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\"\"<\/a>So the reason I was more<\/em> excited about the Cher Garnier commercial Q&A a few weeks ago, more so than for the actual Garnier Diamond Sleek commercial, was because I was in the middle of compiling decades of Cher beauty advice for a new Beauty section on Cher Scholar.<\/p>\n

I love the cult around skin care, hair care and cosmetics (a distant third because I have no understanding of color theory, highlighting, shadowing or art sense).<\/p>\n

I love those things for the same reason I love feeling my bare feet on the earth, the sound of my shoes crunching on the dirt, the sounds and sensations of ceramic classes, the whole tactile event of getting a facial, the lotions and the potions, the breathing in of the steam, the ASMR of the mortal and pestle (for estheticians who still do that…everything is so “non-invasive treatment” these days).<\/p>\n

I just LOVE IT. And combine those things with Cher and I’m just losing my mind.<\/p>\n

The last few years of expanding Cher Scholar has been so much fun: documenting all the variety shows and specials<\/a>, cataloguing over 400 TV appearances and counting<\/a>, getting my head around the Cher doll outfits and collections<\/a> and all of last year’s food experiments<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>To be honest, I was a better cook last year than when I tried to make the Cooking For Cher<\/em> recipes decades ago. But I’m still not using the big chopping knife because that’s still scary: “Chrissy! Bring me the big knife!”<\/p>\n

Anyway, compiling this Beauty Book was just super, super fun.<\/p>\n

As a tween, I loved the 1980s celebrity beauty guru books and read as many as I could find. At the end of last year I paused after revisiting a few recipes in Cher’s book Forever Fit <\/em>to re-read and review these old gems on Substack:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Christie Brinkley\u2019s books<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Raquel Welch<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Victoria Principal\u2019s books<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Cheryl Tiegs<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Miss Piggy<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Michelle Obama<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So here it is, The Cher Beauty Book<\/a>, with online chapters covering all the same things found in those Christie Brinkley and Victoria Principal books, but as told by Cher and her entourage of experts.<\/p>\n

    I hope you find it fun, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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