I'm changing my review about this book. I have a Master's degree in nutrition and feel compelled to correct it. The book itself is misleading; I read it and thought that it was fairly balanced, recommending avoidance of processed carbohydrate foods and refined flours. Good: don't eat sugar, don't eat flour, eat an abundance of good fat; I'm good with that. But then a relative of mine actually went to one of James' Total Transformation workshops. It turns out the program Kat James actually preaches in her workshops is CRAZYTOWN. It's a ketogenic diet. No carbs at all. Not good carbs, not any carbs. Basically it's a free-for-all on heavy cream. Which, in my professional opinion is dangerous long-term. Not to mention unsustainable and unnatural. Not to mention, it won't work for everyone in terms of losing weight (Not everyone has the genetic makeup of an Inuit). Plus, the diet relies far too heavily, in my opinion, on made-up copies of desserts and treats sweetened with xylitol and stevia. While I do agree that xylitol and stevia are healthier sweeteners, I don't think they should be used in the amounts James actually recommends to her clients, as they only propagate a dependency on sweet tastes regardless of whether they are carbohydrate-containing.

I don't know where the disconnect happened between the recommendations in the book and the recommendations James actually preaches happened. But don't bother reading this book if you want sane, scientific, proven health and weight-loss advice. Instead read anything Dr. Mark Hyman has ever written. He knows what he's talking about and has helped thousands of people transform their health. If you suffer from obesity or diabetes, read Hyman's The Blood Sugar Solution. If you want to lose a few and get healthier, read UltraMetabolism.

This one was ok....It had a lot of useful information, but I must say that I could never make my diet as strict as this woman does.

This is a really one of a kind book "beauty book" that focuses mostly on what you put into your body instead of what you put on the outside to make yourself look better.
I love Kat James's philosophy of upgrading your standard food, drink and beauty choices to healthier and more beautifying options and she gives a lot of delicious examples.
How can you not start to salivate when you read this: "plump blackberries in organic, full-fat yoghurt; arugula and goat cheese with slices of exotic pears; ripe avocado slices (...) on moist, sprouted, nutty hemp seed bread" and so on. Yum!

She covers different topics from food to beverages to supplements to gentle face and hair care routines which might be life and/or beauty saver for many people. Be aware though that her approach is an expensive one (paying up to 100 dollars per month for supplements alone), but I always think that one should implement what seems reasonable for oneself and forget about the rest.

I didn't give this book 5 stars because of the one thing I do not approve of: the extreme "low carb" to "no carb" approach. Whether it is healthy or not is debatable, but I think for most people it's just not doable. Great book nontheless.

This book is about natural beauty, focusing on a lifestyle change (food, exercise, vitamins, natural products, etc) to enhance your natural beauty. No pictures but several charts with ingredients, etc. Tackles beauty problems (dandruff, scne, wrinkles, etc) & give basic advice (eg: laser therapy) & diet/supplement reccommendations. No actual makeup or haircare application instrucions. Mainly just emphasis on switching to natural products. There are specific product recs but only in a resource section in the back of the book.
I read this book several years ago. I followed the advice & my skin really did improve. After awhile I got bored with using only natural products & went back to my old ways. Reading this book will inspire a lifestyle change & I would reccommend it to anyone looking to switch to more natural products.

So my mom gave me this book for Christmas. I didn't plan on reading it right away, but one day after I was using it to help my back, I pulled it out and started reading. Her transformation is amazing. She went from an overweight grossly unhealthy woman to what you see on the front cover. She advocates natural stuff. I found her advice eye opening. No, I won't stop eating wheat and bread, and there are some things in her book I have yet to implement, so in all fairness, I don't really know how all her suggestions work. But I started to view what I put into my body and what products I use in a different light. I started to take supplements and make small changes in my shampoos, etc. I started to think that maybe all these processed foods weren't really helping me. Anyways, I now scruntinize all the products I buy, looking for a more natural route. 4 stars because it literally changed my life. It took me a few months to read, because there is so much information.

Information about how to eat to create your beauty to florish. Some interesting facts.

This book starts from an excellent premise: love your body and treat it well. The author said that if your skin is red and itchy, or you have dark circles under your eyes, or you look bloated, don't focus on covering these problems up. Get to the root of the problems and fix them. These problems are ways that your body is communicating that it doesn't like something you're doing, and you should love your body enough to listen to it.

Next, Kat James offers some reasons your body might have adverse reactions, and goes on to suggest ways that you can replace your unhealthy habits with healthier alternatives. She writes both about products you put inside your body (i.e., food, drink, and supplementation), and products you put on your body (i.e., shower and beauty products). She sites countless studies to back up her claims.

The final section is full of products that James recommends, as well as additional resources people can use to educate themselves further.

I have not taken so many notes on a book since I graduated from college. I actually learned how to use the highlighting feature on my Kindle specifically because of this book. This is not to say that I bought what she was selling hook, line, and sinker. James is a proponent of natural ingredients over synthetic, pretty much without exception. While that may be a good mantra to adopt if you want to keep things simple, I believe the actual reality is much more complex than that. While I am no chemist, I think some natural ingredients are great for you and some aren’t so good, and likewise, some synthetic ingredients are probably pretty unsafe, but others are relatively harmless. In fact, some of the products James recommended contained natural ingredients (such as menthol or citrus) which I have read (in other sources) are harmful to skin.

However, I give James tremendous credit for inspiring me to take a closer look at what I am putting in and on my body. Furthermore, I applaud her for researching this as thoroughly as she has, because she supports her claims with studies that the reader can look into further. This book has transformed my thinking, and helped me to be a better informed consumer.

Love this book! It's a resource for healthy all natural beauty, make up and eating guide. Kat has been a make up artist in the film and modeling industry and has many years of personal experience in what she suggests in her book. I have used many of the products and have found amazing results. So many of them are so easy, and often less expensive than the mainstream answers. She suggests getting back to nature - and nature is just beautiful.

Great book on how to look at the things your putting on your face and in your skin!

I actually took Kat’s class and to quote another reviewer it was crazy what she teaches. My husband and I tried it for 2 months and we both had negative side effects. High blood pressure and low energy. It was awful. The high fat diet causes a lot of stress in your body. I know that now. When we started eating cards again to feel better we both gained quite a bit of weight. The book may have some good things in it but don’t waste your money taking the class. It is a very dangerous way of eating. I wish I knew what I know now then and saved my self 5000 and 20lbs.

It changed my young adult life.

Carefully researched and objective. This book changed my way of thinking about health and beauty.