The Green Beauty Guide: Your Essential Resource to Organic and Natural Skin Care, Hair Care, Makeup, and Fragrances

Combine ingredients in a bowl and whisk. Be sure you use enough oil so that you thoroughly moisten the salt and the buttermilk o ...

1 cup dried rose petals Yield: 4 ounces This blend soothes dry, wind-blasted skin and aching muscles better than a Swedish massa ...

This versatile bath blend can be used to soothe itchy skin, sunburns, and rashes. I used this blend to bathe my newborn daughter ...

to make a large batch of this Florida state-pie scrub, skip the egg yolk and add three drops of grapefruit seed extract. Squeez ...

Blend all the ingredients in a china bowl. Wet yourself thoroughly in the shower. Rub the scrub over your body using your hands. ...

1 ounce grape seed oil 2 drops clary sage essential oil 2 drops mandarin essential oil 2 drops chamomile essential oil 1 drop yl ...

blood? All these were uncomfortable and probably dumb questions. I knew I would never learn exactly what had entered my bloodstr ...

Try health supplements. There are many health supplements that are believed to have an effect on cellulite. These include coenzy ...

Green Hair Removal Most women prefer to shave their unwanted hair, but there are many other options that will leave you silky sm ...

Green Sugar Wax 2 cups organic brown sugar (any type) ½ cup filtered water ½ cup steeped chamomile tea 2 tablespoons freshly squ ...

Green Soothing Spray ½ cup freshly steeped organic green tea 1 cup freshly steeped chamomile tea 2 tablespoons fresh aloe vera j ...

2 teaspoons lemon juice ¼ teaspoon sodium hydroxide (available at most home improvement stores) Yield: 4 ounces This blend was i ...

There are some wonderful all-natural hand creams on the market. Weleda, Jurlique, Logona, Dr. Hauschka, Suki Naturals and many m ...

1 cup baking soda ½ cup cornstarch ¼ cup Epsom salt ½ cup citric acid ½ cup purified water 5 drops peppermint essential oil 5 dr ...

Remember how good it feels to wrap your hands in warm, pliable wax and let nutrients penetrate the skin as it gets softer? You c ...

I have seen a very pregnant lady practically bathing in a cloud of formaldehyde as she was having her nails painted bright red. ...

chapter 12 green hair care ...

The human hair is stronger than nylon, aluminum, or copper fiber of the same size, yet it often behaves as a fussy, ill-tempered ...

panel organized and sponsored by the cosmetic industry declared them safe for use. Also, steer clear of cocoamide diethanolamine ...

I would love to say that making your own shampoo is easy, but it isn’t. It certainly can be done, but it’s nearly impossible to ...