Cosmetics : Easy homemade recipesHomemade cosmetics are makeup products that are produced outside of a manufacturer’s laboratory setting, either for personal use or independent sales. The cosmetics are produced using available base products, ingredients and colorants. Benefit of these homemade products includes control of ingredients and customizable colors.This book contains many recipes of cosmetic products including:• Soap making (bar soap, liqui...

Discover the joys of all-natural body care. Stephanie Tourles shows you how to use fruit, flowers, herbs, and minerals to craft healthy products that promote radiant skin, strong nails, shiny hair, and an elevated mood. Pamper yourself from head to toe with products like Strawberry Cleanser, Pineapple Sunflower Scrub, and Almond Rose Body Lotion. Gentle on your skin and free of harsh chemicals found in commercial products, you’ll want to indulge yourself over and over with these luxuriousl...

Make your own liquid soaps and body products right in your kitchen!Catherine Failor shows you how to use her simple double-boiler technique to create luxurious shower gels, revitalizing shampoos, energizing body scrubs, and much more. Step-by-step instructions teach you how to turn basic ingredients like cocoa butter, lanolin, and jojoba into sweet-smelling liquid soaps.You’ll soon be experimenting with your favorite oils and additives as you craft custom-m...

Look great, smell wonderful, and feel good as you make your own homemade natural body care products.In this Storey BASICS® guide to holistic beauty, Rosemary Gladstar shares more than 30 simple recipes for cleansers, moisturizers, and creams comprised of essential oils and herbs. Make unique shampoos for lustrous, fragrant hair and learn Gladstar’s amazing five-step system for glowing skin.Skip the harsh commercial ingredients and use nature’s closet to kee...

Learn everything you need to know about making your own soap by hand with this comprehensive guide.Through clear, step-by-step instructions, master soapmaker Susan Miller Cavitch leads you through every step of the soapmaking process and teaches you how to:Craft exotic and practical soaps in your homeBlend and use essential oils and natural colorantsDesign multi-colored, marbled, and imprinted soapsUnderstand the chemistr...

Protect yourself, your children, your pets, and your home from bugs — without using harsh or toxic chemicals! Herbalist Stephanie Tourles offers 75 simple recipes for safe, effective bug repellents you can make at home from all-natural ingredients. For protection from mosquitos, ticks, and other biting insects, there are sprays, balms, body oils, and tinctures, with scents ranging from eucalyptus to floral, lemon, vanilla, and woodsy spice. There are also recipes for pets, such as herbal s...

James Wong is back, putting his ethnobotanical expertise to use once again, with over 100 new, natural, cheap and easy remedies, showing you and those around you how to have a fantastically healthy year.Whether you're fed up with your hormones, worried about your baby's nappy rash, your partner is prone to a sore-throat, or leg-waxing is proving just too expensive to maintain, Grow Your Own Drugs: A Year With James Wong offers over 100 great new remedies to soothe all manner of com...

**REVISED & EXPANDED EDITION AVAILABLE -- THE BIG BOOK OF HOMEMADE PRODUCTS FOR YOUR SKIN, HEALTH & HOME**Go Green in Every Part of Your Life with These Easy, All-Natural Herbal ProductsKick toxic, synthetic skin care products and cleaners out the door and bring the healing joy of nature into your life with the simple, versatile projects in 101 Easy Homemade Products for Your Skin, Health & Home. In this incredible resourc...

Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

A comprehensive and lushly photographed guide to growing and using healing plants, including recipes, from the founder of the Chestnut School of Herbal MedicineThis is the ultimate reference for anyone looking to bring the beauty and therapeutic properties of plants into their garden, kitchen, and home apothecary. Both informative and accessible, this complete guide to herbal medicine covers how to plan your garden (including container gardening for small spaces); essential informa...

Learn the secrets of better health, beauty, and wellness for you and your home using common, inexpensive, all-natural ingredients!Essential Uses reveals new ways to use baking soda, salt, vinegar, lemons, coconut oil, honey, ginger, and a myriad of other natural items. With these easy-to-follow recipes and instructions, you can make your own face masks, bath salts, herbal teas, cleaning products, and much more!Discover how to take better care of you...

The process of making herbal soap is something not many people know about. It is more of an art and creativity rather than just putting effort in producing something useful for you. People are many times skeptical on making homemade herbal soaps but once they start making them, they fall in love with this art. There is a lot of creativity that you can put into this process. Making many types and flavors can be something worth exploring. In this E-book today I will take you through differen...