Our second cover reveal of the month is Pretty Iconic, but don’t think we’re blowing our own trumpet. It’s the title of Sali Hughes’s new book, the follow up to her sensational beauty guide Pretty Honest…
Packed full of beauty wisdom, Pretty Iconic takes us from the evocative smell of Johnson’s baby lotion through to Simple Face wipes, NARS Orgasm and beyond, looking at the formative role beauty plays in our lives.
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Here at 4th Estate we’ve been celebrating International Women’s Day, which comes as no surprise considering the wonderful array of female writers we publish. And so, to mark this momentous occasion, we wanted to share insightful snippets of what it’s like to be a woman by a selection of these revered writers – from being a feminist, and telling our stories, to gender bias in the way we eat, tropes in films, and the stereotypes attached to beauty. Read more…
It’s the first day of our month celebrating the fantastic women of 4th Estate, and what better way to start than with a cover reveal from one of last year’s most successful. Have a look at the luxurious paperback edition of Pretty Honest by Sali Hughes.
Pretty Honest received a fantastic response for it’s initial hardback release: Lauren Laverne said that Sali is ‘Britain’s best beauty writer … This book is equal parts sass, sense, lipstick and laughs.’ Read more…
Red Lipstick is the Little Black Dress of beauty. No item sums up beauty so succinctly – if you had to imagine a make-up item, you would probably picture a red lipstick before foundation or mascara. Red is powerful, strong, smart, bold, sexy, lethally feminine and iconic (try to imagine Marilyn Monroe without her glossy, orangey-red lips – it’s not possible). Read more…
Merry Christmas! If, like us, you’ve had your dinner and would like to take yourself to a quiet corner with something good to read and a cup of tea (or a second Christmas dinner- why not?) , rather than get into yet another discussion about politics or similar tricky topics with your aunt’s husband, then we have a treat for you.
Kindle have discounted a whopping 12 of our bestselling titles. Just click on the tiny price next to each title below and you’ll be able to read Wolf Hall, Americanah, All the Light We Cannot See, Pretty Honest and many more in an instant. With enough titles to take you through to 2016, you’ll have a very happy new year too. Read more…
With Christmas right around the corner (you’re going to hear that phrase from us a lot in the next few days), we at 4th Estate are about to do some Supermarket Sweep style shopping for our nearest and dearest. Luckily, we have an extract from this bespoke gift guide from Pretty Honest by Sali Hughes to help us out. We’ve got gift ideas for teenage girls, men of all ages, mum, plus cheap and lovely stocking fillers. Sali has beauty covered, and once again, she’s saved us from buying presents that gather dust in cupboards and under beds. Read more…
Summer is officially here.
And with it, the ever-present ice-cream jingle coaxing you out of the house, and sprawling, semi-clad bodies on yellowing patches of grass.
Glorious, right?
For so many of us, summer is about confronting our lack of confidence in our bodies, and the prospect of taking off our protective armour of clothing is actually quite terrifying.
Sali Hughes to the rescue, with this handy, straight-talking and utterly sensible edited extract from the chapter ‘Showing Some Skin’.
THE MORNING AFTER
I hate the term ‘Walk of Shame’ because when I’ve wandered home after a fun night with a man I’ve invariably felt on cloud nine – giddy and satisfied, not shameful and sheepish. Nonetheless, on these occasions I have not looked great. There have been times when, having been invited out for eggs and bacon the following morning, I’ve spent the whole time covering the dry, flaky skin on my chin with my hand, and hastily rubbed off smudged mascara using a fry-up knife as a mirror. An entirely spontaneous shag is hard to plan for (this is why it’s good to end up in your own bathroom), but for a big date that is likely to end well, packing a small survival kit means you can extend to brunch the next morning – or even the following week. Shove it in your bag (another reason why tiny clutches are useless) and you’re sorted.
