Crockett - Your own beautiful: advice & inspiration from Chelsea Crockett

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR
Your Own Beautiful

The picture-obsessed, highly edited, perfection-driven culture we live in makes most of us feel like we never quite measure up. Im so thankful for Chelseas young-but-strong voice calling girls to understand Gods bigger plan and purpose as you discover your own beautiful.

LYSA TERKEURST, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND PRESIDENT OF PROVERBS 31 MINISTRIES

Whether its a YouTube video or her debut book, its obvious to see that Chelseas greatest desire is to lead others to Christ. Im so excited to see where Chelseas journey takes her nextI know it will be beautiful!

JAMIE GRACE, AWARD-WINNING MUSICIAN AND SPEAKER

Your Own Beautiful is full of advice and tips, but the chief reason this book is helpful is that it speaks primarily to Scriptures definition of beauty. Im proud of Chelsea, and the way she models Jesus-centered identity to millions of young people.

LOUIE GIGLIO, PASTOR OF PASSION CITY CHURCH, FOUNDER OF PASSION CONFERENCES, AND AUTHOR OF GOLIATH MUST FALL

Within minutes of first meeting Chelsea, I couldnt help but notice the beautiful person she is. Her smile. Her kindness. Everyone in the room was drawn to her. What was it? You could see the beauty of God within her. In these pages and through Chelseas words, youll begin to see the beauty of God inside you. I pray youll see a glimpse of just how beautiful you are.

ADAM WEBER, PASTOR OF EMBRACE CHURCH AND AUTHOR OF TALKING WITH GOD

Im a big fan of Chelsea Crockett. For years she has impacted millions of viewers with her joy-filled personality and charm, and now God is using her to tell a story bigger than her own. Her new book takes you along on her adventurous journey, giving plenty of helpful advice along the way, and helping you see what true beauty looks like.

MATT BROWN (@EVANGELISTMATT), EVANGELIST, AUTHOR, AND FOUNDER OF THINK ETERNITY

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Your Own Beautiful
Copyright 2017 by Beauty Licious, Inc.

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Epub Edition September 2017 ISBN 9780310762416

ISBN 978-0-310-76236-2

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CONTENTS

W hat makes me beautiful?

If youre like me, you may have asked yourself this question, oh... a million times. Through television, magazine covers, and in movies, the world offers lots of different answers to that question. Some answers may say that you need to dress a certain way or have a certain type of body. As women, we can feel a lot of pressure to live by these standards and conform to the worlds definition of beauty.

A few years ago, when I was blessed with the opportunity to be on Dancing with the Stars, I realized that theres a battle going on in the hearts and minds of young women. The world and the Bible show two completely different ways to live, and each leads to a very different outcome. The truth is that God tells us how to live because he wants us to experience his joy and live beautiful, extraordinary lives.

I like to encourage young women to live original by making different choices than others around them. Every day, were confronted with false messages about our bodies, our worth, and our purpose. Choosing to live in a way God says is best takes a lot of courage, but it also comes with big rewards.

When I first saw Chelseas YouTube videos, I could tell she was someone who was beautiful inside and out. As we began getting to know each other, I was impressed with how she boldly lived her faith. Her joy was truly contagious. (She also totally saved me with her tech-savvy skills when I was trying to upload a video to YouTube!) I see a huge need for a book like Your Own Beautifulone that gives awesome beauty advice while helping young women discover who God has made them to be. The practical tips in this book will help you look and feel beautiful from the inside out as you build strong relationships, overcome peer pressure, and develop a deeper relationship with God.

I am so excited that you have this chance to meet my friend Chelsea, whose warmth, honesty, and humor will win your heart. I have a feeling you wont be able to put this book down once you start reading. And I pray that as you read it, you will find your own beautiful and live it out to the fullest.

Love,

I didnt set out to live my teenage years in front of a million people, but thats what happened.

A million people saw me get my braces off. A million people watched me tackle my first day of high school. A million people even saw me go on my first date.

Back when YouTube was mostly cute animal videos, budding young singers, and silly Annoying Orange videos, I used my desktop computer to record and upload my first beauty tutorial and start my YouTube channel, BeautyLiciousInsider.

The summer of 2011 was especially hot, and like most thirteen-year-olds living in Troy, Illinois (pop. 10,100), I was bored. Id recently become obsessed with makeup and online beauty tutorials, so I decided to make my own video. Within a few months of uploading my first tutorialhow to create a gymnastics hairstyleI was getting as many as 15,000 views on my videos, which covered everything from putting together a cute outfit to my morning routine to creating the perfect makeup for prom. Less than a year after I started my YouTube channel, I had 20,000 subscribers. Five years later, I had over 1.5 million.