Pure Skin: Organic Beauty Basics

This book is amazing for anyone one that works in the skin care business. As an up and coming herbalist I have been looking for recipes for natural skin care products for my store. Most of the organic skin care books that I have purchase have recipes that are made with food products that have no shelf life and have to be discarded after every application. I don't know about you but I can't run to the kitchen to whip up a facial scrub every time I need to clean my face. This book has many recipes that have a shelf life and are simple and easy to make. The books starts with explaining the author's "skin personalities", not just normal, dry and oily, then goes into the recommended essential oils, vegetal oils and herbal extracts that are best for each skin personalities. This is also the first book I have come across that talks about good skin starts from the inside. It discusses how to detox the body, what foods, herbs and vitamins are best for clarifying the skin. I usually go through my herbal book highlighting them for future reference. I can't bring myself to put one mark in this book. It is so beautifully designed and the photos are gorgeous. The author should be very proud.

Beautiful looking book with lovely pictures. I like how the book is organized. First giving you general information about skin health, different ingredients and essential oils and recipes. I like how each recipe is coded by skin condition. I would have liked to have more information on shelf life with some of the recipes. Some do say for immediate use, and some mention to store in the refrigerator, but I would liked to have seen EVERY recipe note how long a shelf life it has, in or out of the frig. Also would like to see more recipes that have a shelf life and are not just single use. All in all a lovely useful book.

Pure Skin is a book everyone should have whether you are an esthetician, like myself, or someone who is interested in the simple "tricks" for beautiful skin. This book has some very basic knowledge of skin, enough for anyone to get familiar with how it works, what is good or bad for it and how to fix concerns about it with ingredients in your own kitchen. I, myself, have experimented with "Kitchen beauty" and can appreciate the pureness of products I put on my skin. In a world where the cosmetic industry is not regulated, it's a blessing to come across a book that cares bout your overall well being, that opens your eyes to some fun and efficient, as well as economical ways to get the job done!

No revelations. The information is basic but there are some recipes I'll probably try. It's a pretty book with lovely pictures.

Five skin personalities with regimens, natural skincare recipes, and charts, all color-coded for those personalities, are helpful, along with lists of ingredients explained and beauty foods and practices. I would recommend it even though it was published in 2005. I found it in our library and bought it for myself.

The book has permanent pen writing notations above the recipes and has a slight tobacco smell. Other than that, the book did appear to be a vintage, almost, "like new" as stated. Perhaps a condition downgrade to "very good" or "good" might have been more appropriate so as not to disappoint. Sellers, please page through your books carefully and advertise accordingly. Thank you!

I have owned this book since 2007 - I have two copies actually. My friend who liked to make her own skincare recommended this to me and I am so thankful. I have made pretty much every recipe in this book and its always a winner. so beautiful! as gifts everyone loves the products. The foot balm and hand creams are so lovely and the facial serums are divine. When I do a "cleanse" I always refer back to this book for its gentle detox. This is a classic. would highly recommend.

This book exceeded my expectations! I have several books on organic skin care and similar subjects but none of them are as simple and rational as this one. The author explains skin & skin "types" in very different & unique way providing excellent reference guides with tables, descriptions, links & many other resources for the reader to be able to expand his research... Best thing is it goes beyond conventional skin care recommending foods, nutritional supplements, herbs,etc. for each specific skin type or condition to be treated in a truly holistic way.