The Body Book: Recipes for Natural Body Care with Other [Spiral-bound]

Anne Akers Johnson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2001

A cookbook of simple, natural recipes for treating hair, skin and nails. Comes complete with a home spa kit, including a nail buffer, facial brush, pumice stone, three essential oils (lavender, peppermint and tangerine) and more. For tweens and teens, this book is a natural. PUBCOMMENTS: Winner of Canadian Toy Testing Council Children's Choice Award, DiscoverySchool.com Award of Excellence

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Spiral-bound: 80 pages
• Publisher: Klutz; Book and Access edition (March 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570545901
• ISBN-13: 978-1570545900
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 7.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #812,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality Beauty Care that won't Break the Bank, May 23, 2001

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"drew-nancy" (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Body Book: Recipes for Natural Body Care with Other (Spiral-bound)

The quality of this spiral-bound book is wonderful and it is full of great, simple recipies for beauty care products you can make at home. Most of the items used in the recipies are items that I think most people have on hand in their kitchen. Reading the book brings the phrase "Quality Beauty on a Budget" to mind. The book even comes with a really nice spa pack that includes a facial brush, pumice stone, bath infusion bag, nail buffer, headband, and vials of essential oils. While the publisher has the book listed as appropriate for ages 12 and up, it is definately not just for teenagers. It's been a long time since I've seen my teen years and there were several recipies in the book that I can't wait to try for myself. Great to give as a gift or buy for yourself.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT for preteens,girls with sensitive skin,and scientists, September 23, 2002

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"lynkfri13" (Waltham, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Body Book: Recipes for Natural Body Care with Other (Spiral-bound)

****My mom bought this for 10-year-old Amanda, who has eczema, and has to be careful what she puts on her skin.
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For other pre teens who need to be careful of skin, - this is great! You know what the ingredients are, as you make the concoctions yourself. Now all can join the herbal and scented shampoo/body potion craze.
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Directions are easy to follow, but be prepared for a little searching for a couple ingredients (we initially had trouble finding sea salt which was used in one of the best recipes)

Great recipes included milk bath for dry skin, and salt skin scrubs (seriously-feels great!) for mild exfoliating and skin softening.

Pre-teens and teens can follow recipe instructions fairly easily, but may need help shopping for a couple of the more hard to find ingredients. (Natural beauty supply stores and the Internet helped)

****Lots of good, *clean*, healthy fun, attractive to young teen girls

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh my gosh! This book is AWSOME!, October 20, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Body Book: Recipes for Natural Body Care with Other (Spiral-bound)

I recently purchased this book and it is fantastic! It has recipes for hair,face, hands, feet, etc. I've tried some recipes and they actually work! This book comes with a spa box that contain 3 essiential oils and other items that are necessary. It also shows you to give a complete facial, manicure and pedicure! All the recipes are simple and you could find the ingrediaents in your kitchen! Enjoy!