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Victorian women ate arsenic to achieve an ideal, pale complexion, while in the 1790s balloon corsets were all the rage, designed to make the wearer appear pregnant. Women of the eighteenth century applied blood from a black cat's tail to problem skin, while doctors in the 1880s promoted woolen underwear to keep colds at bay. Beautification and the pursuit of health may seem all-consuming today, but their history is long and fantastically varied. Ranging across the last four hundred years, Margarette Lincoln examines women's health and beauty in fascinating detail.

From Yale University's dermatological and anti-aging, expert Nicholas Perricone, M.D., comes the all-natural program that has already helped tbousands -- including top Hollywood stars. This antioxidant plan revitalizes your skin from the outside and inside, reducing and effectively erasing wrinkles and blemishes, no matter your skin color or type, no matter your age.

Have you avoided treating Black skin, or having your own skin treated due to a lack of skincare confidence for Black skin? If you’ve struggled getting the right care or with caring for Black skin, you’re not alone. According to the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, only four percent of practicing dermatologists identify as Hispanic, and only three percent identify as Black or African descent. Alarming. This lack of understanding for darker skin proliferates beyond the skin health industry. This work is one small but significant step toward rectifying that malady.

This audiobook will provide you with the true strong foundations for you to understand most of the techniques and the theories behind voltaic plasma, also referred to as fibroblast. In this audiobook, we have distilled the basics of plasma fibroblast, which is used for localized skin tightening, upper eyelid tightening (also referred to as “nonsurgical blepharoplasty), lower eyelid tightening, crow's feet attenuation, benign skin lesion removal, permanent makeup removal, tattoo removal, and much much more.

Did you know that cellulite is usually accompanied by water retention, edema, toxin accumulation, and low energy levels? This guide will help you understand the causes of cellulite and explain the bad habits that must be corrected in order to manage the problem from a holistic point of view. Cellulite should be seen as an indicator of your inner well-being rather than as a mere beauty defect.

Are you dying to know how to heal your acne, eczema, rosacea, ingrown hairs, dark scars, and aging skin? Yes? Well, open your mind and heart to a new approach to healing your skin through natural products and a healthy lifestyle. Discover the truth about acne. Find out what mainstream skin care companies don't want you to know. Learn why no matter what you're using to clear up your skin it will never work. Understand the correlation between food and acne.

Do you wish you had the budget to indulge in pricey treatments at a high-end spa for a little time-out? With 30 Chic Days at Home Vol. 2 you can bring the feeling of luxury and relaxation into your home life for free. Feel rejuvenated and peaceful as you build rituals and practices into your everyday life to bring about the ambience and romance of the spa lifestyle.

Do you want to make your own organic skin care products? Are you looking for a new skin care routine? Do you want to sell your homemade skin care products? Can you confidently pair organic ingredients together for the best results? You’ll be able to create everything from toners, scrubs, and masks for your face and body to moisturizers, lotions, balms, serums, and more! Plus, we have a chapter on labeling and gifting goody bags. This is the ultimate guide for anyone wanting to create their organic beauty products at home!

In the glamorous world of high stakes beauty and fashion, Scarlett Sandoval is a top intellectual property attorney in such demand that her firm sends private jets to shuttle her between Los Angeles, New York, London, and Madrid. In the midst of a critical trademark deal between a top fashion designer and an international cosmetic company, Scarlett is shocked to learn that in order to achieve her coveted partnership, one devious partner expects more than she is willing to surrender. Soon she is marked for murder.

A Gentleman Gets Dressed Up is not a book about style—it is a book about the rules—rules that will allow any man to feel more comfortable in the choices he makes about what he wears.

Your beauty is not one-size-fits-all—and your self-care shouldn't be either. Glow Your Own Way is a joyful, empowering guide that redefines beauty rituals for every skin tone, hair texture, and confidence level. From protective SPF that works for deeper shades to silk hair care that honors coils, curls, and kinks, this book is a celebration of identity-driven self-care that puts you at the center.

Ever thought of going bare down there? Looking for a little landscaping, or are you a waxing warrior? Whatever your pre-fur-ance, this hilarious "how to" is full of tips, tricks, what you should know ahead of time and some great treatment-room stories to get you prepped and ready for your first plume plucking!

JNL’s inspirational weight loss success story has motivated millions worldwide. She is the world’s top fitness model, and now she will show YOU the way! Now it’s YOUR turn to become the new “fitness model” you—sexy, strong, and sleek! In JNL’s Fitness Model Diet, she reveals and shares her top trade secrets of the Super Fitness Model life.

Hair problems are something that everyone experiences at some point. They can severely hurt one's self-confidence. What you eat, how you feel, and how well you take care of your hair hugely affect your hair's health and growth. Different people have different hair problems, but what causes these problems? Why can't some people grow their hair after a certain length? How can you influence your hair's health and its growth rate? How can you get the smooth, shiny, and strong hair that you always dreamt about?

As a believer in the philosophy of loving oneself and help to spread that love to others, Leanna May writes a book that could educate other people in the same ethos. The goal is to inform people of how much beauty they can find inside themselves and the world around them. This book is meant to help you find a more beautiful you! That includes your physical and mental beauty as well.

Gwenn LeMoine sees the world through the lens of hair. The daughter of two hairstylists, she has taken her natural talent to an entrepreneurial level and is now the owner of Parlor, a wildly popular, two-location hair salon in the East Village and Brooklyn. In Becoming a Hair Stylist, Atlantic columnist and New York Times notable author Kate Bolick provides a compelling profile of a career in hair styling through the life of LeMoine and offers us a glance at a day in the life at Parlor.

In Sick Skin, we embark on a comprehensive exploration of the skincare industrial complex, also known as The SIC. We uncover its strategies, expose its fallacies, and even shed light on some of its advantages. You will liberate yourself from the grasp of the SIC matrix and perceive the industry for what it truly is.

50 Things Every Young Gentleman Should Know is a young man's guide to becoming the type of guy that people respect and enjoy. He knows how to shake hands. He knows how to be a good sport. He knows how to give a genuine compliment and how to speak his mind without being offensive. His friends listen to what he has to say, and he returns the favor. He knows how to achieve the perfect knot in a necktie, and more important, he knows when he should be wearing a tie in the first place. Oh, and his favorite ball cap? He knows when to wear it and when to leave it at home on his dresser.

You’re not taking care of your skin. Maybe you think you are, with a counter full of lotions, serums, creams, and cleansers. But what we call “skincare” products aren’t caring for your skin so much as masking it. Worse yet, modern skincare disturbs your skin’s natural metabolism and impairs your beauty. In Skin Sobering, “Beauty-Obsessed Scientist” Erin Yuet Tjam, PhD, and renowned anti-aging physician and skin specialist Ryuichi Utsugi, MD, deconstruct the myth of reliance on skincare products peddled by the beauty industry.

Unlock the keys to stop hair loss and grow hair faster naturally! Long, beautiful hair is often the envy and goal of many. To achieve that, we often put our hair through a litany of brutal treatments. These treatments include dyeing, brushing, blow-drying, straightening, and curling. However, we can recover from the abuse that our hair endures. Many people turn to supplements as the magic solution for hair growth. However, biotin and collagen supplements or even Rogaine can only do so much.