Beauty (Book) Mark: StyleUnited.com

I love fashion and beauty magazines. Mr. Spoiled Pretty, not so much. Probably because I subscribe to a gazillion and my magazine library takes up a ridiculous amount of real estate in our house. Every month when my new issues are delivered, I pour over the pages – reading about the latest products and innovations and gleaning genius style tips. But as much as I love my magazines, I’m often frustrated by the broad-spectrum advice. Like most women, I want advice and recommendations that address my unique beauty and style concerns. Which is why I am so excited to have recently discovered a new website that offers a truly customized, interactive experience.

StyleUnited is the first personalized website that provides women with a one-stop destination for head-to-toe fashion and beauty consultations, recommendations, and news. The site features articles, slideshows, blog posts and how-to videos from P&G and industry experts including: influential stylists, fellow bloggers and online editors.

StyleUnited provides customized recommendations based on responses to Style360, a one-of-a-kind diagnostic tool that gives you a fresh perspective on your total style. 

Four fun quizzes are designed to understand your unique skincare, haircare, cosmetics and fashion needs:

Fashion Focus: Fashion goes beyond the season’s hottest trends. Whether you’re Boho Chic or Flirty Romantic, we help you find flattering silhouettes and the looks you love.

Mad For Makeup: Your makeup is as individual as you are. We evaluate your features, coloring and goals to help you turn up your gorgeous.

Hair Affair: All hair is not created equal. From root to tip, we offer you custom advice on making yours shine, and how to achieve the looks you want.

Skin Deep: Every woman’s skin has unique characteristics and needs. We help you create a custom regimen that gets yours glowing.

I had a ball playing around with Style360 and was impressed by how spot-on the assessments were. For example, the Fashion Focus quiz described my look as “edgy bold with a hint of casual cool.” It correctly guessed that I’m drawn to “sexy rock n’ roll pieces” (I am a sucker for anything studded), but added that also like “a few soft cozy touches” (I have a closet full of open cardigans and I practically live in Uggs).

The product recommendations were also dead-on. In fact, some of the items that Style360 suggested are already on heavy rotation in my beauty arsenal.

If you’re looking for an even more personalized experience, StyleUnited offers 1:1 eBeauty – a live webcam consultation with professional beauty consultants. Don’t have a webcam? No problem. 1:1 can be done over the phone too. It’s like a department store beauty counter experience (except you can do it in your pajamas and slippers which I’m pretty sure might get you kicked out of Nordstrom). And how much does this real time advice session cost? Nothing. Nada. Zilch. 

So if your New Year’s resolution is to get gorge in 2012, you’d be wise to add StyleUnited.com to your bookmarks.  Besides being a great style resource, it’s downright addictive. But you don't have to take my word for it...try it for yourself and let me know what you think in the comments. 

This post was sponsored by StyleUnited.com, but all opinions are my own.