Janelle Alexis Official
Author. Beauty Boss. Speaker. Empowering women through beauty, resilience & unapologetic authenticity.
Author. Beauty Boss. Speaker. Empowering women through beauty, resilience & unapologetic authenticity.
Rose Colored Glasses is the memoir that women who are quietly surviving something needed to read — and couldn’t find. So Janelle Alexis Flatt wrote it herself.
“I needed to read this book when I was going through it. It didn’t exist. So I wrote it. Every woman who has ever worn a smile she didn’t feel, stayed longer than she should have, or rebuilt herself quietly without applause — this is your book.”
— JANELLE ALEXIS FLATT, AUTHOR
In 28 unflinching chapters, Janelle walks you through the life she built, the life that cracked, and the woman who emerged on the other side. This is not a sanitized success story. It is a real one — complete with the warning signs she chose to ignore, the devastating moments of clarity, the entrepreneurial battles fought while quietly falling apart, and the slow, imperfect, extraordinary process of rebuilding your identity from scratch.
Rose Colored Glasses moves through themes of betrayal, identity loss, motherhood, business survival, spiritual awakening, and ultimately — radical self-belief. It speaks to the woman who has been strong for too long, who has accepted less than she deserves, and who is standing at the beginning of the rest of her life wondering how to take the first step.
What happens when the life you built — the identity, the relationship, the image — cracks. How we hold on, and how we finally let go.
Building a salon and a brand through the kind of hardship that has no business plan. The intersection of professional survival and personal collapse.
The chapters about getting up when you have no idea how. The messy, non-linear, real story of putting yourself back together.
What forgiveness actually costs — and why the debt is always paid by the one who grants it. The radical act of forgiving for yourself, not for them.
Who are you when the titles — wife, partner, perfect woman — are stripped away? The frightening and freeing answer.
The parts mothers don’t say out loud. The chapters that will make you feel seen, heard, and less alone in the weight you’ve been carrying.
“Rose Colored Glasses cracked me open. I laughed, cried, and recognized myself on every page. Janelle writes with the same care and precision she puts into every client she sits in her chair. I’ve read it twice.”
“I bought this book on a Friday night and finished it by Sunday morning. Couldn’t put it down. Every chapter felt like Janelle was sitting across from me, telling me what I needed to hear. This is the book I’ll give to every woman I love.”
“This is not a self-help book. It’s something better — it’s a true story. And that’s exactly why it helps. Janelle doesn’t tell you what to do. She shows you what she did. And you feel less alone. Highly recommend for any woman’s book club.”
Available in paperback, e-book, and audio format. Join thousands of women who have already called this book “the one I needed.”
Join the Rose Colored Glasses Book Club →Rose Colored Glasses is a 28-chapter memoir by Janelle Alexis Flatt, a Houston hair stylist, salon owner, and entrepreneur. The book chronicles her journey through betrayal, identity loss, business hardship, motherhood, and spiritual healing — and how she learned to see herself clearly. Published by Beyond Publishing in 2026.
Rose Colored Glasses by Janelle Alexis Flatt is available on Amazon (paperback and Kindle e-book) and Apple Books. It is distributed globally through Beyond Publishing.
Yes — Rose Colored Glasses is an excellent book club selection. It covers themes of resilience, relationships, identity, entrepreneurship, motherhood, and forgiveness that generate rich discussion. Join the official Rose Colored Glasses Book Club at janellealexisofficial.com/book-club.
Rose Colored Glasses contains 28 chapters. Each chapter represents a distinct phase of Janelle Alexis Flatt’s journey — from the warning signs she chose to ignore, through the crisis, into healing and rebuilding. The memoir is available in paperback, e-book, and audio formats.