More than 10 years in the making, Arabelle Sicardi’s “The House of Beauty” has arrived.
The book, a collection of eight essays penned by the former beauty editor that assess the industry and all of its contradictions, is launching Oct. 14.
Chapters range from a comprehensive dive into the origins of Chanel No.5 to an interactive “Choose Your Own Adventure” portion to myriad analyses of how beauty products and services are sold. The book will be available for $30 at Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Apple Books and more.
Among the sentiments explored in “The House of Beauty” are those that Sicardi hadn’t been able to dive into the same way during their editor days.
“I had a bucket list of the different stories I would love to write if I wasn’t afraid of getting in trouble due to advertiser dollar