Books with title The Girls' Book Of Glamour

Being a glamour goddess has never been so easy!Transform yourself from drab to fab with this nifty guide to all things glamorous! Whether you want to have the shiniest hair or convince people you're a celebrity, this book will show you how! Being a glamour goddess has never been so easy.Inside this handy guide you'll find instructions on how to host a spa party, create your own style, exit a limo gracefully, make your own body glitter, persuade your best friend to lend you her clothes, put on a fashion show, make your own jewelry box, and much, much more!

Transform yourself from drab to fab with this nifty guide to all things glamorous! Whether you want to have the shiniest hair or convince people you're a celebrity, this book will show you how! Being a glamour goddess has never been so easy. Inside this handy guide you'll find instructions on how to host a spa party, create your own style, exit a limo gracefully, make your own body glitter, persuade your best friend to lend you her clothes, put on a fashion show, make your own jewelry box, and much, much more!

This book includes topics such as: how to twirl a baton; how to make a melting moment; how to play the ring game; how to wrap a present beautifully; how to be an Egyptian queen; how to hit a ball every time; how to memorise facts; how to make your bedroom look tidy in 15 minutes flat; how to catch a spider; how to make a sledge go faster; how to get gum out of your hair; how to do an essential yoga move; how to make a crisp packet badge; and, how to make a peg doll.Book Details:Format: HardcoverPublication Date: 9/18/2008Pages: 128

Transform yourself from drab to fab with this nifty guide to all things glamorous! Whether you want to have the shiniest hair or convince people you're a celebrity, this book will show you how! Being a glamour goddess has never been so easy. Inside this handy guide you'll find instructions on how to host a spa party, create your own style, exit a limo gracefully, make your own body glitter, persuade your best friend to lend you her clothes, put on a fashion show, make your own jewelry box, and much, much more!

An enchanting tale of magic, friendship and adventure for readers aged 9 and up - from bestselling author, Holly Webb. Mariana lives with her family on the Venetian island of Murano - famed for its artists who create masterpieces from glass. But when Mariana's little sister, Eliza, dies their father decides to use his glassmaking skill - and a dash of magic - to create a girl of glass in Eliza's image. The remarkable glass doll, who sings, dances and talks, draws attention wherever she goes, and soon Mariana is famous for having the magical glass sister. But as the glass girl takes on more and more of Eliza's personality, Mariana begins to suspect that there is more than just magic at play. Could the girl of glass be her sister's ghost made real? The Magical Venice books are all share the same beautiful setting, but can be read as standalone stories. The series includes: The Water Horse, The Mermaid's Sister, The Maskmasker's Daughter, and The Girl of Glass. Discover more by Holly Webb with her Rose and Lily series - also filled with magical adventures.

Twelve year old Courtney Parker is devastated to have to leave her friends and South Africa behind when her father accepts a lucrative contract and the family relocate to Saudi Arabia.Jeddah feels like a different planet to Johannesburg. In spite of her initial reluctance to venture out of the comfort and security of their new home, she quickly forms friendships with Nizar Bukhari and Lana Alahmadi. However, not everyone is happy with the situation.Courtney must learn to adapt to an alien, seemingly unforgiving culture and stand up to the bullies that are making her school life hell.Nizar and Lana must both try to overcome their family prejudices in order for their friendship with Courtney to survive. Will they succeed? Will they be able to set aside their differences? Can they bridge the cultural divide?"Girl of the Book" is a compelling, contemporary story that will get older children thinking. More than that, it is a story of friendship and forgiveness that will tug at your heart.

Twelve year old Courtney Parker is devastated to have to leave her friends and South Africa behind when her father accepts a lucrative contract and the family relocate to Saudi Arabia. Jeddah feels like a different planet to Johannesburg. In spite of her initial reluctance to venture out of the comfort and security of their new home, she quickly forms friendships with Nizar Bukhari and Lana Alahmadi. However, not everyone is happy with the situation. Courtney must learn to adapt to an alien, seemingly unforgiving culture and stand up to the bullies that are making her school life hell. Nizar and Lana must both try to overcome their family prejudices in order for their friendship with Courtney to survive. Will they succeed? Will they be able to set aside their differences? Can they bridge the cultural divide? "Girl of the Book" is a compelling, contemporary story that will get older children thinking. More than that, it is a story of friendship and forgiveness that will tug at your heart.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1833 edition. Excerpt: ...copal var-nish; when perfectly dry, turn it, and varnish the other side. SHADOWED LANDSCAPES. Observe very accurately all the light parts of your picture, and draw or trace theni on a sheet of paper; with a knife, or small sharp scissors, cut out all the light places you have marked. It will not seem to have any form or likeness, until you hold it up between a candle and the wall; if well dor,c, the shadow will then look like a soft-coloured picture. A sheet of fine letter-paper placed behind it, and both held up to the light, produces the same, or a better effect PAPER LANDSCAPES. Observe well the shadows of the picture you wish to copy, draw their shape as exactly as you can, and cut them out. Paste these pieces on a sheet of paper, in such places as they belong in the landscape: if the shade be rather light, put on only one thickness of paper; if darker, two thicknesses, and three thicknesses, may bo used; if the shadow be very deep and heavy, five and six pieces may be pasted on, one above another. When held up to the light, shades arc produced, differing in degree according to the thickness of the paper. These make very pretty transparencies for lamps in summer. I have seen china lamp-shndes, that appeared perfectly white in the day-time; but the china was thicker in some places than in others; and when the light shone through, it iooked like a soft landscape in India-ink. 15 THE GIRL'S OWN BOOK. POMATUM LANDSCAPES. A Piece of cardpaper is covered with a thin, smooth coal of pomatum, and then rubbed over with a common lead pencil until it becomes quite dark; not what is called black-lead pencil, but the common lead, called plummet. The lights of the picture are then scraped away with a sharp-pointed knife, or needle. CHINESE BOXES....