Mary Quant?

Not only the popular inventor of the "Mini Skirts" & "Hot pants", Mary Quant the creator and owner of 'Mary Quant' make up line that was born in the 1970's and 1980's.

Quant was a British fashion designer who studied illustration, before taking a profession at couture milliner. She started her early career with her husband Alexander Plunkett-Green.

ABOVE, are some of the images of the Makeup brand that used to be a "Must Have" back in the days when my mom was growing up. It was the Mac brand of those days according to my mother.

Mary Quant has written four books, one of which is her auto biography called:

Quant by Quant ...

Books on makeup:

Color by Quant

Quant on Makeup

&

Classic Makeup and beauty book

Quant resigned in 2000 when she sold the company to the Japanese, who have spread more than 200 stores of Mary Quant makeup today.

Good Books

By Paul Arden

He was an Executive Creative Director for the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi.

His books (shown below) are my latest obsession!!!

Inspiring, creative, good quotes, gives you a reason to become better, allows huge space for imagination, permits you to dream big!

A book that just takes 30 inspiring minutes to read is a book you should not miss out on!

Available at Boutique 1, Mall of the Emirates

Paul Arden Himself ...

The Cooking Book

The Cooking Book is a cook book packed with amazing recipes and a cd+ pocket shopping list to make your life easier when shopping for the groceries to cook for one of the meals from the book.

It colorful, informative and easy to use too!

The latest edition, Express Cook seems quiet interesting, saw it today at Magrudy's I think this is on my list as a "One to buy" too!