Beauty, Unmasked
Beauty, Unmasked

Author: A.W. Cross

Publisher: Glory Box Press

Published: 2019-10-31

Total Pages: 221

ISBN-13: 1999571169

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True beauty lies within. Except inside The Vault, where life can be ugly and love is dangerous. Under its protective shield, Beauty spends her nights reading and her days scavenging precious artifacts in hopes of securing a good life after the war—until her father loses something precious and must give her to the Beast as payment. The Beast knows The Vault's secrets, and has a dangerous one of his own. Hiding behind a mask and his fearsome reputation, the Beast is racked with guilt and self-loathing. He's given up hope of any kind of happiness—especially love. For who could ever love a monster? But when Beauty enters his life, she discovers the true nature of The Vault—and the man behind the mask. Now they must find a way to stop their enemies from executing their final plan...or not even true love will be enough to survive The Vault. Beauty, Unmasked is a reinterpretation of Beauty and the Beast that will resonate with fans of the futuristic fantasy of the Lunar Chronicles and the third standalone in the Foxwept Array series—where the future is a fairy tale.

Cosmetics Unmasked
Cosmetics Unmasked

Author: Stephen Antczak

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 0007105681

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A fifth of the chemicals used by the cosmetics industry are known to cause harm. That's about 1000 commonly used substances. This guide does not set out to scare, but rather to provide information to help us make informed choices about toiletries and beauty products.

Unmasking age
Unmasking age

Author: Bill Bytheway

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2011-06-29

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1447306791

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What is age? A simple question but not that easy to answer. 'Unmasking Age' addresses it using data from a series of research projects relating to later life. This is supplemented by material from a range of other sources including diaries and fiction. Drawing on a long career in social research, Bill Bytheway critically examines various methods and discusses ways of uncovering the realities of age.

Made Up
Made Up

Author: Martha Laham

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2020-10-10

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1538138050

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Made Up exposes the multibillion-dollar beauty industry that promotes unrealistic beauty standards through a market basket of advertising tricks, techniques, and technologies. Cosmetics magnate Charles Revson, a founder of Revlon, was quoted as saying, "In the factory, we make cosmetics. In the store, we sell hope." This pioneering entrepreneur, who built an empire on the foundation of nail polish, captured the unvarnished truth about the beauty business in a single metaphor: hope in a jar. Made Up: How the Beauty Industry Manipulates Consumers, Preys on Women’s Insecurities, and Promotes Unattainable Beauty Standards is a thorough examination of innovative, and often controversial, advertising practices used by beauty companies to persuade consumers, mainly women, to buy discretionary goods like cosmetics and scents. These approaches are clearly working: the average American woman will spend around $300,000 on facial products alone during her lifetime. This revealing book traces the evolution of the global beauty industry, discovers what makes beauty consumers tick, explores the persistence and pervasiveness of the feminine beauty ideal, and investigates the myth-making power of beauty advertising. It also examines stereotypical portrayals of women in beauty ads, looks at celebrity beauty endorsements, and dissects the “looks industry.” Made Upuncovers the reality behind an Elysian world of fantasy and romance created by beauty brands that won’t tell women the truth about beauty.

What's In This Stuff?
What's In This Stuff?

Author: Patricia Thomas

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2008-01-02

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 1101203366

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We all like to buy things that make our lives easier, keep us healthy and provide a bit of luxury. But, few of us are aware that many of the products we buy every day are polluting our homes and bodies. In this fascinating and sometimes shocking book, Pat Thomas reveals that many widely-used products contain a cocktail of cheap, poorly-tested chemicals that are implicated in long-term health problems. Many of us now scan food labels for unwanted ingredients, yet we unthinkingly use toiletries and other products that contain a multitude of undesirable chemicals, believing that what we put on our bodies is not as influential to health as what we put in them. However, scientists now believe that household and beauty products and everyday foods expose us a witches' brew of chemicals that wage a kind of chemical warfare against our bodies. Wide-ranging and practical, What's In This Stuff? examines everything from food additives, beauty products and household cleaners, to pharmaceutical products and garden and pet supplies. It also contains a glossary of chemicals and E numbers, a list of the 50 chemicals you should definitely avoid, and suggests non-toxic alternatives to conventional products.

Skin Deep
Skin Deep

Author: Pat Thomas

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2011-07-22

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1905744986

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We all like to believe that the latest 'miracle' cream will make us look ten years younger, and we fill our shopping baskets with hair products designed to 'smooth and shine' or make-up that promises to stay on all night long. In a world that is increasingly obsessed with appearance, we are becoming more and more vulnerable to the idea of a 'quick-fix' in a bottle.Yet many of the products we use on a daily basis contain an abundance of synthetic chemicals that pollute our bodies and, as our toxic load increases, many of us hoping for a quick-fix miracle today will be paying with our health tomorrow. In this fascinating, topical and sometimes shocking book, Pat Thomas explains how the contents of the beauty products we use enter the bloodstream in a matter of seconds, and contain a cocktail of carcinogens, irritants and disease-causing ingredients. She discusses the health risks of exposure to these chemicals and tells you which ones to avoid. But it's not all doom and gloom – with her practical, easy suggestions, tips and recipes for alternatives, she tells us how we can all make a few simple changes to our lifestyle and reduce our toxic load.

