![]() She writes three good paragraphs about how motherhood made her want to make the world a better place, and how "giving back" is the "quickest way to buff up your inner beauty". She even spares a couple of sentences against the ivory trade while fetishizing foreign cultures. She had mentioned several times throughout the book that she's passionate about organic food. I thought I'd learn about her charitable work. I thought I had been too hard on her when I got to the last chapter, entitled "The Beauty of Giving Back". It felt dishonest, in keeping with the theme of the book. I was kind of impressed when she said she won a horse back riding competition, but when I found out it was a CELEBRITY horse back riding competition I felt bummed. Something about the way she lists these things makes me feel that she finds all these cultures just ADORABLE. She continues, "I have djellabas from Morocco, silver bracelets and beaded necklaces from Africa, embroidered Mexican wedding dresses, huaraches, ghos and turquoise from the Kingdom of Bhutan" (Bhutan gets a full regal name and the entire continent of Africa gets put at the kids' table) The idea of traveling the world and collecting fashion souvenirs sounds fun (and probably a good way to contribute to the local economy and indigenous workers) but the way she PUTS it, just rubs me wrong. my jaw literally DROPPED on page 155 when she gleefully describes dressing her INNOCENT CHILDREN up on Halloween like "American Indians, Japanese Kabuki characters, Frida Kahlo." from her eclectic wardrobe collected from all the exotic places around the world. She's got herself posing with her "movement trainer" and physical therapist - these are not the kind of professionals you hire for 20 minutes of light jogging. That body is the result of LOTS OF EXERCISE, EVERYDAY, FOR YEARS. ![]() She also has pictures of herself perched prettily atop her Total Gym machine and says that you should do "some aerobic exercise for at least 20 minutes every day" but girl, you don't get a body like that with 20 minutes of Pilates. Brinkley is suggesting that her svelte frame is thanks to these silly little exercises and the rest of us should just do the same and expect similar results. Benign on the surface, taken as a whole with the book, I feel that Ms. Balance on one foot while brushing your teeth. For example, do 20 calf raises while sorting your cosmetic box. Every chapter or so, she throws in a word art box telling you to do a couple of fitness moves while doing something else. The WORST were these things she called "Multi-taskercise!". (Starting with "Christie Brinkley Authentic Skincare Close Up Instant Wrinkle Reducer & Treatment, natch, and ending 14 steps later with orange eyeshadow) SERIOUSLY. She doesn't even give us a fresh face while doing her "Everyday Makeup For The Active Woman" tutorial. In each image she is fully made up, hair fully done, clothes perfectly styled. Every single image is styled, laid out and photoshopped. Not even a funny cute one from when she was a toddler. There is not A SINGLE candid photo in the entire book. The whole book is an attempt to convince people that Christie Brinkley looks the way she does thanks to clean living and vitamins. (Yes, really)īut other than that, the whole book reeks of smarthy dishonesty. She lets her personal chef do the chapter on cooking and her trichologist do the chapter on hair. Brinkley's credit, she does not pretend to be one of the hoi polloi. It'll double as a giant advertisement for her cosmetic lines. what's really selling these days is lifestyle books. ![]() People will love seeing her classic smile over the decades of different styles!" and someone else being like "Maybe, but. ![]() Brinkley's staff saying "Let's make a coffee table book of some of the best of Christie's photographs over the years. I'm giving this 2 stars instead of 1 because the pictures are pretty. ![]()
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