go on a first date?
—Nigel Barker from NIGEL BARKER’S BEAUTY EQUATION
Tuesday, September 14
7:00 PM
Talk, Q&A and signing
BARNES & NOBLE
765 Route 17 South
Paramus, NJ 07652
This will be a talk, Q&A & signing
With NIGEL BARKER’S BEAUTY EQUATION, Nigel shares the formula for revealing inner beauty that will have readers looking great and feeling even better. Casting aside conventional rules (Be tall! Be skinny! Have flawless skin!), Nigel shares the elements that, when added together, equal true beauty: humor, honesty, and confidence, to name a few.
Armed with their own cameras, readers are guided through a series of self-portrait chal¬lenges.
Chapters include: Allure, Confidence, Compassion, Spontaneity, Radiance, Health, Honesty, Charm, Energy, and Humor. Throughout the book, Nigel shares tips and advice on fashion, style, hair, and makeup, showing readers how to turn perceived negatives into positives, celebrate their uniqueness, and be their personal best.
About the author
Nigel Barker is a fashion photographer and judge on America’s Next Top Model. His photographs have been printed in the pages of many major fashion magazines. He is a star on the personal appearance circuit and appears in promotions for Sony and Microsoft, among other brands. In addition to his work as a photographer, Nigel is devoted to his humanitarian work for organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Nigel Barker’s Beauty Equation
By Nigel Barker
Abrams Image / September 2010
U.S. $19.95 / Can. $23.95
ISBN 978-0-8109-9642-7
Paperback
208 pages / 8" x 9"
100 full-color photographs
FROM THE ALLURE CHAPTER
YOUR REVIEWS ARE IN!
“I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” —Abraham Lincoln
I’m going to ask you to look at yourself as others might judge you upon first meeting you.
And I’m going to challenge you to see both the places where you could use improvement and your undeniable strengths.
Without being either too negative or too self-congratulatory, I want you to paint a clear
picture of how others see you. Do you want to better yourself and be the most beautiful you? Then it’s time to turn the judges’ eyes on yourself.
That doesn’t mean you need to be critical. It means you need to be honest. Again, we can learn from what models go through when they go on those hundreds of casting calls, because no matter how pretty they are, they don’t always get the job.
In fact, there is a lot of rejection. For some, the rejection proves to be too much. The girl who takes the words no and pass to heart isn’t fit for fashion. But the girl who doesn’t take rejection personally comes to grasp very quickly how to size up a room and learn from her mistakes.
When she makes it to the top, it’s because she knows herself well enough to become
an expert at putting her best foot forward at all times.
You want to be that girl. Why? Because over the years, how many times will you have to “audition”? Put another way, how many parties will you have to walk into where you have to overcome your insecurities?
How many job interviews will you have to sweat through?
How many times will you have to go on a first date?
—Nigel Barker from NIGEL BARKER’S BEAUTY EQUATION
Tuesday, September 14
7:00 PM
Talk, Q&A and signing
BARNES & NOBLE
765 Route 17 South
Paramus, NJ 07652
This will be a talk, Q&A & signing
