Natural Body Care: More than 60 Simple Techniques to Enhance Your Health & Beauty

Moisturizers, shampoo, hair conditioners, and even hair dye can be formulated easily at home with this guide to natural beauty productsa revelation for those who have always sought such essentials in the drugstore aisle. Offering a health-enhancing break from detergents, lye, and harsh chemicals, this guide also emphasizes the usefulness of being able to customize soaps and lotions to a particular skin type and the fun of experimenting with various combinations of herbs for a face mask or an after-bath cologne. Advising that herbal baths should have a prominent role in a natural beauty routine, instructions are included for herbal bath bags, infusions, and decoctions, as well as herbal foot and steam baths.