The Holistic Beauty Book: Over 100 Natural Recipes for Gorgeous Healthy Skin [Paperback]

Star Khechara (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2, 2009

Do you:

• Worry about chemicals in your cosmetics?
• Want to use only the very best, fresh, handmade holistic potions?
• Want to use ethical and environmentally friendly products?
• Have sensitive skin and need very pure potions?,

DIY skin care is fun, easy, and empowering. The Holistic Beauty Book is packed with safe, 100 percent natural, organic, eco-friendly skin-care potions you can make at home that are gorgeous yet affordable.

• Use vegan/vegetarian ingredients that are organic, local, and fairly traded.
• Make plain base creams/ointments from scratch for herbal/aromatherapy use.
• Stop using skin-damaging and environment-damaging chemicals.
• Make wonderful soothing potions for pregnancy and baby care.

The author includes recipes for lip balms, face creams, body butters, massage bars, bath melts, scrubs, cleansers, baby care products, moisturizers, facial toners, masks and packs, and much more.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'This is excellent - wonderful recipes for DIY natural beauty and skincare without compromising on feeling 'pampered'. You CAN have your natural cake and eat it!' Janey Lee Grace, author of Imperfectly Natural Woman.

About the Author

A holistic practitioner, Star Khechara teaches workshops on how to make your own 100% natural earth-friendly skincare potions, and offers skin-health consultations and a bespoke potion making service for those who want individual formulations. Her business, Flowr'd up, is an ethical practice which focuses on sustainability and protecting the environment, actively supporting fair-trade, organics, local-growers, reusing and recycling. She lives in the UK.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Green Books (April 2, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1900322277
• ISBN-13: 978-1900322270
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #456,963 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ingredients not practical..., December 5, 2010

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This review is from: The Holistic Beauty Book: Over 100 Natural Recipes for Gorgeous Healthy Skin (Paperback)

I bought this book as a gift for my Mother-in-Law, who is interested in homemade beauty treatments. When I got it I was dissapointed because the ingredients were not simple things you find in your kitchen or grocery store (not to mention the book is very plain). Almost every ingredient was a special oil or plant (some I'd never heard of) that might be expensive and time consuming to find or buy. If you have the time and money to seek out those ingredients, then this book is for you ; But if your looking for something more practical, I suggest the book, "Return to Beauty: Old-World Recipes for Great Radiant Skin" by Narine Nikogosian. This book had realistic ingredients that you can find at home. Plus it was more pleasing to the eye with full color photos as well as recipes for different seasons and skin types.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm okay with this one..............., May 24, 2010

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This review is from: The Holistic Beauty Book: Over 100 Natural Recipes for Gorgeous Healthy Skin (Paperback)

At first glance, this book looked as if it was going to be just another collection of old-fashioned "kitchen" recipes - the same old stuff that teaches you how to make a beeswax body cream using borax & lanolin. But this one was suprisingly a bit different. The author focuses mainly on the sourcing and use of fair trade and organic ingredients - with most if not all of the recipes formulated to feed & nourish the skin. I have tried and liked the massage "Chocolate Orange Body Butter Bar" made with pure raw cocoa powder (she has a seperate chapter dedicated to chocolate body potions). She even has a rhassoul mud hair treatment (great for softening & detoxing the hair) along with a simple shampoo using African Black Soap. Overall, I highly recommend this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a wonderful book!, October 15, 2009

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This review is from: The Holistic Beauty Book: Over 100 Natural Recipes for Gorgeous Healthy Skin (Paperback)

I've reviewed over a dozen books lately, looking for natural recipes I'm not allergic to. Most say to use citric acid for a preservative. I'm allergic to corn & citrus, which citric acid is made from. This book is very refreshing & helpful! Of all the ones I've looked at, this is by far tops on my list! Many, many wonderful recipes I can really use, not have to substitute something. Thank you, Star!