beauty, personal

A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.

Countess Erzebet Bizecka's blood ritual, in which she bathes in the blood of servant girls in order to achieve eternal youth and beauty, becomes dangerous when she meets a handsome stranger who shows her new ways to conduct the ceremony. Based on the life of Countess Erzs?bet B?thory who lived in Hungary in the sixteenth century.

A collection of twelve short stories about beauty by authors such as Chris Lynch, Norma Fox Mazer, Ron Koertge, and others.

Presents instructions for more than thirty do-it-yourself fashion and beauty ideas for young girls, such as decorating a camisole and making one's own hot oil treatment.

Step-by-step photographic guide to applying makeup, with information on how to determine skin type, face shape, and coloring, programs for skin-care regimes, and lessons on the best colors and techniques for various skin tones, types, and facial features.

American television personality and fashion designer Lauren Conrad provides fashion tips and advice to create an individual style, featuring full-color photographs, and covering hair, cosmetics, clothing, and related topics.

Desperate to improve his standing with the girls at Zummer High, Leon Sanders--a junior--seems to be making headway with his long-time crush Amy Green, but when he starts to get to know a social pariah named Melody Sanders, Leon begins to see beyond Melody's disfigurement.

A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.

In "Fear, " Aiko must bring young girls home to make a new face for her beautiful sister Momoko after she is disfigured in an accident; and in "The Coincidental Letter, " Yoko sends an insulting letter to a made-up girl at a made-up address as a joke only to discover that the girl and the address are real and everything in the letter begins to come true.

Transformed by cosmetic surgery into a beauty following a car accident, formerly unattractive Megan feels a bit overwhelmed as she returns to her performing arts high school in Baltimore and competes with her popular and naturally gorgeous sister for the lead role in a student production written by Megan's secret love.