Helena Frith Powell

Exploring French women's passion for looking and feeling good, a British expatriate explains the secrets of French beauty, describing how French women achieve maximum effect with the least amount of effort through their passion for face cream, silk lingerie, and shopping as exercise. Original. 50,000 first printing.

A Witty Investigation Into the Lives, Lusts, and Little Secrets of French Women

All You Need to Be Impossibly French

"Why is it that French women look just as glamorous in a T-shirt and pair of jeans as in a sleek designer dress? How do they look sexy, chic and timelessly elegant from eighteen to eighty? Pencil-thin, stylishly dressed and, always, impeccably groomed?" "In search of answers, travel and lifestyle journalist Helena Frith Powell goes behind the scenes to investigate the famous French je ne sais quoi. Talking to fashion gurus, beauty experts and It Girls, professional seducers, lingerie designers and personal shoppers, she discovers a whole new world. Indispensable wardrobe and beauty secrets; shopping done the right way and exercise routines promising lasting success; advice on sex toys, family life, relationships and clandestine affaires." "French women, Helena realises, achieve maximum effect with the least amount of effort. And with the help of a few little secrets, you too can become impossibly French..."--Back cover.

Two Lipsticks and a Lover

Sooner or later, it happens to everyone: getting older. Some do it gracefully, others less so, but no one is immune to wrinkles and grey hair creeping up, seemingly overnight. And once they're there, they're hard to shift. Helena Frith Powell, fashion and lifestyle journalist extraordinaire, didn't even want to think about surrender. Surely, something could be done about advancing age? Armed with potions, lotions and pills (as well as resorting to a few much more extreme measures), she sets out to investigate any and all anti-aging tricks out there. From green tea and botox to yoga and exfoliating masks, To Hell in High Heels is the hilariously funny tale of one woman taking on the body clock, giving you a tried-and-tested survival guide for that ill-fated moment when the first wrinkle dares show its face.

To Hell in High Heels

Dr Harald Stossier

A glass of wine at dinner and a flatter stomach in 14 days? Yes girls, it can be done! The Viva Mayr Diet is the savvy diet for people in the real world who want to get a bikini body and revamp their health with ease. It's based on the world-famous Viva Mayr spa clinic in Austria, the hottest health and weight loss destination in Europe.

The Viva Mayr Diet: 14 days to a flatter stomach and a younger you

What do you do if you find a bra in your husband's luggage that isn't yours - or even his? This is the dilemma facing mother-of-three Sophie Reed shortly after she moves to France with her family to start a new life.

Love in a Warm Climate

More More France Please

Out of the blue, at the age of 12, Helena Frith Powell's mother gave her a letter saying that her real father would like to get in touch with her and that he was Italian. She met him shortly afterwards and was mesmerised by him and his many girlfriends. Now 20 years later she goes back to discover her Italian roots.

Helena Frith Powell

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