Creating Your Own Cosmetics - Naturally: The Alternative to Today's Harmful Cosmetic Products

By Nikolaus J. Smeh

Millions of people every year have allergic reactions to name-brand lotions and creams. This book shows consumers how they can avoid using today's harmful cosmetic products by creating their own skin... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0963775510
• ISBN13: 9780963775511
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Alliance Publishing Company, div. of Internat
• Length: 271 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Useful info. on making cosmetics and on cosmetic ingredients

Unlike most "make your own natural cosmetics" books, the recipes in this book call for things like "sorbitan monostearate" and "isosteroyl lactaylate." (Mail order sources are given in the back. You can also get the stuff at http://www.skincare-institute.com). Using the simple directions given in the book you can make shampoos, sunscreens, moisturizers, etc. Because the book includes extensive discussion of what various cosmetic ingredients are and what they do (both "chemical" and "natural") it would also make interesting reading for someone who is curious about just what they are putting on their face, and what the possible effects of those ingredients are. This would make a good companion book to Paula Begoun's book, _Blue Eyeshadow Should Absolutely Be Illegal_. I haven't tried any of the recipes yet, but I'm going to as soon as I can get the ingredients together. The recipes appear to be easy to follow.