Product Description

Some Christian women believe they must downplay their appearance in order to be godly, but looking your best doesn't have to mean maintaining a supermodel image. Women can be creative with their appearance and enhance God s gift of beauty without feeling guilty. Women face the world each day under pressure to look their best. How can they balance the desire to uncover and maintain God-given outer beauty with inner beauty arising from their faith? Beauty coach Shelly Ballestero helps women navigate pressure from the world to meet unrealistic standards of outer perfection and inspires them to discover the true beauty God designed in them, inside and out! Beauty by God offers the reader both spiritual principles to develop inner beauty and practical tips for caring for her God-given body.

''Shelley helps women acknowledge the struggle that we all deal with inside outsides and she helps us see that true beauty is a combination of mind, body and spirit.''
Kim Alexis. Supermodel

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #428620 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

About the Author
Shelly Ballestero is an inspirational beauty coach, an esthetician/makeup artist and a beauty editor for Lifestyle magazine. She is a graduate of the prestigious International Academy and has taught students and teachers the art of makeup. Shelly also holds certifications as a nutritional consultant and a personal trainer, and is a graduate of one of the top makeup schools in the industry. Formerly an actress on One Life to Live, also serves as a makeup expert for Jane Iredale cosmetics. She is married to Award winning musician, Angelo Ballestero, and is the mother of two sons.

Customer Reviews

Awesome book!!!
This book has everything a girl could want... beauty tips, fashion, nutrition, makeup, skincare... all of it! All while glorifying the name of God and celebrating the fact that each and everyone is unique as God made you. I wish it had 10 more chapters! This book is well written and chock full of knowlege for any girl looking or a few tips on how to look her best!

Everything you need to know about beauty in one Book
Beauty by God (BBG) by Shelly Ballestero is sugar and spice and everything nice a girl likes! BBG is an absolute must have for EVERY FEMALE! The budget and time saving tips alone in this book will easily cover the cost of BBG not to mention the coupon in the back of the book for a FREE DVD teaching how to create a supermodel eyebrows, tips to do your makeup in under 5 minutes, 10 steps to a non-toxic home, 2 cool exercises by fitness guru Terresa Tapp, top interviews and more.

And you'll love Shelly's humorous conversational style. She presents valuable information in an easy to read and creatively fun format. Beauty by God includes dozens of interviews with top experts in both the secular and Christian beauty industry. It's obvious that Shelly has put an incredible amount of research into this book. Before being introduced to Shelly's Devil's Top 10 ingredient list, I never realized that I had been putting dangerous ingredients commonly found in many cosmetics on my face everyday. You'll find great secrets for wardrobe and closet organization. Read her creative Pampered Chef and Passion party ideas. BBG is loaded with secrets to make beauty fun, affordable and easier.

And Shelly really gets it that beauty is more than just external looks. I like what she says, "joy is the best makeup of all". She weaves in character and spiritual issues without being preachy, threatening, or offensive. I wouldn't hesitate to give this book to some of my girlfriends who aren't Spiritual like I am. And she even included a bonus chapter so we can make our man "look grand" too. Get one for yourself and several copies for your best friends. Shelly knows about beauty and making others look beautiful and she's not affiliated with any beauty companies and offers a true non-biased opinion. A truly enjoyable read to look and feel better inside and out. And this book has big name endorsements.

FABULOUS RECIPES FOR HOMEMADE SKIN CARE
This book has so many great beauty tips. My favorite chapter is the "Pampered Pantry" which offers several facial masks that you can make out of natural,easy to find ingredients, like honey, lemon juice and oatmeal. But what I love most is that the book covers areas that most beauty books do not - like how our inner thoughts affect our outer beauty. Beauty By God taps into our spiritual self and helps us discover who we were really meant to be in God's perfect plan for our lives. This is a great gift for any woman going through a personal struggle.