Self Beauty

At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the taunts of classmates. In her memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength with considerable wit. Vividly portraying the pain of peer rejection and the guilty pleasures of wanting to be special, Grealy captures with unique insight what it is like as a child and young adult to be torn between two warring impulses.

Growing Old Gracefully – A Woman’s Guide to Navigating Aging with Class, Self-Assurance, and Undeniable Style is an empowering, heartfelt, and deeply affirming companion for every woman who refuses to let the number of candles on her birthday cake define her worth, vibrancy, or beauty. More than a guide—it’s a celebration of the woman you’ve become and a warm invitation to step boldly into the chapters still ahead. Through a rich blend of practical advice, uplifting personal stories, historical heroines, and scriptural truths, this book offers a roadmap for embracing aging not as ...

In this essential guide, Nadine Artemis introduces listeners to the concept of "renegade" beauty - a practice of doing less and allowing the elements and the life force of nature to revive the body, skin, and soul so our natural radiance can shine through. Anyone stuck in perpetual loops of new products, facials, and dermatologist appointments will find answers as Artemis illuminates the energizing elements of sun, fresh air, water, the Earth, and plants.

Michele Harper is a female African-American emergency room physician in a profession that is overwhelmingly male and white. Brought up in Washington, DC, in a complicated family, she went to Harvard, where she met her husband. They stayed together through medical school until two months before she was scheduled to join the staff of a hospital in central Philadelphia, when he told her he couldn't move with her. Her marriage at an end, Harper began her new life in a new city, in a new job, as a newly single woman.

A first-of-its-kind guide that outlines and explains the health-promoting properties of lymphatic massage, featuring five-minute self-massage sequences anyone can do at home.

How to Stop Feeling Like Sh*t is a straight-shooting self-improvement guide for women, one that offers frank advice about the most common self-destructive behaviors women engage in. Andrea Owen—a nationally sought-after life coach—crystallizes what’s behind several invisible, undermining habits, from catastrophizing and people-pleasing to listening to the imposter complex or to one’s inner critic. Powerfully on the mark, the chapters are short and digestible, nicely bypassing weighty examinations in favor of punch points of awareness.

Named a Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. A romantic love triangle that will appeal to fans of To All the Boys I've Loved Before--this compelling story explores insecurity and the power of words to hurt and to heal. When tall, gorgeous Brody asks Olivia to the prom, she's ecstatic--until he suggests that she use the two months before the dance to lose some weight. But how thin is thin enough? Body's comment sends Olivia on a spiral of dangerously rapid weight loss that borders on anorexia. As her pounds vanish, her friendship deepens with Ross, the new prep cook at the ...

Author, LGBTQIA+ activist, and beauty maven Jodie Patterson explores capital-“B” Beauty through intimate interviews with her personal "collage of women"— dynamic friends, mentors, and public figures from whom she draws inspiration and confidence. Patterson shares her own relationship to beauty— how she redefined her understanding and belief in beauty, and what drew her back to the transformative power it holds for all of us today.

Maye Musk is a fashionable, charming, jet-setting supermodel with a fascinating and tight-knit circle of family and friends - and is 71 years old. But things were not always so easy or glamorous. As everyone who follows her obsessively on social media knows, Maye is a fount of frank and practical advice on how the choices you make in every decade can pay off in surprising, exciting ways throughout your life. In A Woman Makes a Plan, Maye shares experiences from her life conveying hard-earned wisdom on career, family, health, and adventure.

Deepak Chopra and Kimberly Snyder offer an exciting and practical program to help transform you from the inside out. Through six pillars of healthy living that focus on internal and external nourishment, sleep, living naturally, avoiding excessive stress, and better understanding the relationship between emotions and inflammatory foods, the authors offer practical tips, tools, innovative routines, and foods that will allow you to achieve your highest potential of beauty and health.

💖 Want a Naturally Lifted & Sculpted Face Without Invasive Treatments? 💖 Are you looking for a natural way to lift, firm, and rejuvenate your face? Discover the power of Face Yoga, a gentle, non-invasive practice that helps support skin tone, smooth the appearance of fine lines, and enhance your natural glow. 🌟 Inside This Book, You’ll Learn: ✔️ How to engage and strengthen over 40 facial muscles for a sculpted jawline, smoother skin, and firmer cheeks. ✔️ Why facial muscle care is key to maintaining youthful contours as we age. ✔️ Step-by-step Face Yoga exercises for...

