Although I have read books that have similar themes, I found two unique differences wtih this particular book. First, Michelle gives an entire chapter to the struggles that women from different ethnicities struggle with in a culture that holds the "Greek physical image" as the highest ideal of beauty---tall, blond, thin, and blue eyed. For women from other cultures and backgrounds, this chapter is invaluable as it deals with issues most other books on body image do not deal with.

The second unique feature to this book was the chapter "Can I still Keep my Lipstick? Beauty and Balance". Instead of just writing a book about the air brushed models and unrealistic standards our culture has given us for beauty, Michelle went on to explore the topic of beauty from a Biblical perspective. She offers the challenge that the Bible does not command us to be ugly and that God himself loves beauty. "Therefore", she argues, "It is not a sin to want to be beautiful or to strive to look the best we can. To do so is instead, simply a reflection of the image we bear of a God of beauty." There is however, a balance, and that is what Michelle focuses on. A balance of what society calls beauty and a balance of what God considers beauty. And that is where we need to re-define our pursuit of beauty.

Although written with similar themes that other books have been written with concerning body image, this was an easier book than most to read, and a quick read as well. It would be a perfect gift for an adolescent girl or a young college age woman that does not normally like to read but would benefit well from a book addressing this topic.