Natural skin care is growing in popularity. Many of us rarely stop to thing that there are many natural skin care components available that work as well, or better, than their chemically created competition. These skin care products can be created at home, using a few simple ingredients, for a fraction of the cost and in a far healthier way than the chemically created mass-market offerings. By following simple recipes, a lot like those in a cook book, you can create your very own skin care line. This line will be customized to meet your exact needs. Best yet, this line costs only pennies compared to those items you find in the personal care aisle! Each chapter of the book will provide you with some recipes that are the core products you will use to fill your personal care cabinets. Each of these can be expanded and customized to suit your personal needs. The appendix includes an ingredient list that gives a brief summary of the expected benefit of each ingredient. This list provides you with a basis for customizing each recipe, and beginning to create your own brand new products! This book is all about experimenting to determine what is best for you! The recipes included are all customizable by exchanging the ingredients I use with the ones you prefer from the ingredient list. I change the recipes continuously to suit the time of year, my personal preferences or even which member of my family is likely to use a particular product. Now you can have those costly, personalized products that you see in the store but are unwilling to try or that you do buy, much to the detriment of your wallet! You can have these products for just pennies and now, you can provide these same products for you friends and family!

Born out of the popular blog Kale & Caramel, this sumptuously photographed and beautifully written cookbook presents eighty recipes for delicious vegan and vegetarian dishes featuring herbs and flowers, as well as luxurious do-it-yourself beauty products. Plant-whisperer, writer, and photographer Lily Diamond believes that herbs and flowers have the power to nourish inside and out. “Lily’s deep connection to nature is beautifully woven throughout this personal collection of recipes,” says award-winning vegetarian chef Amy Chaplin. Each chapter celebrates an aromatic herb or flower, including basil, cilantro, fennel, mint, oregano, rosemary, sage, thyme, lavender, jasmine, rose, and orange blossom. Mollie Katzen, author of the beloved Moosewood Cookbook, calls the book “a gift, articulated through a poetic voice, original and bold.” The recipes tell a coming-of-age story through Lily’s kinship with plants, from a sun-drenched Maui childhood to healing from heartbreak and her mother’s death. With bright flavors, gorgeous scents, evocative stories, and more than one hundred photographs, Kale & Caramel creates a lush garden of experience open to harvest year round.

All-natural beauty product recipes for healthy, glowing skin and a happier you! Stimulate your senses with Lemon Poppy Seed Scrub. Rejuvenate your skin with a Glowing Goddess Face and Body Mask. Wash away your worries with a Fizzy Mojito Foot Spa. Filled with all-natural ingredients like shea butter, essential oils, and brown sugar, each recipe in 100 Organic Skincare Recipes gives you the opportunity to mix up your own beauty products--without any of the hazardous chemicals you'd find in store-bought brands. Whether you have sensitive skin or just want to switch to a natural beauty routine, these step-by-step instructions will teach you how to use oils, herbs, and other easy-to-find ingredients to make amazingly effective organic skincare recipes. You will enjoy creating your own one-of-a-kind home spa products, such as Invigorating Ginger Citrus Body Wash, Carrot-Coconut NutraMoist Mask, and Chocolate Lip Scrub. With the beautiful, soothing products in 100 Organic Skincare Recipes, you'll always be just a few moments away from the luxury of your very own home spa experience, and an easy escape into tranquility, relaxation, and indulgence.

Most of us use a huge variety of beauty products on our skin and hair every day - from shower gel and shampoo to moisturiser and hand cream - but the majority of these products contain a variety of chemicals. In A Green Guide to Natural Beauty, natural skincare and fragrance expert Karen Gilbert shows you how to make your own lotions and potions at home, using easy-to-obtain, natural ingredients and easy-to-follow methods. For the face, there are moisturizers, face masks and cleansers; for the body choose from scrubs and shower gels, soaps and body lotions. And when you need some extra-special pampering, try the recipes for lip balms, massage bars, bath oils and eye gels. So try your hand at making a neroli hydrating spritz or a jojoba and aloe vera moisturizer, mango and lime body butter or lemon and tea tree foot balm, bergamot and grapefruit wake-up wash or cocoa butter lip balm - the hardest part is choosing which of the pampering projects to try first! Each recipe has clear step-by-step photographs to guide you, and there are numerous variations to try. - Make your own beauty gifts for friends, or hold your own pampering parties. - Just as we are all now more aware of what we eat and how we grow our food, attention is now turning to skincare products - people are looking for a low-cost, natural alternative to highly priced, highly perfumed, highly packaged shop-bought items. - In CICO's 'Green Guide' series.

