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

by Gill Farrer-Halls (Author) "This knowledge emphasizes that what you put on your face and skin is as important as what you eat..." (more)
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Product Description
Natural and organic is the buzz in cosmetics. Even for over-the-counter products, everyone from Gwyneth Paltrow to Jack Nicholson is going organic when is comes to beauty. This beautiful book shows you how to make your own handcrafted, organic makeup using essential oils and other natural ingredients. Lush Origins, the Body Shop, Kiehl?s, and Neal?s Yard are all packed with customers eager to find the next organic facial mask, rejuvenating skin cream, deodorant, or body lotion. With this book you can personalize your beauty regimen without standing in line. The Organic Face Book feature a range of recipes for quick and easy daily products: face cleansers, eye cleansers, toners, moisturizing creams and gels, cold cream cleanser, hand cream, body lotion, lip balm, face masks, rejuvenating treatments, liquid shampoos, hair bars, conditioners, rinses, hair nourishing treatments, deodorants, mouthwashes, aftershaves, and eye baths.

About the Author
Gill Farrer-Halls is a writer and 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; illustrated edition edition (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.com Sales Rank: #529,518 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.

45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Lilac Lily "Book Lover" (Florida, USA) - See all my reviews

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.

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Amanda Leigh Messbarger "amanda" (san francisco, ca) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.