Beauty Reimagined

What makes you feel beautiful? Drawing on their professional and personal experiences, a dozen of remarkable women interrogate the concept of beauty. Featuring: Mary Beard, Caitlin Moran, Chidera Eggerue, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Rose McGowan and more. Never before has the idea of womanhood been as broad as it is today. Stylist has called upon some of the most prominent women across literature, politics, academia, media and entertainment to discuss what beauty means to them. From facial hair to acne, Afro, textured and grey hair to shaved heads, saggy boobs and cellulite, what happens when women challenge the expectations that society places on their appearances? Through these unique, unblinking and witty essays from leading women who have turned their biggest challenges into their greatest assets, come 11 life-changing stories on why you already are your best self. Learn these invaluable lessons from Mary Beard, Caitlin Moran, Chidera Eggerue (The Slumflower), Charli Howard, Stella Creasy MP, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Rose McGowan, Jess Glynne, Harnaam Kaur, Ava Welsing-Kitcher and Hanna Ibraheem. *With illustrations by Charlotte Trounce*

The global beauty business permeates our lives, influencing how we perceive ourselves and what it is to be beautiful. This book provides the first authoritative history of the global beauty industry from its emergence in the 19th century to the present day, exploring how today's global giants such as Avon, Coty, Estée Lauder, and L'Oréal, grew.

Are you living an authentic life today? Do you feel alive and passionate about what you’re doing? What do you want more of? In The True You Reimagined, author and life coach Jennifer Blair helps you uncover your authenticity, cultivate balance, pursue passion, enhance your work, enrich your relationships, and truly break free. In the second edition of The True You, The True You Reimagined takes a deeper dive into what it really takes to root to your core, strengthen and actively grow it while holding unlimited possibilities. Blair examines what a fulfilling life looks like, as well as how to live it. Through probing questions and concrete tips, she gives you the tools to make lasting change while freeing you from the struggles preventing you from reaching your full potential. The True You Reimagined examines who you really are and nudges you to take inspired action toward your dreams and desires. Only then will you be able to discover your authentic self, living the life you want with meaning, passion, and purpose.

Although readers and filmgoers are strongly familiar with Disney’s sanitized child-centric fairy tales, they are quick to catch on to reworkings of classic tales into a contemporary context. The rise is such retellings seems to indicate that readers are hungry for a new narrative, one that hearkens back to the old yet moves the storyline forward to reflect conditions of the modern world. No mere escapist fantasies, the reimagined fairy tales of the late 20th and early 21st centuries reflect social, political and cultural truths. Sixteen essays consider fairy tales recreated through short stories, novels, poetry, and the graphic novel from both best-selling and lesser-known writers, applying a variety of perspectives, including postmodernism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism, queer theory and gender studies. Along with the classic fairy tales, fiction from writers such as Neil Gaiman (Stardust) and Gregory Macquire (Wicked) is covered.

Book 2 in the epic romantic fantasy novella series, The Forgotten Kingdom. Caya and Morgan are running out of time to save their kingdoms from Arnost. Lacking the numbers necessary to face him head-on, they launch a two-pronged assault: a sabotage mission to disrupt his supply lines, and a whisper campaign designed to provoke unrest. As determined as Caya is to stop him, when faced with the reality of having to fight against her own people, she finds her resolve wavering. But witnessing the devastation her army has wrought proves her people aren’t blameless, and grappling with how to punish those guilty of atrocities while also protecting the innocent is almost more than she can bear. Morgan wonders if bringing her on the mission was a mistake. Uncertain of whether he can trust her to do what must be done, he is forced to reckon with the fact that however much he has come to identify with her, he cannot let her stand in the way of his efforts to protect his own people.

Book 3 in the epic romantic fantasy novella series, The Forgotten Kingdom. After the success of their initial missions, Caya and Morgan return to his kingdom to consider their next steps. Still wary of their supposed ally, Karima, they’re unsettled by the fact that their hopes of defeating Arnost appear to hinge on her. Their alliance provides her with an undeniable advantage, and neither Caya nor Morgan trust that she has Caya’s best interests at heart. Caya’s misgivings about Karima aren’t the only thing troubling her. A dawning awareness of how little she knows about her own father and his past plagues her. And while she’s determined to see her kingdom grapple with and atone for the wrongs it has committed, the thought of becoming the face of the rebellion leaves her conflicted. Will her people see her as their liberator or as a traitor? Meanwhile, Morgan is struggling with his envy and resentment. Having sacrificed so much, the necessity of fading into the background stings. Worse yet, his darkest, most secret fears have begun to take hold. What if defeating Arnost doesn’t break the spell entrapping his kingdom? What if everything he’s done has been in vain? As word of Karima’s and Caya’s alliance spreads, a new group of Rostands makes overtures toward the resistance, claiming they disapprove of the official Rostand policy of appeasement, and intimating that they too want to free Rostand from Arnost’s grip. Karima makes no secret of her desire to use the group to drive a wedge between Rostand’s queen and her regents, but can Morgan and Caya trust that if they do defeat Arnost, Karima won’t turn on them next?

Book 2 in the sexy GLAM rom-com series about a group of gloriously geeky ladies. Chantal Koffi is sure she isn’t good enough. After taking the dive years ago and publishing her webcomic online, she’s watched, disheartened, as the meager fruits of her labor trickle in. She knew making a living from her work was a pipe dream, but she pinned her hopes and dreams on it coming true. Since the art that holds true meaning for her isn’t paying her bills, she’s settled for channeling her abilities into an uninspiring graphic artist career. While she’s not above doing what’s necessary to make ends meet, the everyday proof that her art is only good at suckering hapless consumers into buying products they don’t need is soul-crushing. However, a chance meeting with a friend’s coworker reminds her that her art isn’t the only thing that matters to her. Marcus Tang is everything she’s ever wanted in a guy: sexy, sensitive, funny, intelligent, and an artist like her. Her attraction to him can’t be denied, and it isn’t long before she finds herself falling for him. But when a literary agent expresses interest in Marcus’s novel, Chantal is forced to contend with a stark reality. As thrilled for him as she is, she can’t ignore how painful it is to watch him find the success that continues to elude her. Then an unexpected disaster upends her delicate balancing act, and she must face the possibility that, while her love for Marcus is strong, she may not be strong enough to fight for it.

The fifth and final installment in the epic romantic fantasy novella series, The Forgotten Kingdom. Contains adult content. As the final confrontation with Arnost looms, Caya weighs whether the time has come to disclose the secret source of her intelligence to her allies. Though she fears revealing the truth may threaten the stability of the alliance, the repercussions of keeping the Rostands in the dark may exact an even greater cost once the war has ended. Then someone from Morgan’s past resurfaces with a proposal that could provide them with a dramatic advantage in the upcoming battle, but doing so may have disastrous consequences, both for Morgan personally and for the alliance. Caya is vehemently against his taking the risk, but he can’t dismiss the possibility of sacrificing for the greater good. With the futures of both their kingdoms hanging in the balance, Caya and Morgan must decide just how far they’re willing to go to stop Arnost.