Natural Bodycare: Recipes for Health & Beauty

by Julia Meadows

Book Overview

Get the finest bodycare products...by making them yourself! This beautifully photographed aromatherapy recipe book for the body is filled with ideas on and recipes for essential and carrier oils, herbals, and other all-natural products to put in your cosmetics. Many of the perfumes, powders, shampoos, gels, and soaps will take you to the heights of luxury with their rich lathers, sweet-smelling aromas, and delightful textures. Restore luster to damaged...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080692487X
• ISBN13: 9780806924878
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Make your own professional beauty products....Naturally!

I have been so inspired after reading this book to make my own cosmetic products! Infact, I have already made quite a few products for family and friends (after owning the book for not more than a couple of weeks) and they all love them. There are so many different recipies covering a broad range of therapuetic beauty products, from milk baths and nourishing face creams, to foot lotions and body scrubs! Plus there is also the flexibility to alter the recipes to suit your own preference, for examlple choosing the carrier material for a paticular skin type when making facial exfoliaters. It is nothing less than rewarding to make your own beauty product which are as good quality ( if not better ), and less costly than professional products on the market. And the only negative comment I can say about this book is because I live in Australia it's very difficult to get some of the cosmetic ingredients in small quantities (but I'm working on it ).

excellent for beginners like me

In addition to the incredible photographs, this book has a well-written, readable introduction to the various ingredients needed to make natural bodycare items. On the downside, certain types of pure essential oils and other items may be difficult to find for those who live in small towns (like me). However, with a little patience, I have been able to find most of what I need in local health food stores. There is also a wonderful section at the end of the book on how to package your creations, should you wish to give them as gifts. All in all, a beautiful, readable book.