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

conditioner, which is applied after the shampoo, left on to penetrate a minute or two, and then rinsed off. There are also leave ...

Neutral henna is an excellent toner for oily scalps that are prone to dandruff. Prepare a quick hair mask with neutral (uncolore ...

yolk with one tablespoon (or two squirts) of castile soap. Blend them briskly in the palm of your hand and rub into your hair im ...

and areas of itchiness. Leave on for ten minutes for intensive conditioning. Rinse thoroughly and shampoo as usual. Use a leav ...

Apply the mask on freshly cleansed hair, leave on for five minutes, and rinse off with tepid water. You can store this mask in ...

solutions for oily hair section will certainly help. If you have a few minutes of spare time and a head of limp, lifeless locks ...

home. Just mix a tablespoon of fine sea salt in a cup of water and add a drop or two of your favorite essential oil. Peppermint, ...

The process of dyeing hair at home is so familiar that we don’t even look at the instructions. We assume we know everything abou ...

A large population-based case-control study at the Centre for Study and Cancer Prevention, Florence, Italy, in 2005 found an ass ...

that cancer-causing ingredients are found in all conventional hair dyes currently on sale in the United States, Canada, and the ...

Henna is the only colorant to have been safety-approved by the FDA. Unfortunately, it doesn’t always produce the expected hair s ...

This rinse will bring beautiful highlights to naturally fair hair or revive your existing highlights for a sunny, summery look. ...

Yield: 4 ounces Word of caution: Do not use this blend if you have highlights. Use only if your hair is relatively uniform in co ...

chapter 13 green baby care ...

how many times have you walked through the baby section of a drugstore cooing over all those cute, adorable, teddy-bear adorned ...

Paraben and other preservatives. A baby’s hormonal system is not yet mature, and hormone disruptors can cause irreparable damage ...

particularly hard, you can alternate water-only baths with foam or herbal baths. And use a mild cleanser to wash soiled cloth di ...

½ cup marigold flowers ½ cup dried sage leaves Yield: 4 ounces This is a traditional Russian recipe that we used to soothe redne ...

Yield: 4 ounces You can use muslin or pieces of organic cotton to make reusable bath pouches. Cut 4-inch by 8- inch fabric recta ...

polypropylene (plastic #5) food storage container would be suitable, too. You can find such containers in most discount stores a ...