Cosmetics, Hair & Beauty

Based on twelve months of in-depth ethnographic research in Japan with retailers, customers, wholesalers, writers and craftspeople, Selling the Kim...

Face veiling is relatively new in Indonesia. It is often stereotyped as a sign of extremism and the growing Arabisation of Indonesian Muslims. It i...

A Cute, Practical Guide Packed with Useful, Straightforward Information for All! In this day and age, women are expected to have a killer full-time...

Make floating candles, herbal soaps, and even a home spa Discover the secrets of color, shape, and scent the fun and easy way? Whether you're a be...

Danto simply and entertainingly traces the evolution of the concept of beauty over the past century and explores how it was removed from the defini...

The beauty therapist, increasingly called upon to administer massage, will welcome this manual. Its modern and practical approach will appeal to al...

As suffers will know, any dermatological condition can have adevastating effect leading to feelings of isolation and depression. Filling the gap b...

Praise for Goal Free Living Setting goals may be fine. But letting your goals take control of your life can be devastating. Goal-Free Living shows...

The interplay between clothes and social order in early modern societies is well known. Differences in dress and hierarchies of appearances coincid...

Your skin is one of the first things people notice when they meet you. It's the face you present to the world. By ensuring that your skin is in the...

Perfect for children, parents or anyone else keen to try their hand at face-painting anything from tigers, aliens and sharks to unicorns, rainbows ...

Thousands of students graduate from university each year. The lucky few have the rest of their lives mapped out in perfect detail – but for most, t...

Carole Maggio is the leading practitioner of 'natural facelifts', with an international client base. She has already written one bestselling book f...

'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...

This book, from Europe’s leading Mask director and co-founder of the Trestle Theatre Company, provides a fascinating demystification of the process...

Americans boast the largest waistlines in the world, suffering from epidemic levels of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. Britain ...

From the latter part of the 19th century there was a fever of experiment resulting in the development of what were to become brand-named beauty pro...

Craft beautiful, sweet-smelling milk-based soaps safely and easily. In this fun and informative guide, Casey Makela shares her specialized techniqu...

A Fashion Director at "Elle" magazine, Nina Garcia knows trends and that balancing the classics with the trends is what style is all about. "The Li...

Cosmetic surgery has become the subject of intense media and public interest in the last few years. It is unique amongst the surgical specialties i...

Drawing on extensive archival research and interviews, this book delves into the rich world of Ghanaian fashion, demonstrating how, over time, loca...

Discover the joys of crafting your own unique and personal perfumes. Nancy Booth shows you how to pinpoint your fragrance preferences and design pe...

The way to perfect skin is through nutritional supplementation. Even difficult skin conditions such as eczema, psoriasis, seborrhoea, and acne have...

Winner of the Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing 2017 Journeying around the globe, through past and present, Emma Tarlo unravels the int...

Filled with practical strategies to enhance skin by using all-natural nontoxic products, this book clears up the mysteries surrounding skin care, o...

Wouldn't it be nice to find a natural dietary supplement that would help you decrease that unwanted stress, along with the weight gain, sweet cravi...

Confident Beauty is not another message meant to convict the Christian woman into squelching her desire to be attractive, instead its insights will...

Following the success of Bad Hair and Big Hair, when we all had a laugh at some hair-raising barnets, now it's the turn of the hairdresser shops th...