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MORE >Natural Homemade Beauty
90 Recipes for Skin, Hair and Home
Format:
Hardback ISBN: 9781849948760
Hardback publication date: 14 March 2024
Category: Lifestyle
Hardback price:
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14.99
eBook ISBN: 9781849949330
eBook publication date: 14 March 2024
Category: Lifestyle
eBook price: £
9.99
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A beautifully designed instructive guide to creating luxurious, safe and effective beauty products using ingredients from nature.
In this charming book you’ll discover how to prepare an abundant range of products using plants and flowers, many of which you’ll be able to find around you or grow yourself. It includes comprehensive, easy-to-follow recipes for:
- Rich moisturising cream with daisy extract
- Camomile based shampoo for glossy hair
- Sugar and honey body scrub
- Ginger oil for blemish control
You will find a wealth of other delights such as body butter, hair conditioner, lip balm, deodorant, bath oil and even toothpaste. Also included is a selection of fragrance products for your home, such as a lavender and pine room spray made with vodka.
Each easy-to-follow recipe gives a complete description of the product-making process so you can’t go wrong. There are handy visual guides to the plants you’ll be using, accompanied by ravishing photography. Armed with this book you’ll be able to create a whole beauty counter of products, both for yourself and for gifting, and you’ll save money too!
ABOUT THE Author
Leoniek Bontje grew up in a green environment in North Holland with a forest and beach within walking distance and is now a herbalist and wild forager who is passionate about sharing her extensive knowledge of plants and their uses. Leoniek spent 4 years training to become a herbalist following the publication of her first book, Foraging. She has since authored books on using plants as medicine, creating a herbarium, and using plants for cosmetics. She currently works as an herbalist, teaches workshops, writes books about herbalism and offers advice on how to create edible and medicinal gardens. She lives in The Netherlands.
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REVIEWS
'Save money and the planet with this charming guide to creating luxurious beauty products.’
The Bookseller
‘Natural Homemade Beauty exemplifies the beauty of simplicity, urging us to reconsider our approach to self-care and embrace the treasures that nature provides.’
Wellbeing Magazine
‘ A colourful read.’
The Chatty Gardener
‘Armed with this book, you can create a whole beauty counter of products in no time, both for yourself and for gifting.’
Blumenhaus Magazine
This book is a must for those who would like to use clean ingredients on their skin and enjoy the process of making your own products’
The Herb Society
Anyone who loves natural skincare {…} will find true love with this beautiful yet very practical book.’
Psychologies Magazine
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