I'm quite vain, highish maintenance and approaching a certain age so this was a must-buy for me. There are some great tips in it and some good recommendations (although it's hard to believe that EVERY moisturised in the land was tested) but you would go absolutely nuts if you followed these regimes. It's just too too much - how many primers, skin bighteners, supercreams and facial boosts can a girl use (or indeed afford - the Guerlain cream I thought might do me was £270 in John Lewis)? If I did as much buffing, massaging, patting and scrubbing as this book recommends I would never get to leave the house. However, as I said, it contains some good advice, the best being to rub your precious unguents vigorously and at some length into your skin as they do no good just sitting on the surface. That much I will do! Off for a fag and a glass of wine now. Jo and Sarah would HATE me.