Formerly health and beauty director of British Vogue and currently international beauty director for Conde Nast Asia, Kathy Phillips is the author of four books and has her own aromatherapy product range, This Works. Ex-Vogue beauty editor Lizzie Radford is a freelance journalist contributing to the Financial Times, British Vogue and Marie Claire (UK). Author, broadcaster and consultant Bronwyn Cosgrave was commissioning editor at British Vogue. Rachel Marlowe is beauty editor at W magazine (USA) and Juliet Cohen is a freelance beauty writer, contributing to British Vogue and the UK's Telegraph magazine.

Introduction; What is Beauty?; Beauty & Fashion; The Body; Skincare; Hair; Make-up; Scent; Complementary Medicine; Directory; Index; Acknowledgements.