- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Haldane Mason Ltd; 2nd edition (22 May 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1905339313
- ISBN-13: 978-1905339310
- Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 22 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 126,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a comprehensive and informative guide to natural remedies, recipes and routines for the whole body. Prepared in association with Neal's Yard Remedies (NYR), the UK's leading natural health and beauty company, it provides a brilliant selection of tried and tested NYR recipes for all manner of preparations - from shampoos and rinses to creams and balms; and it gives comprehensive advice on how to use essential oils to promote overall good health. 42 of the most commonly used oils are individually profiled and described in terms of their therapeutic and psychlolgical properties. Also includes expert advice on diet and exercise, both fundamental to looking good and feeling great
About the Author
Romy Fraser founded Neal's Yard Remedies in 1981 and was involved in creating many of the firm's recipes and products. Susan Curtis is a director of NYR today, a practising homoeopath and an expert on essential oils and natural medicine.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A good starting point for anyone interested in holistic skincare and aromatherapy,
By bluefairy (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Neal's Yard Remedies Natural Health and Body Care (Hardcover)
An attractive hardcover book, very well presented and laid out with colour photographs throughout. Despite the title it concentrates much more on body, skin and hair care than overall natural health. There is a short section at the beginning on holistic healthcare, with advice on food, a detox diet, vitamin and mineral chart, and a few t'ai chi type exercises to follow. However most of the book is dedicated to natural skin/hair care and essential oils.
There are quite a few easy-to-follow recipes to create your own cosmetics (plus herbal infusions/tinctures), eg mandarin lip balm, rose and almond hand cream, lavender and lemon moisturiser; I definatly intend trying quite a few of these! There is a brief section, with recipe, for making soap, but I think anyone wanting to make their own soap would be much better off with a proper soap-making book. The book also contains a glossary on 42 essential oils, with their therapeutic properties and suggestions for use. (For some reason this isn't placed in alphabetical order, which is a bit annoying when you're trying to quickly look up a particular oil!) There is also a glossary of cosmetic ingredients, if you're interested to know what's in your shampoo or face cream! Plus a glossary giving a brief description of the different alternative therapies. From what I can gather, it seems this book is something of a compiliation of Neal's Yard's previous publications. A great book (would make a lovely gift) for anyone who's interested in essential oils and how to use them, interested in having a go at making their own skin and haircare products, or is a fan of Neal's Yard! I would say it's not comprehensive enough for people who already make their own products and are looking for more recipes, or have in-depth knowledge of aromatherapy - more of a 'beginner's book' for people who are just starting out in this area, or have limited knowledge and want a good, basic reference book. I'm very pleased with it as I wanted to learn more about essential oils, and was also looking for a starting point for making my own skincare products, and for these two things it's perfect. I took off a star as it's not quite as comprehensive as it could be, and some might find the title a little misleading, as it is really about natural beauty and aromatherapy rather than natural health.
5.0 out of 5 stars
brilliant book,
A Kid's Review
This review is from: Neal's Yard Remedies Natural Health and Body Care (Hardcover)
For anyone interested in aromatheraphy like myself, i found this book to be very informative and easy to read. Its easy to find the sections you need as there color coded. lots of useful recipes on how to make your own cosmetics the natural way, this is the way forward for healthy skin produts without the chemical overload.
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