Health & Wellbeing

Do it yourself pure plant skin care ~ by Stubbin, Carolyn
	Learn how to make customised aromatheraphy and herbal skin care preparations to suit each skin type and to treat various skin conditions. Step by step instructions are given to ensure your preparations are successful. Information on herbs, essential oils, clays and natural preservatives is included. Recipes include creams, ointments, gels, herbal extracts, cleansers, toners, moisturers, masks, exfoliants, perfumes, bath preparations, hair care and much more! DIY Pure Plant Skin Care is a reference book as well as a practical guide for naturopaths, aromatherapists, beauty therapists and those of you who like ot make your own pure plant skin care preparations at home. Chapters: Introduction: Basics, Raw Ingredients, Aromatherapy, Herbal Preprations, Ointments and Balms, Gels and Emulsions Face: Skin Types and Conditions, Cleansers, Toners, Moisturisers, Facial Treatment Oils, Lip Balms, Eye creams and eye gels, Facial steaming, masks, scrubs and exfoliants. Soap: Introduction, Basic Soap Making, Hand-Milled Soaps, Glycerin Soaps, Simple Plant Soaps Body: Body washes, body scrubs, body masks, body moisturisers, massage preparations, deodorants, insect repellents, hair removal, sun, talcs, hands and feet Baths: Bath preparations Perfumes: Fragrant Hamony, Creating perfumes Hair: Hair and scalp ingredients, hair shampoos, hair conditioners, hair and scalp treatments, hair styling, hair colours