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Simple reminders and new ideas for any man who is eager to navigate the obstacle course of his own words. On any given day, a man is faced with situations that demand a response. He runs into a friend who was recently fired . . . His date can’t seem to pry herself away from a texting...

The Korean skin care journey. As much as we’d like, glowing, clear skin doesn’t happen overnight. But there is beauty in the process―not just the results. Author Jude Chao links skincare to self-care culture, giving listeners a practical guide to developing an ideal skincare routine and using it to help manage stress, anxiety, and depression. The Korean skincare routine invites us to look at our skincare not only as a way to reduce lines and wrinkles or clear up breakouts, but as a tool for developing our self-care habits.

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!

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.

Here’s the deal: You may love the idea of starting your own eyelash business, but you have no idea where to get started. Fortunately, this book will give you the blueprint you need to build an eyelash extension business that you will love. Just imagine what life would be like being your own boss, setting your own hours, and being in control of your income. Achieving these things can be easy with the proper knowledge. It doesn’t have to take years of learning from your own mistakes to be successful with this business.

Two world wars, the Civil Rights movement, and a Jheri curl later, Blacks in America continue to have a complex and convoluted relationship with their hair. From the antebellum practice of shaving the head in an attempt to pass as a "free" person to the 2013 uproar over an Ohio school that banned Afro puffs, the issues surrounding Black hair continue to linger as we move through the 21stst century.

Howard Murad, MD, FAAD, is one of today's foremost authorities on health and skincare, and his philosophies have helped men and women around the world look and feel as young and healthy as possible. With The Water Secret, Dr. Murad shares a new, scientifically proven strategy, cultivated over years of practice and treating over 50,000 patients, to help you look and feel better from the inside out.

In her best-selling book The Beauty Detox Solution, Kimberly Snyder - one of Hollywood's top celebrity nutritionists and beauty experts - shared the groundbreaking program that keeps her A-list clientele in red-carpet shape. Now you can get the star treatment with this guide to the top 50 beauty foods that will make you more beautiful from the inside out. Stop wasting your money on fancy, expensive beauty products and get real results, while spending less at your neighborhood grocery.

Makeup is about loving yourself and enhancing your natural beauty through aesthetics. If you’re unsure where to start, this book will guide you with a step-by-step approach.

With his trademark energy and encouragement, Jules von Hep reveals the transformative power of banishing negativity and reclaiming your self-worth in a world filled with pressures and expectations. Combining his personal story of how he learned to love his own body—and what he learned from years of spray tanning people from all walks of life—with practical tips, Jules' book provides a step-by-step guide to a life filled with self-assurance, fulfilment and a glow that emanates from deep within.

Like 75% of American women, Ronnie Citron-Fink dyed her hair, visiting the salon every few weeks to hide gray roots in her signature dark brown mane. She wanted to look attractive, professional, and most of all, young. Yet as a journalist covering health and the environment, she knew something wasn’t right. All those unpronounceable chemical names on the back of the hair dye box were far from natural. Were her recurring headaches and allergies telltale signs that the dye offered the illusion of health, all the while undermining it? Ronnie took a leap and decided to ditch the dye.

Self-awareness - knowing your nature, your abilities, and how you react to people and situations - may well be the greatest life-management skill you can have. The Acorn Principle is a guide to doing a complete "life checkup" that will help you pinpoint your talents and strengths. Nurturing those strengths is the key to the success you've always wanted but didn't know how to attain. The mighty oak sleeps within you...right now.

In this smart, funny, and well-researched audiobook, Benjamin Errett brings together the latest findings from the worlds of psychology, criticism, neuroscience, market research, and more to examine what taste really means - and what it can teach us about ourselves. Covering kitsch, nostalgia, snobbery, bad taste, George Michael, and what it means to be "basic", this is the ultimate listen for anyone who devours popular and not-so-popular culture.

French women seem to have a special knack for life's most important things - food, love, raising children. And in matters of beauty and style, they appear to be at an unfair advantage. But the good news is that everything French women know can be learned...French women are not born more attractive than anyone else. They simply learn at a very young age how to feel beautiful, confident, and sexy, inside and out. It's an allure that outlasts youth.

You've always heard that "age is just a number" - now we have the science to prove it. Those wrinkles under your eyes are not simply an inevitable part of the aging process. Actually, those unpleasant surprises in the mirror are a result of the decline in your cellular and hormonal functions. Science shows us that your hormones quickly decline after age 30, leading to a variety of changes in your body, including hair loss, saggy skin, and unwanted facial hair.

How did powder and paint, once scorned as immoral, become indispensable to millions of respectable women? How did a "kitchen physic", as homemade cosmetics were once called, become a multibillion-dollar industry? And how did men finally take over that rarest of institutions, a woman's business? In Hope in a Jar, historian Kathy Peiss gives us the first full-scale social history of America's beauty culture.

From the popular YouTube tastemaker Eva Gutowski comes her nationally bestselling lifestyle and advice book on the ups and downs of life, told in her hilarious, charming, and genuine voice. What’s up guys? It’s me, Eva! You may know me from my YouTube channel, MyLifeAsEva. If that’s the...

Celebrate the beauty of natural curls with How to Care for Natural Curly Hair, the ultimate guide to caring for naturally curly hair. Designed for clients and stylists alike, this book bridges the gap between personal hair care and professional expertise, empowering listeners to understand, nurture, and style their curls with confidence.

Become a thrifting queen and discover the exciting world of secondhand shopping with this comprehensive guide from TikTok style star Macy Eleni. Macy Eleni is a thrifting expert. Bargain hunting since she was a teen who was short on cash and long on a desire to express herself, she knows that...

What we wear matters. It matters because looking and therefore feeling like yourself is essential. Clothes can make the difference between a good day and a bad day. Clothes have the power to make your mood ten times worse or one hundred times better.