A Pretty Great Life

A Pretty Great Life
Author: Carolyn Simon
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 83
Release: 2022-02-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1982278269

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to work as a makeup artist in Hollywood? A Pretty Great Life combines insider beauty tips with fascinating backstories directly from a Hollywood makeup artist. Carolyn Simon has been helping celebrities and clients get camera-ready for more than twenty years. Now she is sharing her secrets with you! From humble beginnings, she considers herself a regular girl living the Hollywood dream. Her day-in-the-life personal experiences offer readers educational, amusing, and inspirational lessons. They answer basic questions from why black is the favorite color in the industry to more complex queries such as how best to contour different skin tones. And along the way, juicy industry secrets are revealed. Carolyn shares her recommendations for choosing products and helps to demystify the current beauty trends. Her career advice, while targeting beauty industry students and professionals, is perfect for anyone who wants to work smarter and look better. Great tips for individuals just starting out, changing careers, or even working the gig economy. Follow along and discover a pretty great life for you!

Pretty Good for a Girl

Pretty Good for a Girl
Author: Murphy Hicks Henry
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 530
Release: 2013-05-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 025209588X

The first book devoted entirely to women in bluegrass, Pretty Good for a Girl documents the lives of more than seventy women whose vibrant contributions to the development of bluegrass have been, for the most part, overlooked. Accessibly written and organized by decade, the book begins with Sally Ann Forrester, who played accordion and sang with Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys from 1943 to 1946, and continues into the present with artists such as Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, and the Dixie Chicks. Drawing from extensive interviews, well-known banjoist Murphy Hicks Henry gives voice to women performers and innovators throughout bluegrass's history, including such pioneers as Bessie Lee Mauldin, Wilma Lee Cooper, and Roni and Donna Stoneman; family bands including the Lewises, Whites, and McLains; and later pathbreaking performers such as the Buffalo Gals and other all-girl bands, Laurie Lewis, Lynn Morris, Missy Raines, and many others.

A More Beautiful Question

A More Beautiful Question
Author: Warren Berger
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2014-03-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1620401460

To get the best answer-in business, in life-you have to ask the best possible question. Innovation expert Warren Berger shows that ability is both an art and a science. It may be the most underappreciated tool at our disposal, one we learn to use well in infancy-and then abandon as we grow older. Critical to learning, innovation, success, even to happiness-yet often discouraged in our schools and workplaces-it can unlock new business opportunities and reinvent industries, spark creative insights at many levels, and provide a transformative new outlook on life. It is the ability to question-and to do so deeply, imaginatively, and “beautifully.” In this fascinating exploration of the surprising power of questioning, innovation expert Warren Berger reveals that powerhouse businesses like Google, Nike, and Netflix, as well as hot Silicon Valley startups like Pandora and Airbnb, are fueled by the ability to ask fundamental, game-changing questions. But Berger also shares human stories of people using questioning to solve everyday problems-from “How can I adapt my career in a time of constant change?” to “How can I step back from the daily rush and figure out what really makes me happy?” By showing how to approach questioning with an open, curious mind and a willingness to work through a series of “Why,” “What if,” and “How” queries, Berger offers an inspiring framework of how we can all arrive at better solutions, fresh possibilities, and greater success in business and life.

Life Moves Pretty Fast

Life Moves Pretty Fast
Author: Hadley Freeman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2016-06-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1501130455

"An earlier edition of this work was published in Great Britain in 2015."--Title page verso.

Say Yes to What’s Next

Say Yes to What’s Next
Author: Lori Allen
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2020-07-14
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0785234144

Lori Allen helps women rediscover their worth as she encourages them to age well with style and sass. Women today are facing so much uncertainty—about life and the future. For Lori Allen, business owner, breast cancer survivor, and star of TLC’s Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta, her advice stems from the ups and downs of her personal life: from building one of the biggest and busiest bridal megasalons in the country to navigating her position in the sandwich generation and caring for a husband battling cancer during her own breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. In Say Yes to What’s Next, Lori addresses crucial issues, such as how to: Pivot, embrace the unexpected, and live out your passion Practice essential self-care that enriches your mind, body, and spirit Make space for yourself and your priorities while still being a caring partner, parent, and friend Maintain a close circle of friends at every age and stage of life Take charge of your money and attain financial freedom and security Say Yes to What’s Next is more than just a guide for our best tomorrows, it’s the beginning of a life-makeover movement for women of all ages.Whether you’re feeling invisible, ignored, or like your voice doesn’t matter, or you’re simply uncertain about what’s next, Lori offers advice on what to do, what not do, and how to see your way through the unexpected.

