How to Make Your Own Organic Cosmetics: Face Masks, Hair Rinses & Body Lotions: Recipes for Natural Beauty [Paperback]

Gill Farrer-Halls (Author)

Book Description

Series: How to Make Your Own Organic Cosmetics | Publication Date: October 4, 2004

Learn how to save some money and create healthy and natural beauty products with this outstanding book on how to make your own organic cosmetics.

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About the Author

Gill Farrer-Halls is the author of several books. She frequently teaches aromatherapy for Neal's Yard Remedies in Tokyo, Japan, and at the Lotte Rose School of Aromatherapy in London. Drawing on nearly 20 years experience of Buddhist meditation, professional writing, and aromatherapy practice, she gives talks and workshops on writing, meditation, and aromatherapy. She lives in Oxford, England.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Quarry Books (October 4, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592531083
• ISBN-13: 978-1592531080
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,203,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gill Farrer-Halls is a practicing Buddhist who has spent time studying in India and Nepal during her career. She has published several Buddhism-related books as well as those focused on alternative therapies. Besides writing, Gill is a producer for London's Meridian Trust Buddhist Film and Video Archive, and she teaches aromatherapy, meditation, and spiritual-awareness workshops. Artist and writer Robert Beer is well-known for his colorful and detailed illustrations. He has studied and practiced Tibetan art for more than 30 years. His works appear in several hundred books on Tibetan Buddhist art and religion.

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61 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing - not from scratch, November 22, 2006

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Suzanne "Suzanne" (Newtown, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Make Your Own Organic Cosmetics: Face Masks, Hair Rinses & Body Lotions: Recipes for Natural Beauty (Paperback)

The recipes assume you are starting with a basic lotion, shampoo or conditioner base. There are no recipes for these bases. Starting from a commercial base takes all of the fun out. There are many other books available that include the basic base recipes as well as the suggested additives. Try "Making Aromatherapy Creams & Lotions" by Donna Maria if you want some serious recipes.

46 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Explore Your Natural Beauty, October 11, 2005

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Lilac Lily (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Make Your Own Organic Cosmetics: Face Masks, Hair Rinses & Body Lotions: Recipes for Natural Beauty (Paperback)

This book provides a nice introduction to organic cosmetics that you can easily prepare at home. It starts out by explaining all the reasons why home-made cosmetics are much healthier for you and how your skin benefits from natural ingredients only.
The book contains many beautiful pictures and the recipes are well written so they are easy to follow.With each recipe there is an explaination about the specific benefits for using it.
The only flaw that I found though is the list of the cosmetic product suppliers. First of all there aren't any websites, which I believe in this day and age is an absolute must. And when I tried to research the companies over the internet I couldn't find any of them. So that left me with the question where in the world I could get a "cream or lotion base" from, which is something many of the recipes call for.
But over all it is a very nice book!Reading it makes you want to jump right into mixing your own cosmetic line.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars sparce info on the basic recipes, September 11, 2006

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Amanda Leigh Messbarger "amanda" (san francisco, ca) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Make Your Own Organic Cosmetics: Face Masks, Hair Rinses & Body Lotions: Recipes for Natural Beauty (Paperback)

I bought this book hoping to learn how to make basic skin care products, only to discover that the vast majority of recipes call for a "lotion base" or the like. The book does not give instructions on how to make a "lotion base" and the list of suppliers was pretty grim.
She does seem to have a very keen sense of fragrance combination and the photos are fun but overall it did not provide much useful info about making skin-care products from scratch.