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Are you ready to uncover your personal style recipe? Have you taken style quizzes with results that don't add up? Are you confused and unsure about your personal style because you don’t fit perfectly into a predefined category? If so, then this is the book for you! Prepare for a new approach to clarifying your personal style preferences. In An Imperfect Style you'll uncover your unique personal style formula and identify the clothing that complements you best allowing your outward appearance to mirror your inner self. This is the ultimate practical guide to help you understand why you are...

Embark on a journey into the world of natural soap making with our comprehensive guide, designed to empower you to create beautiful and nourishing soaps using simple ingredients and traditional methods. Whether you're a seasoned soap maker or a curious beginner, this guide is your essential companion for mastering the art of soap-making with natural ingredients. From basic cold-process soap making to more advanced techniques like swirls and embeds, each method is carefully explained with step-by-step instructions and helpful tips to ensure success.

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.

Are you looking for a comprehensive guide that simplifies the use of castor oil with easy-to-follow recipes and tips for a holistic lifestyle? Are you tired of using chemical-laden products that don't deliver the promised results for your skin and hair? Do you struggle with finding natural and effective remedies for common health issues and household solutions? Then keep reading… Unleash the power of nature’s most versatile elixir with our Castor Oil Compendium. This comprehensive guide dives deep into the ancient and modern uses of castor oil, offering over 200 meticulously crafted ...

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.

Have you ever wondered why we wear the type of clothes we do? Packed with outlandish outfits, this exciting history of fashion trends reveals the flamboyant fashions adopted (and discarded) by our ancestors. In the days before cosmetic surgery, people used bum rolls and bombastic breeches to augment their figures, painted their faces with poisonous concoctions, and doused themselves with scent to cover body odor.

"Conquer the Barber Exam: Your Guide to the National Barber Theory Examination" is a comprehensive study guide tailored to help aspiring barbers prepare for their certification exam and succeed in their careers. This guide covers a wide range of essential topics, including the fundamentals of barbering, sanitation and safety practices, and the anatomy and physiology of hair and skin. Detailed chapters on hair cutting techniques, shaving, and beard grooming provide step-by-step instructions for both basic and advanced procedures. The section on chemical services explores hair coloring, ...

You can have incredible hair that will turn heads. Learn what your hair needs in order to thrive. Use easy-to-follow instructions to create your own stimulating shampoos out of ingredients easily found in a grocery store or pharmacy. Make conditioners and rinses that render your hair squeaky clean and highly manageable. Use homemade styling aids that are every bit as powerful as their commercial counterparts, but are much less costly.

Though fashions may change, certain things never go out of style - like your favorite little black dress that can take you from a business meeting to a dinner party to a night on the town. But what makes it work is not the dress; it's how you present yourself while wearing it. A woman who is polite, well spoken, gracious, charming, and thoughtful is always welcome - though such women appear to be in short supply these days!

Using the same classic perfumery techniques and processes as mainstream houses, a natural perfumer can blend, dilute, age and bottle his or her own signature scent, rivaling any name brand. Perfumes, body splashes, and colognes can be healthy too when created with pure essential oils and absolutes derived from botanical ingredients harvested from the earth. Natural perfumes can be eco-friendly, unlike their lab-created synthetic counterparts whose chemicals are considered toxic environmental hazards. Now you can create natural fragrances that are subtle, giving you an aura of sweet bliss ...

"Conquer the Cosmetology Theory Exam: Your Guide to a Career as a Cosmetologist, Hair Stylist, Esthetician, Nail Technician, or Makeup Artist" is a comprehensive study guide designed to prepare aspiring beauty professionals for their certification exam and successful careers. The guide covers a wide range of topics essential for cosmetologists, including anatomy and physiology, chemistry, sanitation and safety, hair care techniques, skin care treatments, nail care, and makeup artistry. Each chapter provides in-depth knowledge and practical insights, starting with the basics of cosmetology ...

Older, but Better, but Older has the playful wit, self deprecation and worldly advice we have come to expect from these bestselling authors, but now that advice is focused on the French woman's mindset as she hurtles towards forty. Caroline de Maigret and Sophie Mas are back to amuse you with how they find they are modifying their favorite bad-girl behavior as they address beauty, love, seduction as well as lifestyle, family, work, and living alone.

Offering practical tips and working solutions to natural hair obstacles, Naturally Motivated Lady shares personal experiences to help you avoid unnecessary mistakes. She also shares how to choose between eight different ways of starting and growing healthy locs.

Do you find your day gets to hectic? Overly stressful? Not enough time in the day to relax? Or bogged down with unnecessary tasks? If you do, within this audiobook many of the top minimalist and hygge experts have shared their knowledge on how to overcome these problems and more, most of which have been incorporating hygge and minimalist fundamentals into their days for many years.

Second Chances is a unique guide to a one-of-a-kind, circular wardrobe. Eleni’s superpower is sniffing out great finds and here she walks you through the art of in-person discovery at thrift stores and vintage shops, estate sales and flea markets, yard sales and antique stores—and online resale platforms. This book will teach you how to organize your existing wardrobe, evaluate pieces you find, and manifest your dream closet.

He has gotten rid of our wrinkles. He has gotten rid of our fat. Now, New York Times best-selling author Dr. Nicholas Perricone presents a cutting-edge plan that won't just make us look great; it will age proof us from the inside out by stimulating the miracle of cellular rejuvenation.

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.

Anti-aging skincare solutions that get you real results, revive your skin, and leave you looking healthier and happier. When you know how to choose a routine suitable for the needs of your skin, you can actually start to reverse the effects of aging. As a result, you can look younger, but most importantly feel better! Even if you think your skin looks fine now, a skincare routine is about maintaining the beauty you already have. And it’s never too early (or too late!) to start taking care of yourself and your skin!

Give a Sh*t is the first eco-friendly handbook of its kind for these dire times when the Earth needs us most. Distilling the most crucial knowledge and advice from your favorite sustainable lifestyle brand, vegan cookbook, and eco-friendly beauty guide, Give a Sh*t guides you through small-but-impactful shifts you can make. With eco-lifestyle expert Ashlee Piper's succinct, no-nonsense advice, it's never been easier to live more thoughtfully and true to your values, get healthier, and give a shit about the planet.

Anti-aging has become a multi-billion dollar industry, but do you know which products, procedures or treatments are really going to help you look (and feel!) younger? Rest assured, the days of painful procedures that promised you the fountain of youth, cost a fortune, and then - surprise! - didn't work, are gone. There are treatments available that can halt, and in some cases, even reverse the aging process.