The Choice: Coping with Cancer
The Choice: Coping with Cancer

Author: Bernadette Bohan

Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd

Published: 2011-08-19

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0717151794

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The Choice is an inspiring story of an ordinary woman's spirited fight against cancer, which defied all the odds. In 1988, Bernadette Bohan won a battle against cancer. But when she became pregnant seven years later, a doctor told her that it was likely to trigger a return of the disease. She didn't hesitate and gave birth to the child she had longed for. However, her fight wasn't over. Five years later the cancer attacked her body again. Bernadette made another choice. In desperation, she decided that her best chance of survival was not simply to be a passive patient and blindly follow her doctor's advice, but to create her own prescription. When news of Bernadette's triumph over cancer brought others flocking to her door seeking help, this ordinary Irish wife and mother found her life transformed. And she realised that her illness was a gift after all.

Our Bodies, Ourselves
Our Bodies, Ourselves

Author: Boston Women's Health Book Collective

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-10-04

Total Pages: 944

ISBN-13: 1439196656

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THE BESTSELLING WOMEN’S HEALTH CLASSIC—INFORMING AND INSPIRING WOMEN ACROSS GENERATIONS Hailed by The New York Times as a “feminist classic,” this comprehensive guide to all aspects of women’s sexuality and reproductive health—including menopause, birth control, childbirth, sexual health, sexual orientation, gender identity, mental health, and overall wellbeing—changed the women’s health movement around the world and remains as important and relevant as ever. Providing detailed and empowering information on women’s reproductive health and sexuality, this latest edition of Our Bodies, Ourselves shows how to find and access health information and offers additional resources and stories to educate women about health care injustices and inspires them to work collectively to address them. Including the latest vital information on: -Changes in the health care system—especially how health care reform affects women and how to get the care you need. -Safer sex—how to engage in pleasurable, satisfying sexual experiences while protecting your health and the health of your partner. -Environmental health risks—including minimizing exposure to everyday pollutants that endanger reproductive health. -Body image—resisting negative media stereotypes and embracing healthier approaches to looking and feeling good. -Local and global activism—using social media and organizing tactics to build community and advocate for policies that improve women’s lives. -As well as crucial information about gender identity, sexual orientation, birth control, abortion, pregnancy and birth, perimenopause, and sexuality and sexual health as we age. Together with its companion website, OurBodiesOurselves.org, Our Bodies, Ourselves is a one-stop resource that belongs on the bookshelves of women of all ages.

The Survivor's Mindset Overcoming Cancer
The Survivor's Mindset Overcoming Cancer

Author: Bernadette Bohan

Publisher: Gill & Macmillan Ltd

Published: 2011-08-19

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 0717151808

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Why it so difficult to change your lifestyle habits, even when you know your life is at risk? Bernadette Bohan acknowledges that it's not easy to change your life, especially if you are also dealing with a health crisis that is in itself life-changing. The Survivor's Mindset provides a series of easy-to-understand strategies to help overcome the hesitancies, fears and prejudices that are so often a barrier to making personal change. Using case studies, Bernadette shows how different therapies and approaches can be used to develop personal strengths and overcome doubts, helping you to make the changes you need to make. These real stories from real people vividly illustrate how lifestyles can be restructured both physically and mentally to help you recover from, and indeed prevent, illness.

Beyond Consumer Capitalism
Beyond Consumer Capitalism

Author: Justin Lewis

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2014-01-24

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0745671667

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Consumer capitalism dominates our economy, our politics and our culture. Yet there is a growing body of research from a range of disciplines that suggests that consumer capitalism may be past its sell-by date. Beyond Consumer Capitalism begins by showing how, for people in the developed world, consumer capitalism has become economically and environmentally unsustainable and is no longer able to deliver its abiding promise of enhancing quality of life . This cutting-edge book then asks why we devote so little time and effort to imagining other forms of human progress. The answer, Lewis suggests, is that our cultural and information industries limit rather than stimulate critical thinking, keeping us on the treadmill of consumption and narrowing our vision of what constitutes progress. If we are to find a way out of this cul de sac, Lewis argues, we must begin by analysing the role of media in consumer capitalism and changing the way we organize media and communications. We need a cultural environment that encourages rather than stifles new ideas about what guides our economy and our society. Timely and compelling, Beyond Consumer Capitalism will have strong appeal to students and scholars of media studies, cultural studies and consumer culture.