Beauty Secrets: Tips for Teens from the Ultimate Makeover Artist

Girls in Western culture are being stripped of their dignity. Everywhere you look, women and teen girls are objectified. The media plays a huge part in the increase in eating disorders, cosmetic procedures, and our diet culture. Beauty Secrets was written to help teen girls transform the way they see themselves by learning their God-given beauty and worth. Armed with truth, girls can fight the messages that are trying to destroy their bodies and their spirits. From the Back Cover "I wish I were thinner.""My hair is awful.""I don't like the way I look." Everywhere you look, you see impossibly perfect images of surgically altered, computer-enhanced females. But your true worth is not determined by your dress size or by perfect skin and hair. You don't have to be a slave to self-destructive behavior and comparisons to others. Beauty Secrets will help you see beyond the trends and "ideals" and discover your real beauty. Includes discussion questions for small group use. About the Author Dr. Deborah Newman and daughter Rachel Newman have teamed up to write to girls about an important subject they understand from different perspectives. Deborah was a therapist for eighteen years and now serves as the minister to women at a large church, and Rachel is a teen who is facing body image issues right now.Rachel graduated from Trinity Christian High School in 2006. She is presently pursuing her undergraduate degree in psychology and elementary education and hopes to be a child therapist in the future. She brings her firsthand awareness of body image issues from teaching Bible studies to middle school girls and from her personal encounters with this subject. Rachel loves music, reading, and hanging out with friends.