cosmetics

Provides information designed to help middle school girls deal with school, friendships, boyfriends, their bedrooms, and their bodies.

The editors of "CosmoGirl!" magazine answers dozens of reader questions about beauty, offering teenage girls advice on hair, makeup, skin, teeth, and nails.

After her father's landscaping business fails and the family loses their house, sixth-grader Griselda Zaragoza follows her sister's example and begins selling Alma cosmetics while hiding her changed circumstances from friends.

"A variety of crafts for children to make reusing materials and recycling old clothes"--Provided by publisher.

"[The author] offers an . . . informative and . . . practical book that reveals the harmful effects of our modern skincare habits and how you can eliminate common skin conditions"--OCLC.

Did you know that a Roman women was executed in the 1600s for selling a poisonous lipstick that women kissed their husbands to death with? Or that women painted their teeth and nails with radium for a special glow? From Cleopatra to Carole Lombard, Madam C.J. Walker to Madame de Pompadour, Elizabeth I to Elizabeth Taylor, and geishas to flappers, the history of makeup has many exciting, and some deadly moments. This fascinating book is sure to attract fans of history and science. The history of entrepreneurship, commerce, and beauty standards give context to some of the most bizarre stories of beauty around.

A look at the history of makeup, including details about bizarre and deadly trends.

"[Relates] the history of cosmetics in the western world with particular reference to Britain, France and Italy . . . The influence of American in the nineteen and twentieth centuries is also covered"--Introduction.