Hey again guys! Another book review for you this week. This time it's quite hard to pin point the type of book. It's a non fiction bit of everything by YouTube sensation Tanya Burr.
Now if you haven't heard of this gaggle of youtube starts by now (Tanya burr, Zoe Sugg, Jim Chapman, Alfie Deyes, Louise(Sprinklofglitr)) then where have you been??? They are absolutely HUGE and most now have their own publications, they are a mix of both fiction and non fiction however Tanya Burrs is completely non fiction.
It isn't an autobiography as such though as it touches on the many things she does in her YouTube channel that has made her a huge success - make up, beauty, fashion and baking.
The first thing that you notice about this book is the quality and aesthetics, both of which are amazing. The book is a beautiful hardback and the spine is even sparkly. It's definitely a book you can use for decoration on your coffee table or dressing table when your done. And - I hope I'm not the only one?- but I love smelling books, and this books thick white shiny pages smelly yummy !
So here you have the contents and can see all of the different sections of the book. While I wont go through all of them I will talk a bit about my favourite sections...
The biography side!
This was definitely one of my top 3 sections of the book. It was really interesting and I love hearing about people's lives and what shaped them to be the person they are today. Tanya has a lot of lovely detailed stories from her childhood which is fantastic and really helps you to understand the girl behind the videos(which i watch on a regular basis!).
Next in my top 3 favourite sections of the book wasn't the whole make up section, it was simply the lists at the end. Near enough after every section of the book Tanya has included too 10 lists. Being a girl who loves organisation, writing things down and above all LISTS! This just had to be in my top 3. But a specific list topped them all and this was the top 10 beauty buys. I feel like Tanya, as a person was already quite well off and now gets sent a lot of high end beauty products to try and quite naturally, has fallen into a pattern of using them.
Quite recently I seen her go on about a moisturiser she had and how it was the best one ever. I watched the whole video to find out about it only to find out at the end it costs £90! I'm sorry?! Don't forget your audience tan- we like beauty buys and bargain Beauty buys which would make us feel that we can look like you is what we want!!
Lastly in my top 4, and this suprised me!! Was the cooking section. When I found out this was happening in he book my initial thought was oh god why??? She's just wasting space in this book there's clearly not a lot else to talk about!- wrong! This was a great section and the suggestions looked so yummy that I went the same day and bought ingredients for her triple chocolate cookies! They were supposed to look like this
But mine ummmm....
Kind of mushed into one! But that's fine. That's why Tanya's the YouTube star. not me haha!
Overall: I'd give this book a 2 and a half out of 5.
Reasons being:
I read it in one day (for the price,umm)
I feel like there was no new information, everything she said about make up and hair etc you can find out from hers or many others videos
Lots of high quality products- we want drugstore Tanya!
All in all, baking and the yummyness of even my cookies which turned out wrong have presented this book with more stars!
What did you think of Tanya's book? I'd love to know in the comments
Until next time!
Air of Eire
Xo
Here they are in all their glory.. Slimming world chocolate baked oats!!