Beautiful Oops!

Beautiful Oops!
Author: Barney Saltzberg
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2010-09-23
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 076115728X

A life lesson that all parents want their children to learn: It’s OK to make a mistake. In fact, hooray for mistakes! A mistake is an adventure in creativity, a portal of discovery. A spill doesn’t ruin a drawing—not when it becomes the shape of a goofy animal. And an accidental tear in your paper? Don’t be upset about it when you can turn it into the roaring mouth of an alligator. An award winning, best-selling, one-of-a-kind interactive book, Beautiful Oops! shows young readers how every mistake is an opportunity to make something beautiful. A singular work of imagination, creativity, and paper engineering, Beautiful Oops! is filled with pop-ups, lift-the-flaps, tears, holes, overlays, bends, smudges, and even an accordion “telescope”—each demonstrating the magical transformation from blunder to wonder.

The Pretty One

The Pretty One
Author: Keah Brown
Publisher: Atria Books
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2019-08-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1982100540

From the disability rights advocate and creator of the #DisabledAndCute viral campaign, a thoughtful, inspiring, and charming collection of essays exploring what it means to be black and disabled in a mostly able-bodied white America. Keah Brown loves herself, but that hadn’t always been the case. Born with cerebral palsy, her greatest desire used to be normalcy and refuge from the steady stream of self-hate society strengthened inside her. But after years of introspection and reaching out to others in her community, she has reclaimed herself and changed her perspective. In The Pretty One, Brown gives a contemporary and relatable voice to the disabled—so often portrayed as mute, weak, or isolated. With clear, fresh, and light-hearted prose, these essays explore everything from her relationship with her able-bodied identical twin (called “the pretty one” by friends) to navigating romance; her deep affinity for all things pop culture—and her disappointment with the media’s distorted view of disability; and her declaration of self-love with the viral hashtag #DisabledAndCute. By “smashing stigmas, empowering her community, and celebrating herself” (Teen Vogue), Brown and The Pretty One aims to expand the conversation about disability and inspire self-love for people of all backgrounds.

Life Without Envy

Life Without Envy
Author: Camille DeAngelis
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1250099358

From one artist to another, a helpful guide and a meditation on the nature of the ego and its toxic effects on the creative process Life Without Envy by Camille DeAngelis is a game-changer for artists of all stripes: a practical guide for navigating the feelings of jealousy, frustration, and inadequacy we all experience to create a happy life regardless of how your career is (or isn’t) going. In these pages you'll find strategies for escaping the negative feedback loop you get stuck in whenever you compare yourself to your fellow artists. You'll begin to resolve your hunger for recognition, shifting your mindset from “proving yourself” to making a contribution and becoming part of a supportive creative community. Best of all, you'll come to understand that your worth—as an artist and a human being—has nothing to do with how your work is received in the wider world. Life Without Envy offers a blueprint for real and lasting contentment no matter what setback you’re weathering in your creative life.

Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty
Author: Clifton Webb
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 412
Release: 2011-05-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1496800648

More than any other male movie star, the refined Clifton Webb (1889-1966) caused the moviegoing public to change its image of a leading man. In a day when leading men were supposed to be strong, virile, and brave, Clifton Webb projected an image of flip, acerbic arrogance. He was able to play everything from a decadent columnist (Laura) to a fertile father (Cheaper by the Dozen and The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker), delivering lines in an urbanely clipped, acidly dry manner with impeccable timing. Long before his film career began, Webb was a child actor and later a suavely effete song-and-dance man in numerous Broadway musicals and revues. The turning point in his career came in 1941 when his good friend Noël Coward cast him in Blithe Spirit. Director Otto Preminger saw Webb's performance and cast him in Laura in 1944. Webb began to write his autobiography, but he said that he eventually had gotten “bogged down” in the process. However, he did complete six chapters and left a hefty collection of notes that he intended to use in the proposed book. His writing is as witty and sophisticated as his onscreen persona. Those six chapters, information and voluminous notes, and personal research by coauthor David L. Smith provide an intimate view of an amazingly talented man's life and times.

The Wonderment of Life

The Wonderment of Life
Author: Gary L. Hollen
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2016-09-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1480971219

The Wonderment of Life By Gary L. Hollen The Wonderment of Life connects spirituality, political thoughts, and coming of life as a young man and woman experience it in this world with the promise that there is more; a return to The Source. This man faces an athletic endeavor and gradually seeks a life of service in politics. The woman dedicates her life to loving her husband, her family, and giving back to the homelessness issue. This book is about the wonderment of life.