That being said, as another pale, freckled, German/Irish-extraction woman in her thirties, I think I got more out of this book than many users. Morgan is really talking about her own makeup regimen, and doesn't have much to offer women of color, or darker-skinned white women either.

Also, gratuitous sections written by some doctor she works with, are a complete re-tread of advice you'll get in any women's magazine at least three times a year (stay out of the sun, drink lots of water, exercise, you are what you eat -- there, now you can skip all the parts he wrote).

Finally, I would have appreciated some more specific advice on purchasing makeup -- or, at least, more relevant to the labelling at the makeup counter. She makes much hay about noncomedogenic and other such designations, but having gone to the department store AND the health-food-store with a shopping list generated from the book's guidelines, I had no luck finding products with the kinds of chemical-mix attributes she recommends. The cosmetic companies don't market using her terminology. It would have been a better book with more of this kind of specific guidance. I do, however, applaud her for not selling out to a particular brand and recommending all their products.