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""This vivid account pops with fascinating detail and reads like fiction. Wonderfully, it isn't.""—Elle She understood women. She understood beauty. And she started a revolution. Helena Rubinstein was born into a poor Polish family at the end of the nineteenth century; by the time of her death in 1965 she had built a cosmetics empire that spanned the world. Her scientific approach to beauty was an instant sensation. Women couldn't get enough of her innovative advice on skincare, and her beauty products were constantly sold out. This is her amazing life story. Michèle Fitoussi is a journalist and author.

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'This vivid account pops with fascinating detail and reads like fiction. Wonderfully, it isn't.' Elle

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Michle Fitoussi was born in Tunisia to French parents, and has lived in Paris since the age of five. She has worked for the past twenty-five years at Ellemagazine and has interviewed many influential decision makers and world leaders in areas as varied as politics, human sciences, sport, literature, and the media. Kate Bignoldread French and German at Manchester University. She began her career in the art and design world before becoming a French to English translator in 2000. She lives in southwest England with her two children. Lakshmi Ramakrishnan Iyerhas been a translator from French and Italian into English since 2004, following a ten-year career in journalism, publishing, and public relations in India and Italy. She lives in southwest France.

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