Self Beauty

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. Thanks to the astonishing results it provides—glowing skin, a flatter stomach, enhanced immunity, and full-body...

✨ Discover the secret to timeless beauty—at every stage of life. In Maintain Beauty Beating Age, M K Devidasan brings together science, tradition, and practical wisdom to show that beauty is not about resisting age, but about embracing it with grace and confidence. This empowering guide teaches you how to care for your skin, hair, body, and mind through every decade of life. From daily self-care habits and natural remedies to nutrition, fitness, emotional well-being, and grooming, this book gives you a complete plan to radiate health and charm at any age. It shows how to balance body, ...

The national bestseller From the author of the bestselling More Beautiful Than Before comes an inspiring book about loss based on his most popular sermon. As the senior rabbi of one of the largest synagogues in the world, Steve Leder has learned over and over again the many ways death teaches...

All I Ever Wanted Was to Be Hot is a funny, provocative retrospective on the last thirty years of Western beauty standards. From the Pussycat Dolls to Victoria’s Secret, The Girls of the Playboy Mansion to Lara Bingle, the media of the 2000s was littered with high profile examples of hotness as the highest form of social currency. Is it any wonder a girl growing up in that era might believe “good looks” were as integral to womanhood as having a pulse?

Named a Finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. A romantic love triangle that will appeal to fans of Girl in Pieces and Thinspo--this compelling story explores insecurity and the power of words to hurt and to heal. When tall, gorgeous Brody asks Olivia to prom, she’s ecstatic—until he suggests she use the next two months to lose some weight. But how thin is thin enough? What starts as a few skipped meals spirals into a dangerous obsession—hours spent scrolling pro-ana and thinspo forums, tracking calories like a lifeline, and watching the number on the scale plummet. The ...

A rebellious and provocative take on what it means to be different, offering a way forward for anyone who wants to blaze their own path, from psychologist Sergi Rufi. Do you feel like an outsider? Like a weirdo who doesn’t fit in with what society considers “normal”? Have people ever...

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 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 ...

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 ...

At fourteen years old, Paige Lewin begged her mum for her first relaxer, convinced that straight hair was her ticket to beauty and acceptance. But what followed were years of damage, frustration, and a deep disconnect from her natural texture. Wigs, weaves, and chemical treatments became her armor—until she finally realized she was hiding from her true self.Now, as the host of Texture Talks, Paige has not only reclaimed her Afro hair but uncovered the deeper truths about self-worth, identity, and healing.

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 ...

Red carpet fashion laureate, comic icon, and outspoken superstar Joan Rivers gives her signature straight-talking advice to women on how to live better through looking better. Joan Rivers’s abiding life philosophy is simple: in the appearance focused society of the twenty-first century, beauty...

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.

The definitive guide that teaches you how to use the Japanese concept of wabi sabi to reshape every area of your life and find happiness right where you are. Fed up with the exhausting challenges of our fast-paced, consumption-driven existence, millions of people around the world are turning to...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER GOOGLE'S BEST AUDIOBOOKS OF 2019 NPR'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR INDIE BESTSELLER GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER: BEST MEMOIR & AUTOBIOGRAPHY A laugh-and-cry-out-loud memoir from the beloved star of Netflix’s Queer Eye, Jonathan Van Ness, sharing never before told...

The Beauty of the Ordinary: Finding Joy in Everyday Life Discover the extraordinary magic hidden within the ordinary moments of life. In The Beauty of the Ordinary: Finding Joy in Everyday Life," you are invited on a transformative journey to uncover the profound joy and fulfillment that lie in the simple, everyday experiences we often overlook. In a world that constantly pushes us towards busyness, consumerism, and comparison, this book offers a refreshing perspective. It shows you how to slow down, appreciate the present, and embrace a more mindful and minimalist lifestyle. Through ...

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.

In this must-have for anyone who wants to better understand their love life, a mathematician pulls back the curtain and reveals the hidden patterns—from dating sites to divorce, sex to marriage—behind the rituals of love. The roller coaster of romance is hard to quantify; defining how lovers...

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.

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.