(CBS) Enthusiasts of the ancient Chinese art of feng shui say happiness and prosperity can be achieved by arranging your home in a certain way. But feng shui's not just for the house anymore.

"We're talking about your temple -- your landscaping," says California hair stylist Billy Yamaguchi. "You know, how do we create who the individual is on the inside to the outside."

Yamaguchi believes you can feng shui yourself and, in his new book, "Feng Shui Beauty," he shows how to do just that, reports The Early Show's Laurie Hibberd.

The first step: taking a test to assess which of the feng shui "elements" best describes you and your lifestyle.

The five elements are fire, earth, metal, wood, and water.

"Each of the elements is an identifier," Yamaguchi explains. "It can give me an idea of what the person's personality type is, their lifestyle. I get to assess their body type, their face shape. And put all of that together and share with them which look is the best for them."

So what sets a Feng Shui makeover apart from any other?

"We read people's energy," Yamaguchi says. "Most of the time when you're seeing these extreme makeovers [on TV], they're having a lot of therapists come in, because the people are not connected with who they are on the outside. But Feng Shui beauty is reading people's energy and reflecting that on the outside."

Jaime Miles, a 27-year-old spa manager, discovered that she was an earth/metal combination after taking Billy's test.

So did she choose metal, or did metal choose her?

"Well, I think it's more defining that I'm -- my job would be metal," Miles says. "But fire and earth describe me more, I think."

In this case, Yamaguchi explains her job is overpowering. "Not in a bad way. But it's making her have to look a certain way. But truly who she is on the inside is that fire person who wants to express passion and adventure and creativity," he notes. Miles agrees.

To compliment Miles' face shape and frame, Yamaguchi gives her a choppy cut, then adds some carefully placed deep red highlights to bring out her fire element. Her look is finished with a fire-enhancing makeup palatte.

And Miles loves it, particularly, her new color. "I wouldn't have imagined it. But I love it. And the haircut is really what I always sort of imagined what I wanted my hair to look like after I left the salon, but it never quite looked exactly like that. I really like the cut a lot," she says.

Yamaguchi notes, "It's really important for the person to own who they are, because there's a lot of people that don't really see the beauty within them. And that's what Fung Shui beauty does 100 percent of the time."

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