From the "Mary Poppins for the new millennium," this do-it-yourself guide encourages everyone to take a brand new look at how we can reduce, reuse, and recycle -- and find deep satisfaction in making a better version of what we're used to buying in a store (Good Housekeeping). It's official: In these tough times, clueless is out--and crafty is in. For both financial and environmental reasons, life is all about doing well with what you have. But that doesn't mean you can't still be fabulous. Do It Gorgeously shows you how to make nearly everything you would otherwise purchase: From the kitchen to the nursery, from your medicine cabinet to your makeup drawer, you'll be astounded by how easy and inexpensive it is to make safe and eco-friendly products for your family. You deserve to have it all--and now you can do it yourself! Praise for Sophie Uliano: "To be with Sophie is to be so caught up in the thrill of the potential of good!" --Julia Roberts "Sophie Uliano teaches us that we need not equate eco-friendly with Birkenstocks and wheatgrass shakes . . . she ushers us into a lifestyle that's ever so eco-chic." -- Los Angeles Confidential "Sophie Uliano is a Mary Poppins for the new millennium: Rather than advocating a spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down, Uliano will recommend rubbing sugar on your skin to make it glow--and then offer numerous other homegrown tips and tricks." -- Good Housekeeping

Make your own fresh, organic, and effective spa, skincare, hair-maintenance, and cosmetics recipes at home. Stephanie Gerber, founder and editor of Hello Glow, believes the journey to well-being can (and should!) be simple and beautiful, natural, and stylish. This is why her site, HelloGlow.co, is the trusted destination for organic wellness, nutrition, and skincare ideas. From masks of all flavors for all skin types, to soothing bath oils and invigorating scrubs, and from treats for your tresses to beauty-boosting DIY cosmetics, Hello Glow has you covered. Start your journey to a healthier life and look with this all-inclusive guide to natural beauty. Featuring a collection of favorite recipes, Hello Glow readers will discover: For the Face—more than 50 recipes to put your best face forward Brightening Geranium Moisturizer Cranberry Lip Gloss+Cheek Stain Balancing Rosemary-Thyme Toner For the Body—an indulgent collection of soaps, perfumes, bath mixes, and more Revitalizing Herbal Detox Body Wrap Cellulite-Smoothing Kiwi Scrub Zinc-Coconut Sunscreen For the Hair—have a good hair day with these shampoos, masks, scalp scrubs, and sprays Ginger Hot-Oil Treatment Rose-Water Anti-Frizz Spray Nourishing Peach Scalp Scrub MORE THAN 100 DIY RECIPES: Find head-to-toe care solutions containing natural, easy-to-find ingredients HELPFUL STARTER SECTION: Get a comprehensive primer in basic skincare and organic ingredients to stock up on BONUS CONTENT: Includes favorite DIY recipes for facials and aromatherapy found in Stephanie’s newest books: Hello Gorgeous and Essential Glow

Beautiful, Vibrant Skin the Natural Way Ditch expensive creams, serums and lotions full of mystery ingredients and turn to nature to find the best remedies for all your skin care needs with products you can make right at home. Herbalist Militza Maury’s use of natural ingredients ensures that you know exactly what’s in your skin-care products and what you’re getting out of them—beautiful, nourished, healthy skin. Creating a daily skin-care routine is easier than ever with recipes for cleansers, toners and moisturizers for every skin type. Try Soothing Cookie Dough Cleanser for inflamed skin, Clean & Clear Hydrosol Toner for oily or acne-prone skin or Moisture-Rich Solid Serum for dry, dehydrated skin. No matter your skin’s needs, Militza has products that will help you achieve healthy, glowing skin from head to toe. And once you’ve established a daily routine that works for you, don’t forget to make skin care fun with a whole slew of masks, scrubs, bath products and more—all made from safe, familiar ingredients like honey, cocoa butter, fresh herbs and essential oils. With information about the nourishing and healing properties of the ingredients used and instructions for infusing vinegar, oil and honey to further increase the efficacy of the recipes, this collection gives you all the information you need to make quality skin-care products at home.