beauty, personal

Provides step-by-step recipes for creating DIY vegan beauty products for hair and skin using natural, cruelty-free ingredients.

In the Kingdom of Ayortha, Aza, an unattractive woman with a magical voice, learns to balance her appearance with her talent, meanwhile, her singing attracts both Prince Ijori, who cannot resist it, and Queen Ivi, who plots to use it to benefit herself.

Yeva knows that the forest holds secrets and that her father is the only hunter who's ever come close to discovering them. Out in the wilderness there's no pressure to make idle chatter with vapid baronessas, or to submit to marrying a wealthy gentleman. When her father goes missing in the woods, Yeva sets her sights on one prey: the Beast he'd been obsessively tracking just before his disappearance. As Yeva hunts, she finds a cursed valley, a ruined castle, and a world of creatures she's only heard about in fairy tales. A world that can bring her ruin or salvation. Who will survive: the Beauty, or the Beast?.

The author relates, in graphic form, her experiences after she injured her two front teeth and had to have surgeries and wear embarrassing braces and headgear, all while also dealing with the trials and tribulations of middle school.

"Real beauty isn't about being a certain size, acting a certain way, wearing the right clothes, or having your hair done (or even brushed). Real beauty is about being your authentic self and owning it. Kate T. Parker is a professional photographer who finds the real beauty in girls, capturing it for all the world to see in candid and arresting images."--Amazon.com.

"Every day is the same in Belle's small village, and she longs for something more. Will Belle have the adventure she has always wanted? "--Back cover.

A modern, multi-generational retelling of "Snow White" involving a witch named Violet, her beautiful stepdaughter Celine, and a spell that can only be broken by pop star Jonah Prince.

"The Ugly Duckling" is a classic story of a small, ugly duckling who is shunned by every animal and person he encounters, until he grows into a beautiful swan and finds others of his kind. This story's message of the beauty inside everyone has been inspiring readers for hundreds of years, and a new generation of readers will discover it through this fresh retelling. Clear, simple text is accompanied by colorful illustrations. The close relationship between the text and illustrations is meant to aid in the development of reading comprehension skills. Even reluctant readers will enjoy exploring this classic story.

Provides instructions for creating beauty products from such natural ingredients as sea salt, avocado, and beeswax, including cinnamon vanilla whipped body butter, coconut lip balm, sweet dreams cream, and shimmer hair gel.

When her mirror sister, Parva, a twin confined to the subterranean world beneath London, populated by amazing creatures and terrible danger, is abducted, disfigured Pen Khan, burdened by a life of secrets, makes a terrible bargain for the means to track her down.