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Natural Beauty Basics : Create Your Own Cosmetics and Body Care Products By Dorie Byers ( Vital Health Publishing )
Release Date: 2001-05-18
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Product Description
Taking care of yourself means making healthy choices. We are inundated with ads that tell us we cannot have naturally beautiful skin and hair without buying and using expensive brand name products. The fact is, we can attain a radiant, healthy appearance by making our own skin and hair care products out of all-natural ingredients. Dorie Byers, a registered nurse, master gardener and herb enthusiast, describes the properties and characteristics of dozens of herbs, essential oils, and other natural ingredients, and provides a wealth of recipes for every skin type. These alternatives to commercial preparations will save you money and put you in control of the healthy ingredients you apply to your body.
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 GREAT BOOK! ( cindychew3 )
THIS IS A GREAT BOOK RECOMMENDED BY MY DR! THE RECIPIES ARE EASY AND SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE AN INEXPENSIVE WAY TO MAKE MY OWN NON-TOXIC PRODUCTS. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS I HAVE A SERIOUS MEDICAL ISSUE WITH AN ESTROGEN OVERLOAD FROM PRODUCTS. OTHER DR'S HAVE SUGGESTED MAJOR SURGERY, I AM CHOOSING A LIFESTYLE CHANGE!
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 Not a bad book for beginners
I like the explanations for different oils, additives etc and what type of skin is best for them. I also like that the book included cautions for different EO's (i.e. for pregnant women and sun exposure) as beginners would not know about needing to be careful of these things.
One thing that I WAS NOT impressed with was that she has you buy an organic base for different things (soaps, shampoos, etc) and just add the EO's rather than tell you how to make it completely from scratch yourself.
One word of caution - DO NOT USE THE SHAMPOO RECIPES for everyday use. The author is an RN and herbalist not a cosmetologist. She has you buy a baby shampoo for your base and just add the rest. I am a licensed cosmetologist and can tell you that baby shampoo is the worst shampoo you can use on your hair for everyday use. It is a clarifying shampoo used to strip your hair completely of everything and you will end up with dry, brittle, split end prone hair. It is ok for babies as babies have different kind of hair that is coated and needs the harsh shampoo in order to get it cleaned. It doesnt bother babies hair for one because you should only wash their hair at the most 3 times a week and for two their hair produces more oils to protect it. Bottom line - if you are going to use this shampoo, limit your usage to no more than once every two weeks to remove product buildup (use less than that if you dont use a lot of product). Consult another book for better hair care recipes - I highly recommend the book "Organic Body Care Recipes" by Stephanie Tourles (a licensed esthetician.
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Natural Beauty Basics ( japmmaj )
I liked this book since the ingredients are obtainable and the recipes are fairly simplistic. The recipes in another book I read were so complicated that I wasn't even interested to try them but not so with this book - these are possible to do without alot of time invested.
I also like the explanation of the attributes for the ingredients so if you want to substitute, you can look at the list and choose another one.
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 not pleased
This book is great if you want to buy unscented soaps and add oils to scent them but no information on truly createing your own formulas.
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 Easy Steps To Make Your Own Product
I found the information to be very simple. The products are available in most health food stores and they are fun to make.
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