Weldon Owen Hello Glow: Natural Beauty Recipes for a Fresh New You

Though I have been a vegetarian for over 20 years and try to both eat plant based and exercise, I have long had that niggling thought that I should also be paying more attention to what beauty products I use as the skin is the largest organ in the body and one that is likely exposed to the most toxins. I am pretty good about using essential oils, Epsom salts and more recently natural body butters; but I also get rather peeved at the rather high prices charged for small quantities and the rather hit and miss nature of natural products so I decided to give this book a go as a roadmap to get started into making more own beauty items - giving me more control on what goes into them and cost. The book is a nice compact size yet contains over 150 recipes and is comprehensive covering face, body and hair. It begins with some rather useful basics –starting with staples to have at hand when making your own beauty items. I was really happy to discover that I have many of them and the others can be sourced really easily and inexpensively from right here on Amazon such as cocoa butter, Shea butter, apple cider vinegar. It then goes into shelf life, ingredients to avoid and a really useful guide to assembling a toolkit, building your own beauty herb garden and identifying skin types. The first thing I really loved was the face mists and toner -I have been paying a small fortune for these from brands like Herbivore and Fig& Yarrow; and though the recipes product a potion that will only last 7-10 days, they are super quick to make, cheap and work as well if not better! I also love there are step by step guides such as a “simple at home facial”. I was also excited to see a quick and easy turmeric face mask using on 4 ingredients that I already have: yogurt, oats, turmeric, honey with little surprises thrown in such as recipes for a turmeric smoothie and easy golden milk! There are recipes for makeup, lip balms, herbal body wraps, and scrubs, body oil including things you could make for yourself or things you can gift. The hair section is a lifesaver…as a swimmer, with an aversion to those nasty swim caps, I have dry hair which currently loves the triple threat conditioner -and it’s saving me a bundle over my usual branded argan oil mask. It features key ingredients such as coconut oil, coffee and avocado….it’s such a comprehensive book! The guides are simple and easy to follow so it is something we are having fun doing as a family; and the pictures are stunning. Finally this is a book that uses easy to find ingredients and simple steps for those of use that are time compromised and want quick and easy ways of using natural ingredients for beauty! Love it!

Es un manual rápido y corto para quienes buscan una forma saludable de cosmética. Esta muy enfocado en mascarillas y limpiezas cremas, no contiene maquillaje como tal, pero igual las recetas traen cosas que están en casa.

Wonderful book, truly unique recipes and beautiful photography throughout the book. I've made a lot of the recipes already and I'd recommend this book to anyone who loves to make their own beauty products or anyone who is interested in cutting out all the chemicals from their life. Some of the ingredients can be tricky to find, but health food stores will be a great start for many of the recipes.

This second hand book was still in good condition and is a super book for creating your own natural skin and hair products.

Love this book. Such good information on natural beauty. Tons of recipes that are easy to make. Highly recommend buying if you want to start making natural products.