Natural Body Care Books
We have searched the horizon in pursuit of fine books and educational tools that encourage and foster herbal living. Each and every offering was handpicked as a staff favorite and we wholeheartedly recommended them to you.
200 Tips, Techniques & Recipes for Natural Beauty
- By Shannon Buck, 2014 (softcover, 144 pages)
Author Shannon Buck teaches you how to create your own organic beauty care products with her beautifully illustrated 200 Recipes for Natural Beauty. Create delightful lotions and potions in your own kitchen using herbs and flowers. Discover conditioning carrier oils, sumptuous butters, aromatic floral extracts, and essential oils that will nourish you from head to toe.
Coconut Oil for Health and Beauty
- By Cynthia and Laura Holzapfel, 2004 (softcover, 127 pages)
With detailed information on everything to do with coconut oil, from benefits to recipes, and insightful facts, authors Cynthia and Laura Holzapfel will teach you all about this fantastic oil with their book Coconut Oil for Health and Beauty. Includes over 20 recipes for coconut use in culinary and body care recipes.
Creating an Herbal Bodycare Business
- By Sandy Maine, 1999 (softcover, 155 pages)
In Creating an Herbal Bodycare Business, author Sandy Maine shares her own experience and philosophy of building a successful body care company, as well as stories from other business owners who work with their hands and minds to enrich the health and wellbeing of others.
Earthly Bodies Heavenly Hair
- By Dina Falconi, 1998 (softcover, 241 pages)
Earthly Bodies Heavenly Hair is a master herbalist's take on natural personal care. Author Dina Falconi explores the perspective of beauty in partnership with nature.
Green Beauty Recipes
- By Julie Gabriel, 2010 (softcover, 243 pages)
Green Beauty Recipes contains more than 250 recipes and step-by-step techniques that author Julie Gabriel has utilized in her own organic skin care business. Free of artificial ingredients and based on traditional beauty wisdom, these recipes are equally suitable for green beauty enthusiasts as well as professional beauty practitioners.
Hello Glow
- By Stephanie Gerber, 2016 (hardcover, 151 pages)
Hello Glow shows you how to make fresh bath and cosmetic recipes at home. Brought to you by the popular DIY beauty and wellness website of the same name, Stephanie Gerber, creator and editor of the blog and this collection, believes the journey to wellbeing can be simple and beautiful, natural and stylish.
Herbs for Natural Beauty
- By Rosemary Gladstar, 2014 (softcover, 121 pages)
Rosemary Gladstar shares over 30 recipes using herbs, essential oils, and other natural ingredients, to create gentle formulas for your whole body. From cleansers, serums, elixirs, shampoos, and beyond, Herbs for Natural Beauty presents readers with everything you'll need to pamper yourself and your loved ones.
Making Love Potions
- By Stephanie Tourles, 2016 (softcover, 175 pages)
In Making Love Potions, author Stephanie Tourles shows you how to to stimulate the senses and bring closeness to any bond. Kindle passion in your relationship and inspire intimacy as Tourles playfully presents 64 easy recipes for natural body oils, balms, tonics, bath blends, and sweet treats to share with your special someone.
Natural Hair Coloring
- By Christine Shahin, 2016 (softcover, 183 pages)
Natural hair care expert Christine Shahin shows you how to use nontoxic pigments from henna, indigo, amla, and cassia to color your hair in her book Natural Hair Coloring.
Naturally Bug Free
- By Stephanie Tourles, 2016 (softcover, 175 pages)
With the book Naturally Bug Free learn to protect yourself, children, pets, and your home from bugs without using chemicals! Herbalist and author Stephanie Tourles provides 75 recipes using herbs, essential oils, and other natural ingredients to create formulas that deter pesky insects.
Organic Body Care Recipes
- By Stephanie Tourles, 2007 (softcover, 377 pages)
Discover the joy and fun of crafting your own personalized body care products with Organic Body Care Recipes. Author Stephanie Tourles provides 175 recipes using herbs and other natural ingredients that nourish, pamper, cleanse, and protect the skin without using irritating or harmful chemicals.
Power of the Seed
- By Susan M. Parker, 2014 (softcover, 321 pages)
Power of the Seed: Your Guide to Oils for Health and Beauty is an incredible reference guide to the world of carrier oils. Herbalist and author Susan M. Parker thoughtfully details the history, usage, and structure of over 90 carrier oils. This book offers extensive profiles, DIY recipes, as well as suggested uses for each oil.
Pure Soapmaking
- By Anne-Marie Faiola, 2016 (hardcover, 239 pages)
In Pure Soapmaking, author Anne-Marie Faiola shows you how to craft beautiful, nourishing soaps in the comfort of your home. This collection of 32 recipes ranges from simple castile bars to intricate swirls, embeds, marbled, and layered looks. Step-by-step photography guides you through every stage of cold-process soapmaking.