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Toss the Gloss by Andrea Q. Robinson
Adorably illustrated by Chelsea McLaren |
Oh, this is a fun and informative read! Originally, I pre-ordered
Toss the Gloss through Amazon. When I realized the book version won't be out until mid May, I couldn't wait, so I had it whisked to my Kindle instead.
I might have erred, because this is a tome you will highlight and dog ear with turned back pages. I've bookmarked my Kindle version, but I'm not sure if there is an abridged way to pull them all back up... and there are plenty. BTW, I'm only 46% through.
Ms. Robinson has had a most illustrious career in the beauty industry, rising from a beauty editor at
Vogue to the
President of Ultima II, (she created,
"The Nakeds" presaging Bobbi Brown by well over a decade), Chief Marketing Officer of
Estee Lauder and President of both
Ralph Lauren Fragances and
Tom Ford Beauty.
It's pithy and brutally honest. No doubt the fur is flying behind closed doors as she spills the truth about the industry. Certain things that you will learn
you can't unlearn; like the fact that the cosmetic giants that own multiple brands only invest in one set of chemists. Thus the breakthrough ingredient in a
Lancôme skincare blockbuster (like
Genefique) might later be used but remarketed in a "new" launch from
L'Oreal, ie.
the much less pricey
Youth Code. Sure we all knew they shared the mascara lab, but even I hadn't made the leap to skincare.
Oh and
ouch.
