Product Description

'Natural' and 'organic' are the buzz words in cosmetics. Even for over-the-counter products, everyone is going organic when it comes to beauty. This beautiful book shows you how to make your own handcrafted organic makeup, soap and perfume using essential oils and other natural ingredients. Lush, the Body Shop and Neal's Yard are all packed with customers eager to find the next organic facial mask, rejuvenating skin cream, deodorant or body lotion. With this book, you can personalise your beauty regime without standing in line and without spending lots of money. "The Natural Beauty Recipe Book" features a range of recipes for quick and easy daily products that you can make at home, such as face cleansers, toners, moisturizing creams and gels, cold cream cleanser, hand cream, body lotion, and hair nourishing treatments. With so much on offer, it will be essential reading for all those with an interest in the organic.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #179243 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Publishing News, October 2006
"...well illustrated and lots of ideas for gifts."

About the Author
Gill Farrer-Halls is the author of several books. She frequently teaches aromatherapy for Neal's Yard Remedies in Tokyo, Japan, and at the Lotte Rose School of Aromatherapy in London. Drawing on nearly 20 years experience of Buddhist meditation, professional writing and aromatherapy practice, she gives talks and workshops on writing, meditation and aromatherapy. She lives in Oxford, England.

Customer Reviews

Shampoo poo
I bought this book so that I could make my own shampoos and other toiletries, since I am choosing not to use products containing the toxic ingredient sodium lauryl sulphate. I was a little bit shocked that it doesn't actually tell you how to make them (the majority of recipes are to add essential oils to 'bought bases' for moisturisers,cleansers,bubblebaths, shampoos and conditioners).

Luckily there are some 'from basics' recipes in it (mainly for soaps), so I will make these and then hopefully source a book that will answer my needs!

Ok for messing about but not if you want to make your own cosmetics
This book is nice to look at and quite interesting, but I believed from the synopsis etc that I would be able to make creams, shampoos etc from scratch, instead the book just tells you how to add oils to base shampoos etc. Some nice traditional hair rinses etc, but really you can get more information from the internet. It would make a nice present for someone who just wanted to mess about making a few home made adjustments but if you are serious about wanting to make your own organic cosmetics then look elsewhere.

Lovely Book
A good book for beginners as most of the recipies are base product plus oils. Lovely pictures, presented wonderfully.

Make a lovely present.