Big-Time Business: Skin Deep: The Business of Beauty

Author: Angela Royston
Publisher: Franklin Watts Ltd
Category: Work
Age Group: 10-14
Book Format: Paperback

Skin Deep digs beneath the beauty industry's glamorous surface to find out how it makes its billions. The book looks at the history of the beauty industry, from ancient cosmetics through to poisonous products, and the extraordinary lengths people have gone to in order to look good. The book examines how the beauty industry today is worth billions, exploring its latest technological developments and just how much people will pay to be beautiful.Discover the world's biggest money-making industries and the secrets of their success in Big-time Business. From the pharmaceutical industry and entertainment world through to the business of beauty, banking, social networking and energy, find out why these enterprising worlds have a grip on the global economy and are considered the biggest money-generators on the planet. A high-interest exploration of the business world for 9+ readers.

Table Of Contents
1: Facing the future

1: Chapter 1: A long history

1: The industry today

1: Who's behind the product?

1: Looking good

1: Chapter 2: Make-over

1: Looking after skin

1: Darker or lighter?

1: Beauty treatments

1: Chapter 3: All about hair

1: Hair colourants

1: Straight or curly?

1: Unwanted hair

1: Shaving

1: Chapter 4: Under the knife

1: Improving on nature

1: Forever young

1: A full head of hair

1: The perfect smile

1: Challenges ahead

1: Glossary

1: For more information

1: Index
About Angela Royston
Angela Royston is an extremely well known writer of children's educational books. Her library of titles includes books about space, science, geography, history, social sciences and literacy, just to name a few! Angela regularly visits schools to find out what children are learning and exploring in the classroom, and discusses many of her book titles with children during these visits. Angela is married with children, and lives and works in London.

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SKU BK-9781445139210
Barcode # 9781445139210
Brand Franklin Watts Ltd
Artist / Author Angela Royston
Shipping Weight 0.3800kg
Shipping Width 0.210m
Shipping Height 0.010m
Shipping Length 0.260m
Assembled Length 26.200m
Assembled Height 1.000m
Assembled Width 20.800m
Type Paperback

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