My Beauty: A Guide to Looking & Feeling Great

Want flawless skin and a perfect smile? Although no one's perfect, Wilhelmina Kids & Teens modeling agency president Marlene Wallach will let you in on all the secrets you need to look your very best. From getting a really great haircut to finding the ultimate lip gloss, Marlene's tips make polishing your natural beauty simple and easy so that all the best things about you shine through. Packed with fun quizzes; spa treatments; interviews with beauty industry insiders such as celebrity dermatologist Dr. Howard Murad and makeup artist Paula Dorf; and more, My Beauty will help you discover your unique dazzle, whether on the runway, in the classroom, or on the soccer field.

Want flawless skin and a perfect smile? Although no one's perfect, Wilhelmina Kids & Teens modeling agency president Marlene Wallach will let you in on all the secrets you need to look your very best. From getting a really great haircut to finding the ultimate lip gloss, Marlene's tips make polishing your natural beauty simple and easy so that all the best things about you shine through. Packed with fun quizzes; spa treatments; interviews with beauty industry insiders such as celebrity dermatologist Dr. Howard Murad and makeup artist Paula Dorf; and more, My Beauty will help you discover your unique dazzle, whether on the runway, in the classroom, or on the soccer field.

Children's Literature

As an addition to the "My Tween Lifestyle Collection" series, this book tackles the subjects of makeup, hair, and overall beauty. Leading young girls through the daunting world of beauty with a sensible approach is Marlene Wallach, the president of Wilhelmina Kids & Teens talent and modeling agency. While a few photos of models are layered in makeup, if the reader will go beyond the photos and read the material, Wallach speaks of eating healthily, enhancing natural beauty, avoiding sun damage, and other healthy routines to look beautiful. Hints on managing different types of hair, using electric tools without damaging the hair, creating simple and easy hairdos, and concocting homemade hair treatments are highlights of the hair chapter. When discussing skin and makeup, Wallach stresses cleaning hands and face regularly, using moisturizers and sun protection, and feeding beauty with a healthy diet of fruits and vegetables and plenty of water. A section about caring for your feet, hands, and teeth provides practical advice describing how to make the rest of you beautiful. Fun Facts, quizzes, and Memos from Marlene are dotted throughout the text and give further information on many topics. Photos and simple, but colorful drawings enhance the text while the spiral binding makes this book a reference that readers will flip through frequently. Wallach ends the book on a good note: "If you've learned nothing else, I hope you've learned that beauty is only skin deep. If you haven't learned that, please go back to page one and start reading all over again!" Reviewer: Barbara Wheatley

Marlene Wallach is the president and owner of the Wilhlemina Kids & Teens modeling agency. She prides herself on nurturing young talent in the modeling and talent industries. An expert in the field, Marlene has made frequent appearances on television where she comments on children and fashion-related topics. You can visit her online at www.justaskmarlene.com.

Anna Palma specializes in photographing children, a job for which she is especailly well-suited. The same honesty, openness, and spontaneity that characterize her photographs can be found in her personal outlook, her disposition, and even her face. Kids are, says Anna, "the ideal subject matter: free and unpredictable." Her work has appeared in Vogue, New York Magazine, as well as ad campaigns for Neiman Marcus, Johnson & Johnson, and Mattel.