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    Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It
    Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It
    Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It
    Audiobook4 hours

    Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It

    Written by Grace Helbig

    Narrated by Grace Helbig

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    From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Grace’s Guide, comedian, and YouTube personality comes a beautifully illustrated, tongue-in-cheek book about style that lampoons fashion and beauty guides while offering practical advice in Grace Helbig’s trademark sweet and irreverent voice.

    It’s clear to see I’m a style icon; remember, you can’t spell icon without “con.”

    I love clothes, accessories, and makeup as much as the next lady, man, French bulldog in a sweater, or child whose parents dressed her in a couture Halloween costume, but telling people how they should look doesn’t suit me (clothes pun!). I have no authority in that department (I barely even shop in department stores). Instead this is a look at my own silly and nonsensical approach to style, and I promise only some of it is about sweatpants. This book is one part entertainment, one part irreverent fashion fun, and one part personal experience, including:

    -My closet staples and jewelry MVPs, and what’s actually in my makeup bag
    -All about BLTs and BFFS…that is, Better-Looking T-Shirts and Best Feet Friends
    -The bad-hair-day character wheel
    -The Ten Commandments of online shopping
    -A handy flowchart to help you decide “Should I actually buy this?”
    -Red-carpet ridiculousness
    -Grace Expectations: What your denim says about you
    -And MORE!

    I’m not stylish—I’m self-aware. I’m not polished—I’m perceptive. I’m not trendy—but I love trying. Because when it comes down to it, “style” is just a simple way of saying “I showered.”
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateFeb 2, 2016
    ISBN9781442391789
    Author

    Grace Helbig

    Grace Helbig, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Grace’s Guide, is a comedian, actress, YouTube personality, and co-host of the podcast This Might Get Weird. She previously hosted DailyGrace on My Damn Channel, before leaving in January to create her own YouTube channel, it’sGrace, which has millions subscribers. Grace is the executive producer and star of the feature film Camp Takota. She is the winner of the People’s Voice Webby Award for Best First Person Format and the Streamy Award for Personality of the Year and Best First-Person Series. Grace has been named one of Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch, Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business, and Forbes’s 30 under 30.

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    • 1/5
      This book is ridiculous. Please do not waste your time. She should be ashamed.
    • 2/5
      So I had the bug to try reading more audiobooks and I only got as far as 2...for now. After thoroughly loving Yes Please by Amy Poehler I was all set for some more hilarity. To that end I picked up Grace Helbig's Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have It. This is part memoir (a very small part) and part irreverent fashion and beauty guide. If you're unfamiliar with Grace she's a comedian with a super funny YouTube channel (as well as a YouTube series with fellow comedian Mamrie Hart) and this is actually her second book. The book starts off with Grace relating some very personal stories about her struggles with body image but lest you get the idea this is a very serious book it's more about trying to take things less seriously and accepting yourself flaws and all. I really enjoyed the personal anecdotes and how they related to her changing opinions and tastes when it comes to mainstream fashion and beauty standards. She also discusses how differently she views herself now that she has increased visibility due to her career. I think this would be especially good for a young woman in high school or just starting college as that's when we're most vulnerable to the pressures from media. (Note: I don't ever think we're completely immune to it but I do think there are times in our development when it's an especially powerful influence.) Because I consumed this book via audiobook format I felt I was at a bit of a disadvantage when she talked at length about specific beauty products, tips, and how-to's because I'm fairly sure the physical book had a plethora of visual aids. I do want to point out that there was a large portion of the book dedicated to a 'sweatpants diary' which I suppose was meant to be a metaphor for the pressures of the media effecting how we perceive fashion but I found it exceedingly odd. (Also, I found myself nodding off more than once during it.) For those that need reminding that fashion and beauty in general are completely subjective this is a great resource. For someone looking for a hilarious pick-me-up it's a bit short of the mark. 5/10