Category Archives: Fashion/Beauty

Bonding over Beauty at Kirkus Reviews Blog

We try to keep our summers pretty flexible. Between the things scheduled such as Vacation Bible School at church, camp, and family trips, it still ends up flying by. However, there’s no doubt that even with a fair bit of running around, the less structured days do lend themselves to more conversations and special activities…

Books on Screen: Molly Ringwald movies

In Molly Ringwald’s new book Getting the Pretty Back: Friendship, Family, and Finding the Perfect Lipstick, she looks back on her teen years that she spent on the big screen. Molly Ringwald is about my age, and so I grew up watching her, and the John Hughes movies that she starred in are so typically…

The Lost Art of True Beauty

Clearly Leslie Ludy doesn’t care about being culturally relevant. Her book, The Lost Art of True Beauty: The Set-Apart Girl’s Guide to Feminine Grace is a clarion call for young women to return to virtue, manners, and modesty. Not exactly the kind of headlines you see in most publications geared toward teenaged girls and young…

Looking Younger

I’m back with another beauty guide for your consideration! I know they all start to sound alike, but I find new tips and tricks to try in every book I read. I’m going to share a few with you from my latest read: Looking Younger by Robert Jones. This book is chock full of gorgeous…

Secret Keeper: The Delicate Power of Modesty

Secret Keeper is written for and designed to appeal to teen girls. Written by Dannah Gresh, author of The Bride Wore White, and published by Moody Press, this is a great conversation starter for the young girl in your life who is breaking into womanhood and is deciding who she wants to be and how…

Get Positively Beautiful

This giveaway is now closed. The winners are… 1. Tiff from Three Peas in a Pod who said, “My eyes!! I love to watch What Not to Wear! Great giveaway!” and 2. Kristy who said, “My best feature is my eyes and would love to learn how to do a smokey eye.” Congrats! And thanks…

The One Hundred

When I was asked to review Nina Garcia’s guide to The One Hundred stylish pieces every stylish woman must own, I eagerly emailed my contact at Collins Publishing with an enthusiastic YES! I am an avid watcher of the hit TV show Project Runway, and I adore Nina Garcia. I love her understated sense of…

The New Science of Perfect Skin

I was very excited to read Daniel Yarosh, Ph.D.’s The New Science of Perfect Skin. Yarosh is a scientist who has extensive experience in the field of skin care and specifically DNA repair. According to Yarosh, we are entering what he calls the New Skin-Care Revolution. Products are being created and introduced onto the market…