Chris Salgardo, the charismatic president of cult-favorite skin-care line Kiehl's, delivers the definitive guide to grooming every man needs—and was afraid to ask for.Manmade is the first grooming and skin-care guide created with a 21st-century man in mind. Rather than dispense one-size-fits-all advice, style icon and Kiehl's prez Chris Salgardo tailors his guidance to a man's lifestyle and interest level, devoting chapters to the specific grooming needs o...

**Why does my shampoo stop working?Are my cosmetics poisoning me?What does hypoallergenic mean?Are organic products better?**Every day thousands of people turn to the scientists at the popular blog TheBeautyBrains.com for answers to their most pressing beauty questions. In Can You Get Hooked on Lip Balm?* you'll learn how cosmetic products work, what advertising claims actually mean, and how to make smarter buying decisions.You'll di...

"Forget about makeup reclaiming youth,” says Andrea Q. Robinson. Good makeup reclaims you.” Robinson, whose illustrious career has included positions such as the chief marketing officer of Estée Lauder, president of Tom Ford Beauty, beauty editor of Vogue, and president of Ralph Lauren Fragrances, is the ultimate industry insider. In this fully updated edition of Toss the Gloss, she shares her decades of experience in this honest and straightforward guide for wo...

Rediscover a healthy and beautiful you at any age!"Okay, ladies, it's never too early to start taking care of yourself, but it's also never, ever too late.Maybe you're in your twenties, trying to balance work and school. Or maybe you are in your thirties or forties, a working mother juggling the challenges of parenting, marriage, and career. You're a soccer mom. A cheerleading mom. The cochair of your local PTA. Or you are in your fifties or sixties, booming in your career ...

Sometimes a lady just needs to know the most flattering lipstick for her skin tone, or how to correctly use sunscreen, or a very quick hairstyle to conceal her unwashed hair. And there's no reason she shouldn't know which foundation or mascara is best for her, either.All the answers are here, in this top-to-toe beauty extravaganza. Former Cosmopolitan and Harper's BAZAAR beauty director, and the founder of Go-To skin care, Zoë Foster (Blake) suggests makeu...

In The 5 Hair Archetypes, Sharifa Barnett details the innovative model for understanding your hair based on your current routine. The hair archetypes, or hair personalities, categorize women based on their hair habits, and share anecdotal stories of real women and Sharifa's own experience as that archetype. You can take The 5 Hair Archetypes Quiz to identify your current archetype. Sharifa dispels the most common hair myths and challenges you to reconsi...

If you're like most people, your life is so hectic that it's hard to imagine squeezing in time for daily exercise. The good news is that you can get fit without an expensive gym membership or rigorous workout schedule. New research proves that you can "sneak up" on fitness by grabbing a little time here and there throughout the day so you total at least thirty minutes of moderate activity on most days. The American Heart Association's Fitting in Fitness guide will...

This is a very basic, easy to read and understand book that teaches the reader how all human beings are meant to eat. Following the three simple rules outlined in this book will inevitably result in better health and a reduction in unwanted, surplus body fat. Infants eat this way, professional athletes eat this way, and so do diabetics. The weight loss industry has made the quest for successful weight loss so complicated that we’ve forgotten the most basic fundamentals of healthy eating. If y...

Renowned beauty expert Nadine Haobsh has the answers to the world's really BIG questions: - How much should I tip my hair stylist (and the shampoo girl and the colorist)? - How red can I go before my lips make me look too vampy? - What's the best perfume for my lifestyle? - What's the proper method for using that most important beauty accessory, the eyelash curler? - Is it ever too early to get Botox? Forget celebrity trends and complicated how-to books. In Beauty Confidential, Nadine name...

Thinking about making the journey back to natural? Here’s your roadmap. Thinking outside the box is not always easy—especially when you’ve had a long-term relationship with your relaxer. And, of course, rocking gravity-defying kinks and coils comes with another set of unique joys and challenges. The Science of Transitioning: A Complete Guide to Hair Care for Transitioners and New Naturals is your essential, all-inclusive guide to the journey back—written exclusively for tho...

Top feline behavior expert (and author of Penguin's bestselling Think Like a Cat and Cat vs. Cat) answers the 150 questions most often asked by puzzled cat owners.Even those of us who have lived with and loved our cats for decades are constantly stymied by their seemingly inexplicable acts, or have questions about why they do what they do and where they do it, and how we can get them to not do it. Here, in one complete authoritative guide, those e...

In Nutrition Zombies, licensed nutritionist and dedicated myth-buster, Monica Reinagel (aka the Nutrition Diva), drives a stake through the heart of 10 persistent nutrition myths -- so that you can get on with the business of eating well and feeling fabulous.Next time you get one of those emails from your mother warning that drinking ice water with meals causes stomach cancer, or your spinning instructor starts explaining the importance of a regular "cleanse," or your co-worker cla...