Book Review: Toss The Gloss

Andrea Q. Robinson knows a lot about beauty – she’s a legend in the cosmetics industry. As a student in an all-women’s Catholic college, she was entered into a “best-dressed” contest and landed a job as an assistant editor at Condé Nast. Plumb editorial positions at Mademoiselle and Vogue followed, and when she left the magazine world for Revlon, she had Irving Penn shoot still-life ads for Ultima II – a shocking concept at the time, which proved very profitable. …