Botanical Skin Care Recipe Book

Wow! This book is such a joy to read, there are beautiful illustrations on every page and the recipes are inspiring and approachable. I have been making my own soaps and cosmetics for a year now and am excited to make recipes from this book, it’s the best assortment that I’ve seen and it has variations of recipes from some of my favorite soap recipe sources! (Rosemary Gladstar, Jan Berry, Kelly Cable)

The book it’s beautiful. I feel like a fairy reading about herbal beauty when I’m reading this book! It is gorgeous. Easy to read and catchy, will make you want to keep reading & learning how to make your own beauty products but in a natural & healthy way!!! I truly dislike the beauty industry, and how much they try to sell us all “this magical” creams/shampoos etc. Influencers advertising the products that are full of chemicals and bad for our healths just for their own convenience $$$. So I am learning about herbalism and I came a cross a Herbalist youtuber that recommended this book and I ran to purchase it so definitely worth it!

Wife had this on her Christmas wish list. She’s enjoying finding new skin care recipes.

Love this book and love the recipes it has too.

I love this book so much. It has lots of helpful information, that is so easy to understand. With beautiful floral art on every page. I had to buy one for my cousin because she was obsessed with it. And now buying another one for a friend! Works for a great gift. I definitely recommend!

Great book. Tons of recipes and information! However, there are only recipes. If you are looking for formulations this book doesn't contain that. If you would like to, you can convert the recipes over to formulations by using some simple calculations. I typically convert the recipes into parts, then into percentages! Takes some maneuvering, but I think it's worth it.

I have been slowing making changes toward whole plant/home grown products in my home, including tinctures, decoctions, personal care products, cleaning products, etc. That means limiting my use of essential oils due to the high concentration of volatile compounds and my sensitivity to many of them. I was so disappointed to see so many recipes in this book that call for essential oils. Granted, some are listed as optional but several were not, especially those calling for some of the most expensive essential oils available like Melissa/Lemon Balm and Helichrysum. There are lots of good recipes in this book that call for products that are not locally found where I live. I was hoping that most would include plants that I could grow or forage on my own. Unfortunately, there are lots of products that need to be purchased to make many of these recipes. While this is a good book, it did not meet my expectations for a natural, available, and sustainable ingredient list. I regret this purchase for that fact.

The book is great, it has a lot of good information.

En fait, les recettes de ce livre sont obsolètes. On sait désormais que le savon de Castille ne convient pas comme ingrédient dans un shampoing car son pH est beaucoup trop élevé pour les cheveux. Les déodorants à base de bicarbonate de soude peuvent provoquer des irritations gênantes chez de nombreuses personnes. Il existe désormais de nombreuses alternatives. Les crèmes sont fabriquées à partir de cire d’abeille et la cire d’abeille n’est pas un émulsifiant. Une crème contient toujours de l'eau ou un hydrolat, sinon ce n'est pas « officiellement » une crème. Des erreurs sont également commises ici. La conservation est dite « facultative » ce qui n'est pas fait si vous réalisez une crème à base d'eau. Placer les produits au réfrigérateur n'offre pas une protection suffisante pour éviter la formation de moisissures. Les lotions sont composées à près de 100 % d’huiles ou de graisses, ce qui les rend très lourdes. Parfois, dans les recettes qui ne contiennent pas d'eau, il est néanmoins recommandé (« facultatif ») d'utiliser un conservateur, ce qui n'est pas nécessaire. La plupart des recettes proviennent d'autres sources. Les auteurs sont crédités, mais j'espère qu'ils ont également obtenu l'autorisation des auteurs. Le livre a l'air très joli, avec de beaux dessins.

Okay, so. 3rd edit. Sent a replacement book. All is well again. Really great book. I originally gave this 5 stars but I’ve had my book less than a day and my pages are falling out. Such a visually appealing, well layed out, chalk full of recipes for everything under the sun in a fairly compact book. I meant to just glance at it but escaped into reading and marking everything quick. So many recipes! I love it! An absolute must have. Just when I think maybe I have enough books and I couldn’t possibly find another fantastic book I do. I don’t even know how I found this. I think I was looking something else up. Only downside is no index. Which is useful looking things up by recipe more efficiently.

I'm disappointed with the lack of scientific wholistic knowledge that should guide a reader throughout this field of diy sustainability healing subject! It's so High School Level, I wanted and expected it to be more sophisticated !

Amé la forma como está diseñado, el contenido de calidad y la redacción. Las recetas geniales. Muy recomendable para principiantes en el mundo de cosmética natural.

Well-presented and full of interesting recipes. Love it!