The Confident You: A Guide to Eternal Beauty

Cindy Wilson felt life a wallflower all her life, and she tipped the scales at 266 pounds. She was always exhausted. She had never worn makeup or really tried to make herself attractive; she had no idea where to begin. One day Barbara Barrington Jones spoke at her stake's women's conference. At BYU Education Week in 1990, Cindy stood to publicly thank Barbara for inspiring her to change her life. She has lost more than one hundred pounds, has started wearing makeup, and had become much more confident. Barbara Barrington Jones has spent much of her life teaching women how to enhance their internal and external beauty. Now she has put many of her secrets into A Confident You: A Woman's Guide to External Beauty, a book for women of all ages. She refers to the book as a journey of self-improvement. The book's first section addresses internal beauty with chapters on believing in yourself using humor, maintaining spirituality, dealing with stress, coping with loss, and making the most of each day. The second section focuses on external beauty, giving hints for instantly improving appearance, such as posture and use of color. It tells how to find your own fashion personality and provides a collage of beauty, diet and exercise tips.