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

beauty experts seem to have mixed feelings about toners. Some say that this beauty category is so yesterday, it should be sold a ...

Skin fresheners, or classic toners, usually contain a small percentage of alcohol. They are most suitable for use in warmer mont ...

distilled water with a small percentage of plant extracts. Mineral water by itself can make a wonderful and inexpensive toner. A ...

drawback is the scent: the toner contains too many essential oils, such as lavender, orange, patchouli, geranium, and mandarin, ...

alternatives. This toner has a long shelf life. You can also use it to refresh your hair and to seal mineral makeup foundation. ...

chemical gunk in them. Green Chai Toner 3 organic green tea bags 5 drops organic tea tree oil 2 drops geranium oil 1 drop eucaly ...

Alternatively, add the ingredients one by one to the DIY preparation of your choice. To prepare a soothing toner for daily use, ...

This is a soothing lotion for skin that has been attacked by the wind and sun. The prepared toner may be frozen in ice-cube tray ...

a glass bottle with a spray top. To prolong the shelf life of your green tea toner, add a capsule of vitamin C or a few drops of ...

chapter 8 green home facials ...

as you saw in Chapter 1, your skin is constantly on the move. Skin cells are born deep in the skin’s lower layers, migrate to th ...

way my face looks after manual extractions, especially when they are done by a merciless aesthetician. They really know how to g ...

and work as a mask before you rinse it off with tepid water. Make green scrubs and nonabrasive exfoliating lotions a part of you ...

carotenoids, lutein, and lycopene), and organic extracts of oat, calendula, and licorice make this fluid lotion a good lightweig ...

tablespoon in the palm of your hand, massage gently into the skin, rinse off with lukewarm water, and pat your skin dry. Breakfa ...

Meanwhile, crush the aspirin tablets, crack open the gingko biloba extract capsule, and blend with rice bran or baby rice flake ...

1 organic free-range egg white 1 drop chamomile oil Yield: 5 ounces This mask works as a temporary lift while deep-cleansing and ...

The name of this mask comes from the fresh, sea-breezy scent of a fresh cucumber. I recommend using organic cucumber in this mas ...

important event. Cleanse. Wash your face with your regular cleanser. Rinse thoroughly with lukewarm water and blot dry with a ...

the eye area. Let the salt remain on your skin for five minutes. Tone. Now saturate a cotton ball or gauze in ice-cold mineral ...