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

Electronic weighing scales (mine are vintage and manual yet precise—for the fun of it) Glass measuring glass Gas or electric ov ...

Nouveau movement, which can been seen in the luxurious black packaging and gold etchings.” Preserving Your DIY Skin Care A rule ...

(the maker of Dr. Hauschka), and Primavera are famous for their lavish gardens. If they need to use a plant that grows in exotic ...

of any kind, and artificial fragrances. Ideally, the carrier lotion should contain as few ingredients as possible. When you come ...

your own products from scratch, or being a bit of a tailor, making sure that this particular product perfectly suits your needs— ...

decreasing skin inflammation. Earlier studies showed that alpha-lipoic acid could increase cellular energy, decrease UV-induced ...

skin tolerates arnica very well, and I find it an effective pain-relieving addition to massage creams. Avocado (Persea americana ...

daily for one week (Elmore 2003). Long-term effects of exposure to aluminum salt in facial masks and creams are as yet unknown. ...

Castor Oil This plant seed oil is derived from castor beans (Ricinus communis). It is rich in ricinoleic, oleic, and linoleic ac ...

with age. Coenzyme Q10 is a popular cosmetic ingredient, but many antiaging products contain too little of this chemical to make ...

accurately.” If, despite the risks, you choose to use DMAE in your DIY skin preparations, you should add it in strictly recommen ...

An extract of this plant has been traditionally used to stimulate the healing of ulcers and skin injuries, and to strengthen ski ...

such upscale skin care brands as Teamine and RéVive, but you can prepare your own potent antioxidant green tea blends by adding ...

Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) Jojoba seeds contain liquid wax, commonly called jojoba oil, which is chemically closest to the sk ...

This amino acid, commonly contained in energy drinks and weightloss supplements, was recently found to promote hair growth. Scie ...

offers 100 times better protection from singlet oxygen than vitamin E. Lycopene is sold in health food stores and online. You ca ...

peppermint oil and extracts safe for use in cosmetics. Pomegranate (Punica granatum) Antioxidant-rich pomegranate fruit is one o ...

petals by German scientists in 2006. This makes rose oil and rose water valuable ingredients in any green beauty preparation. Sa ...

Soy (Glycine Soja) Soy is one of the mainstays of green beauty, and it’s the only basic ingredient that should always be certifi ...

Beta-carotene is effective as a protective measure against melasma because it changes the chemical mechanism of skin pigment cel ...