"The DivaGirl's Guide to Style and Self Respect" ~The Quintessential Urban Etiquette Book for Today’s Teen Girls

“The DivaGirl's Guide,”written by Cheryl Ann Wadlington and Sonya Beard, released March 5, 2012 and available on Amazon.com, is packed with helpful hints, awesome advice and easy activities, so today's girl can make wise decisions as soon as she starts reading! 


This book shows girls they can be cute, popular, smart and successful without trading on their sexuality or self-worth. This is a girl's hands-on guide to life, advising her on fashion and makeup, getting along with friends and boys, and handling herself in the real world while keeping her cool points. It also addresses more serious issues that affect her self-esteem and her ability to succeed. This book isn't full of random "shoulds" to memorize. It explains all the "whys," so today's girl can make wise decisions. Over many years of operating her popular modeling seminars, self-image workshops and urban charm school, the author has talked to--and listened to--thousands of girls. She knows their interests and struggles; she understands where they're coming from and where they're going. She's that big sister who believes in them and says, "You can make it!"

Learn more: http://www.cherylannonline.com/

Tom Ford's Five Easy Lessons in How to be a Modern Gentleman

ATTENTION MEN: Take cues from the force behind much of the success of Gucci,  designer and film mogul, Tom Ford.

 1. You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.

2. A gentleman today has to work. People who do not work are so boring and are usually bored. You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.

3. Manners are very important and actually knowing when things are appropriate. I always open doors for women, I carry their coat, I make sure that they're walking on the inside of the street. Stand up when people arrive at and leave the dinner table.

4. Don't be pretentious or racist or sexist or judge people by their background.

5. A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.
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