How do you prioritize self-care amidst the demands of client appointments and business operations? Have you experienced burnout or emotional exhaustion in your career as a beauty professional? How do you maintain boundaries with clients while still providing exceptional service? Have you encountered situations where client interactions impact your emotional well-being, and how do you handle them? Did beauty school prepare you for the mental health challenges and the need for self-care in this career? If you are a cosmetologist, hairstylist, barber, esthetician, makeup artist, nail care ...

Are you ready to silence self-doubt, embrace your natural beauty, and walk confidently in your power? This book is your daily guide to unshakable self-worth, designed specifically for Black women to embrace their beauty, silence negative self-talk, and stand boldly in their authenticity. You deserve to feel confident, loved, and worthy every single day. And with the right affirmations, you can rewire your mindset, release self-doubt, and step into the powerful Black queen you were born to be!

Beauty + Power is a collection of personally written posts previously published on Lauryn Doll's website. Pulled down during her revamp, the content is designed to give you a trip down memory lane, and to help you hold the messages you need most, close to your fingertips. These articles were pulled down with the intention to never be published again, but the intention is that those who need to hear what's said, receive the messages within. Blessings.

Today's society is marked by image. There is obsession with the body, success, intelligence, fame, power and appearance. Many people cannot accept themselves due to the impact of a society that rewards the “pretty” and mortifies those it considers “ugly.” A culture where apparently the “intelligent” have a better chance of succeeding. Many young people struggle to be considered successful, capable or attractive. They want what every human being wants: To be loved and accepted. They fail to perceive that the biggest dilemma is self-acceptance. The author reflects on this topic ...

Are we too clean, not clean enough… or just making it all up as we go? You brush, rinse, scrub, shave, exfoliate, moisturize, pluck, dab, blot, and maybe—just maybe—wonder if it’s all a bit much. Spoiler: It might be. In "To Wash or Not to Wash" - Clean, Dirty, or Just Confused? The Hygiene & Beauty Dilemma You Didn’t Know You Had, author Andreas Baku takes a hilariously honest, sometimes uncomfortable, and oddly enlightening journey through modern hygiene and beauty habits. With entertaining humor and sharp insight, he unpacks everything from deodorant dilemmas to skin-care scams...

Your 20s are not just for finding your style — they’re for finding your power This isn't just a beauty book. It’s a revolution in self-love, confidence, and authentic glow. 100 Beauty Ideas for Women in Their 20s is your all-in-one guide to looking incredible, feeling unstoppable, and becoming the most radiant version of you — from the inside out. Whether you’re facing breakouts or breakdowns, this book has your back with real talk, game-changing tips, and soul-deep truths. Inside this empowering guide, you’ll discover: How to build a flawless skincare routine (without spending ...

Embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery with "HOW TO OWN YOUR SH!T." In this captivating book, Tanya explores the profound concept that what we perceive in others reflects our own inner thoughts and emotions. Through introspection and insightful analysis, Tanya challenges readers to question their assumptions and examine how their projections shape their interactions with the world. Whether you aspire to conquer self-doubt, foster genuine connections, or delve into the intriguing realm of self-projection, this book serves as an invaluable guide. It offers practical insights and...

Beauty is not everything. Yes, this is true, but I believe no one wants to be called less than beautiful. No one wants to look in the mirror feeling insecure and frustrated. I believe that feeling beautiful has a huge impact on our self-esteem and confidence. A beautiful person will always look attractive no matter what they wear or how much makeup they put on; this is because they take care of themselves and radiate positivity. Some women think that taking care of their appearance is a waste of time and that it is something reserved only for superficial women with a lot of free time. I ...

In The Invisible Corset, Geertsen carefully illustrates the psychological gaslighting that leads women to internalize the belief that their appearance makes them not only unworthy of love, but incapable of fulfilling their actual destiny. By highlighting each restricting string of the invisible corset all women wear, Geertsen helps us reclaim our bodies for ourselves, discovering newfound confidence, power, joy, and pleasure as we do.