The book provides lots of great information on beauty, health, diet, exercise, problem skin, ageing, corrective make up and hair care that is well organized into different sections. The way the various parts and sections are presented makes the information easy to understand and follow. A. Reejhsinghani provides a detailed table of information on home made cosmetics from natural ingredients, where she describes each type, the positives and negatives as well as a 7-day diet plan to gain or lose weight. The book has a host of great facts and details that can be referred to for years to come. In short, the information that is presented will age well. Every woman has the potential to look good and feel great well into the middle age and beyond. Author A.Reejhsinghani tries to provide an easy way to realize that potential. This book combines her own expertise with age-old tips, in a well-rounded approach to shedding both the inner and outer signs of aging. This book has all the answers to looking younger, feeling younger and acting younger with different workshops that include slimming plans, exercises, makeup, beauty tips etc.

Those blessed with healthy skin, attractive features, youthful charm and glamorous body are fortunate. This book will tell you exactly how to make and present the best of yourself, how to look radiant from head to feet with the help of natural beauty aids and herbal ingredients. This book describes useful tips for both men and women in detail, to bring out your beauty and explains various questions to the readers: - If you have chosen the right cosmetics to bring out your beauty? - How to shape your face, eyes and lips to look their loveliest? - If you know how to give your type of skin lasting attraction? - If your hair is alluring and does your hairstyle enhance your personality? - If you know the secrets of successful figure control?

This book is a step-by-step guide to starting and running a successful beauty salon. It is aimed at the budding entrepreneur; a qualified beautician working for someone else who now wants to go it alone; or someone who is looking to change direction in their career. It draws on the experience of two people who have spent the last 25 years on the high street and in the field of beauty therapy. The beauty industry is growing rapidly. The face and skincare industry is already a multi billion pound industry. The desire to look good and younger has never been stronger. Men are increasingly joining in, with actors and footballers now promoting skincare ranges. In this book you will find everything you need to know, from starting up to managing your own profitable salon. It includes: - Training and gaining experience - Deciding what type of salon you want to run, and finding the right location - Planning the layout and decor - Buying equipment & products - What treatments to offer and what clientele to target - Managing staff and understanding employment legislation - Dealing with finance and accounts - Marketing and advertising your salon Contents: Acknowledgements; Preface; 1. Starting out in the beauty industry; 2. The Salon; 3. Salon management; 4. Qualificaitons, training and skills; 5. Staff and employment; 6. Clients and treatments; 7. Selecting products, equipment and furniture; 8. Business management; 9. Finance, money and accounts; 10. Marketing, advertising and promotion; 11. Formula for success; Index.

The Open Your Own Salon... The Right Way is the complete step by step guide to planning, launching and managing your own salon business. If you are dreaming of owning your own nail bar, beauty salon, hair salon or day spa, then the Open Your Own Salon handbook is like having an experienced business mentor at hand Save yourself the expense of trial and error with this comprehensive guide * Be successful at raising the finance you need to start. * Follow the step-by-step approach to producing a business plan easily. * Learn how to price your treatments for maximum profit. * Understand how to hire, train and keep your staff. * Get tried and tested methods for long-term success. * Know how to get customers through your door and keep them coming back * Tackle your salons Health & Safety requirements quickly and properly. * Get 1000's worth of tips, examples, advice and guidance from an industry expert.

Taking care of yourself means making healthy choices. We are inundated with ads that tell us we cannot have naturally beautiful skin and hair without buying and using expensive brand name products. The fact is, we can attain a radiant, healthy appearance by making our own skin and hair care products out of all-natural ingredients. Dorie Byers, a registered nurse, master gardener and herb enthusiast, describes the properties and characteristics of dozens of herbs, essential oils, and other natural ingredients, and provides recipes for every skin type. These alternatives to commercial preparations will save you money and put you in control of the healthy ingredients you apply to your body.--From publisher description.

Looking through the lens of black business history, Beauty Shop Politics shows how black beauticians in the Jim Crow era parlayed their economic independence and access to a public community space into platforms for activism. Tiffany M. Gill argues that the beauty industry played a crucial role in the creation of the modern black female identity and that the seemingly frivolous space of a beauty salon actually has stimulated social, political, and economic change. From the founding of the National Negro Business League in 1900 and onward, African Americans have embraced the entrepreneurial spirit by starting their own businesses, but black women's forays into the business world were overshadowed by those of black men. With a broad scope that encompasses the role of gossip in salons, ethnic beauty products, and the social meanings of African American hair textures, Gill shows how African American beauty entrepreneurs built and sustained a vibrant culture of activism in beauty salons and schools. Enhanced by lucid portrayals of black beauticians and drawing on archival research and oral histories, Beauty Shop Politics conveys the everyday operations and rich culture of black beauty salons as well as their role in building community.

Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went to Afghanistan as part of a group offering humanitarian aid to this war-torn nation. Surrounded by men and women whose skills–as doctors, nurses, and therapists–seemed eminently more practical than her own, Rodriguez, a hairdresser and mother of two from Michigan, despaired of being of any real use. Yet she soon found she had a gift for befriending Afghans, and once her profession became known she was eagerly sought out by Westerners desperate for a good haircut and by Afghan women, who have a long and proud tradition of running their own beauty salons. Thus an idea was born. With the help of corporate and international sponsors, the Kabul Beauty School welcomed its first class in 2003. Well meaning but sometimes brazen, Rodriguez stumbled through language barriers, overstepped cultural customs, and constantly juggled the challenges of a postwar nation even as she learned how to empower her students to become their families’ breadwinners by learning the fundamentals of coloring techniques, haircutting, and makeup. Yet within the small haven of the beauty school, the line between teacher and student quickly blurred as these vibrant women shared with Rodriguez their stories and their hearts: the newlywed who faked her virginity on her wedding night, the twelve-year-old bride sold into marriage to pay her family’s debts, the Taliban member’s wife who pursued her training despite her husband’s constant beatings. Through these and other stories, Rodriguez found the strength to leave her own unhealthy marriage and allow herself to love again, Afghan style. With warmth and humor, Rodriguez details the lushness of a seemingly desolate region and reveals the magnificence behind the burqa. Kabul Beauty School is a remarkable tale of an extraordinary community of women who come together and learn the arts of perms, friendship, and freedom.