"I'm wondering if there would be the same resistance from teens in schools to buying something that teaches "what they know" already. At least, that's the message I'm getting online - that the teens already "know it all" so they have no use for my product. "

******Ummmmmmmm, I don't know who tried to convince you teens may not be interested in your book because they think they know it all but your naysayers are dead wrong.

Consider this: How many fashion magazines are there that target teenage girls? How many teenage girls buy those same fashion magazines every month (or simply buy a subscription)??? Thousands upon thousands upon thousands.....if not into the millions! When I was a teenager, not only did I devour every magazine I could get my hands on, I would cut out photos (to copy the looks) and instructions and put them in three ring binders. When I stopped do that, I had three binders (with the really wide spines) FULL of examples.

Teenage girls will read/use ANYTHING that will help them be more attractive. Magazines, books, websites, bestfriends' advice, and even the occasional advice from Mom.......doesn't matter what the media is, as long as they end up looking a certain way (the certain way will depend on the taste of the individual girl).

So don't worry about the naysayers who think teenagers aren't going to want to hear your makeup advice. As long as it isn't their **parent** telling them how to apply cosmetics, they'll listen. ;)

Also, I haven't seen the contents of your book so I don't know what looks you've chosen to teach them. If you haven't already done so, you might want to include a few funky/trendy looks that aren't outrageously freakish. I wouldn't be caught dead in blue or sparkly eyeshadow. However, what an almost 35 year old woman shouldn't wear is completely different from what a 16 year old girl can wear. When I was a teenager, I was much more adventurous (although, lucky for me, I inherited my mom's cosmetic good taste gene so I never looked freakish) than I am now. So, in order to increase your book's appealability to teenagers, you might throw them some teenage looks so they won't think you are an agent of MOM (Moms' Opinions of Makeup) and are out to force them to look.....**gasp**.....NORMAL and BORING. They want to look like the Hollywood trendsetters and Hollywood insists on being funky/trendy/sometimes-downright-weird.

Anyhoo, hope this helps put your mind at ease a wee bit.

Good luck,
EM