The Natural Beauty Recipe Book

Book excerpt: The Natural Beauty Recipe Book includes easy-to-make, homemade herbal recipes for the whole body. If you suffer from dry or oily skin, eczema, blemishes, or other common skin issues, trying out the natural recipes in this book may make a world of difference for you. Plus, replacing synthetic products with natural ones is better for your health, environment, and even your wallet! This book begins with a chapter outlining the different ingredients that you'll need in your home supply: oils, butters, waxes, essential oils, botanicals, and more. The rest of the book is broken into five chapters of simple beginner recipes for natural beauty. Scrubs, Lotions, & Potions covers exfoliating sugar and salt scrubs for your whole body, as well as homemade lotion, toner, face masks and even a portable hand sanitizer. Balms and Butters covers the basics of making balms like lip balm, cuticle repair, solid perfume, as well as body butter and even an all natural vapor rub recipe for cold and flu season. Tub Time! takes us to the bath with herbal salts, bath bombs, tub teas, melts, and soaks to soothe and repair tired bodies and minds. Many of these also make fantastic homemade gifts. Summer skin needs a little bit extra love and you'll find it in the chapter on Summer Skin Care. From sunscreen lip balm and sunburn lotion to bug sprays and insect bite relief, this chapter pampers your skin in every way under the sun.