Bulletproof Mascara: a weekend read for beauty lovers

Mar 2nd 2010 at 7:24PM by Nadine Jolie

Fellow beauty junkies, do I have a book for you! Released today, Bulletproof Mascara by Bethany Maines, $10.12, is the tale of Nikki Lanier, a linguist who joins a top-secret group of woman spies posing as door-to-door makeup salespeople. The company name? Carrie Mae. (Hmm...sounds awfully like Mary Kay...) Nikki's secret training includes learning her way around spy tools disguised as makeup: acid nail polish, pepper spray perfume, grenade lipsticks and exploding foundation. Unsurprisingly, Nikki's background in languages, combined with her dual Canadian-American citizenship and martial-arts training, makes her a natural spy, and she combines forces with veteran spy Valerie Robinson to rescue an abductee who's been protesting the Asian sex trade.

I won't give away the book: suffice it to say, it's a breezy page-turner, full of action and fun. While it's hardly Dostoevsky, Bulletproof Mascara is light and amusing, perfect for a lazy weekend or long plane flight. (One review aptly described it as what happens when Avon Ladies meet Charlie's Angels.) Beauty addicts, you'll enjoy!
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  • John F. C. Taylor
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    John F. C. Taylor said 3-06-2010 @9:23AM

    Sounds like a serious version of Get Smart. I seriously hope that the gadgetry doesn't become the main part of the story.

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  • stagehand321
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    stagehand321 said 3-06-2010 @10:16AM

    this looks like a fun book to read like they said, over the weekend. who doesn't like a good spy book? plus, it's characters are women. i love it. i will probobly buy this.

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  • wordman238
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    wordman238 said 3-06-2010 @11:27AM

    That is so damn hilarious! I would love to see comidians get a hold of this one! Hell it's funny all by itself!

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  • thomas
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    thomas said 5-02-2010 @7:33AM

    Very funny article & comments.
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