Pure Skin: Organic Beauty Basics [Hardcover]

Barbara Close (Author), Gentl & Hyers (Photographer)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 26, 2005

Spa expert Barbara Close has created a holistic guide to beautiful skin, covering everything from organic products to detox to stress relief. In the tradition of her popular Spa Deck and Well Being, Pure Skin is a natural, no-nonsense approach to skin care. Demystifying beauty-industry hype, Close helps readers understand what makes their skin unique, how skin really functions, and how to make sense of the multisyllabic minefield that is a cosmetics label. With balance as a main ingredient, readers develop a skin-care regimen to suit their individual needs. Forty recipes for natural beauty treatments introduce luxurious alternatives to industrial products. Sensibleand accessiblesections on food and detox reveal simple and effective ways to nourish and restore skin from the inside out. Special attention is given to curatives such as homeopathy and Bach flower remedies, offering invaluable resources for those with hard-to-treat skin problems. Evocative photography and clear advice make this indispensable guide to naturally beautiful skin the next best thing to being born with it.

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About the Author

Barbara Close is the founder and president of Naturopathica, a full-service holistic spa and botanical skin-care line in East Hampton, New York. She has consulted on botanicals and ingredients for Procter & Gamble and Limited Brands.

Gentl & Hyers are photographers based in New York City. Their work has appeared in Real Simple , among other publications.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (May 26, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0811843483
• ISBN-13: 978-0811843485
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #453,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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39 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars holistic skin care at its best, July 13, 2006

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Michelle Rosales "esthetician" (new york) - See all my reviews
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I absolutely loved this book. I am an esthetician and getting into holistic facials. I've learned so much and share this book with many people. It explains skin type and what essential oils to use on what type. I also love the easy recipes.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book in AMAZING!, April 29, 2010

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T. Laffoon (Kansas City, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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This book is amazing for anyone one that works in the skin care business. As an up and coming herbalist I have been looking for recipes for natural skin care products for my store. Most of the organic skin care books that I have purchase have recipes that are made with food products that have no shelf life and have to be discarded after every application. I don't know about you but I can't run to the kitchen to whip up a facial scrub every time I need to clean my face. This book has many recipes that have a shelf life and are simple and easy to make.

The books starts with explaining the author's "skin personalities", not just normal, dry and oily, then goes into the recommended essential oils, vegetal oils and herbal extracts that are best for each skin personalities.

This is also the first book I have come across that talks about good skin starts from the inside. It discusses how to detox the body, what foods, herbs and vitamins are best for clarifying the skin.

I usually go through my herbal book highlighting them for future reference. I can't bring myself to put one mark in this book. It is so beautifully designed and the photos are gorgeous. The author should be very proud.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Resource, May 22, 2008

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L. M. Thomas "I Like Books" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pure Skin: Organic Beauty Basics (Hardcover)

The way that skin types are described in this book is one of the most inclusive and helpful set of definitions that I've come across.