NEW YORK, Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- HarperCollins
Publishers announced today that it has acquired world rights to
LAUREN CONRAD BEAUTY from the bestselling author of L.A.
Candy. A companion volume to LAUREN
CONRAD STYLE, LAUREN CONRAD BEAUTY will offer beauty tips
and secrets from the fashion designer and style icon.
Just as the New York Times
bestseller LAUREN CONRAD STYLE is
the ultimate style guide for girls and women of all ages, LAUREN
CONRAD BEAUTY will be the must-have beauty book. Everyone wants to
know celebrities' secrets to looking beautiful, and Lauren will
break it down and share it all. Most importantly, Lauren knows
there isn't one beauty ideal that works for everyone, and shows
readers how to play to their strengths. From diet and skincare and
one simple thing you can do every day to contouring techniques and
hairstyles for special occasions, the insights and instruction
Lauren offers are timeless.
This four-color book will feature photographs and step-by-step
instructions and will include personal stories from Lauren's own
beauty evolution as well as answers to fan-submitted questions at
LaurenConrad.com about hair, makeup, nails and all things
beauty-related.
The deal was negotiated by Farrin
Jacobs, Editorial Director at HarperCollins Children's
Books, and Literary Agent Matthew
Elblonk of DeFiore & Company, with Max Stubblefield at UTA. LAUREN CONRAD BEAUTY
will be published in Fall 2012.
In 2009, Lauren made her authorial debut with L.A. Candy,
the behind-the-scenes story of a young girl who moves to L.A. and
becomes the star of a reality television show. The first in the
series, L.A. Candy was a #1 New York
Times bestseller, and all subsequent books were also
New York Times bestsellers.
LAUREN CONRAD is best
known for starring in the MTV hit series The Hills. She
is the author of several New York
Times bestsellers, including the L.A. Candy series,
and Lauren Conrad Style,
a fashion and beauty guide. She began her fashion career in spring
2008 with the debut of the Lauren Conrad Collection. In
2009 she launched LC Lauren Conrad, exclusively for Kohl's and the
line has since expanded to shoes, accessories and sunglasses. Her
newest clothing line is paper crown. She has been featured on the
covers of Elle, Glamour, Teen Vogue, Cosmopolitan, Rolling
Stone, Seventeen, Shape, and Entertainment
Weekly, among others. She lives in Los Angeles.
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