Kosmetika, hår & skönhet

From the momentus invention of the needle some 40,000 years ago to the development of blue denim, from Neolithic weavers to the biggest names in the fashion industry today - this classic guide covers the landmarks of costume history, the forms and...

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If you had a heart attack would you go to a personal trainer to treat your chest pain? If you had cancer would you seek treatment from a journalist who reviews chemotherapy drugs? No you wouldn't. You would go to a cardiologist or an oncologist - ...

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Have you ever thought why every workout you have ever done stopped at the neck? Or wondered why traditional yoga calms the mind, tones the body but forgets the face? Are you looking for a natural way to look and feel younger and healthier? Daniell...

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Lär dig göra fina frisyrer som inte tar mer än fem minuter att fixa! 50 frisyrer som man kan lära sig att göra på fem minuter eller snabbare. Här finns steg för steg-instruktioner till håruppsättningar för många olika tänkbara tillfällen. Tydliga ...

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Stays and Corsets: Historical Patterns Translated for the Modern Body goes a step beyond traditional historical costuming texts by not only providing you with historical pattern diagrams and information, but by showing you how to adapt these patte...

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The Fashioned Body provides a wide-ranging and original overview of fashion and dress from an historical and sociological perspective. Where once fashion was seen as marginal, it has now entered into core economic discourse focused around ideas ab...

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This book takes readers on a journey to understand what it means to be beautiful. True Beauty is to be felt with all of our senses and incites us towards growth and self-actualization. This beauty can be found within the Divine teachings of the Qu...

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Look great, smell wonderful, and feel good as you make your own homemade natural body care products. In this Storey BASICS(R) guide to holistic beauty, Rosemary Gladstar shares more than 30 simple recipes for cleansers, moisturizers, and creams co...

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This beautifully illustrated book reveals the sharp pleats, high collars, gleaming pastes, colourful beads, elaborate buttons and intricate lacework that make up some of the garments in the Victoria and Albert Museum's extensive fashion collection...

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Discover Dr. Nigma's simple dietary approach to achieving glowing skin that's free of age spots, sagging and wrinkles that actress Penelope Cruz says, "pinpointed exactly what my body needed to give me the optimal glow." Eating too much ...

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'I've long wished perfumery to be taken seriously as an art, and for scent critics to be as fierce as opera critics, and for the wearers of certain "fragrances" to be hissed in public, while others are cheered. This year has brought Perf...

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This beautifully designed Perfume Review Journal is a great way to log your reviews for the scents and products you try. The contents of the interior page of this book includes space to record the following: Fragrance Name - Write the Name of The ...

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Facial Gua sha is a simple and effective anti-aging beauty technique from the Far-East aimed at enhancing the look and feel of your face totally naturally. It involves light scraping techniques on your skin to help enhance and rejuvenate your face...

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Just as alchemists transform the ordinary into the extraordinary, with this book you can transform everyday herbs and spices into effective healing herbal remedies. Rosalee de la Foret, a clinical herbalist, examines the history and modern-day use...

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A fun, comprehensive guide focusing on rethinking a current wardrobe like a fashion expert.

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Make-up artist Kevyn Aucoin's faces appear in editorial features, fashion shows, music videos and advertising campaigns as well as on the covers of virtually every major magazine. In this follow up to the highly successful MAKING FACES, he once ag...

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TAKE UP TO 10 YEARS OFF YOUR FACE IN JUST 10 MINUTES! With no invasive procedures, no anaesthetic, no face fillers, no unnatural substances and no expense, FACE FITNESS shows how to: • Give yourself a tighter, more youthful looking face &bull...

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In this comprehensive handbook author, makeup artist, and educator Christine Sciortino offers a detailed introduction to the conceptual foundations, techniques, and on-set practices of the makeup design process, going beyond technique-centered mak...

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Selected pages of the Sears catalogs from 1939 to 1950. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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Star of the HBO documentaries Pimps Up, Ho's Down and American Pimp, Annual Players' Ball "Mack of the Year" winner Ken Ivy reveals the unwritten rules that took him from the ghetto streets to the executive suites. The names change, but ...

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In Making Faces, make-up artist Kevyn Aucoin shares his secrets, explaining not only the basics of make-up application and technique but also how to use those fundamentals (sometimes in unconventional ways) to create a wide range of different look...

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A guide to synthetic-free soap-making techniques and processes, which explains how to create soaps with earthy colours, evocative scents and exotic oils. It also covers: marbled soaps; multi-coloured soaps; imprinted soaps; transparent soaps; liqu...

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Rethink conventional notions of beauty and wellness, abandon established regimes and commercial products, and embrace your "renegade" beauty In this essential full-color guide, Nadine Artemis introduces readers to the concept of "re...

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It has long been said that clothes make the man (or woman), but is it still true today? If so, how has the information clothes convey changed over the years? Using a wide range of historical and contemporary materials, Diana Crane demonstrates how...

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In this updated and revised edition, How to be a Gentleman is a useful handbook that teaches men manners, attitude, appropriate dress, and social skills. Despite how different things are today, the principles of good manners remain the same. This ...

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Developed over 20 years, Maggio's program combats the signs of aging by diminishing the appearance of fine lines and improving muscle tone naturally. Filled with before-and-after photos, this easy-to-follow book will help anyone achieve results in...

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The Psychology of Fashion offers an insightful introduction to the exciting and dynamic world of fashion in relation to human behaviour, from how clothing can affect our cognitive processes to the way retail environments manipulate consumer behavi...

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Abigail James wants you to use The Glow Plan to feel beautiful, inside and out. Beauty is not about perfection, but about feeling happy in your skin and the inner glow that comes from cultivating self-care. This book shows you how, presenting a 4-...

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