Plant-Powered Beauty: The Essential Guide to Using Natural Ingredients for Health, Wellness, and Personal Skincare (with 50-plus Recipes)

This book doesn't stand out in any way from similar books I've read. For me, I want either a really simple book on local, garden, household recipes, or I want to go full in on the science. If you are wanting to level up from kitchen concoctions this is probably a good baby step.One thing that I would have liked to see here is a discussion on Castile soap, which is used in most of the facial cleansers. Castile soap has a pH of 9 - 11 whereas facial skin has a pH of 4-5. I don't see anything in the recipes countering this or any points on why it doesn't matter. I know Dr. Bronner's has come up with a rebuttal on that, but I'm not fully convinced, and it's in their business' interest for it to be fine.Also, with other ingredients there is a lot of discussion about the quality of the ingredients but Castile soap is left wide open. Traditional, pure Castile soap is made with 100% olive oil. Many commercial Castile soaps (like Dr. Bronner's) are not actually Castile soap, but what is colloquially called "bastile" soap (bastardized) Castile. They are made with more than one kind of oil. Dr Bronner's has coconut, palm, olive, hemp, and jojoba oils and is likely the default oil for many consumers. Different oil ratios means there is a different product components. Does none of this matter for the recipes?I also wondered why grapeseed oil wasn't listed as a carrier oil?Almost every recipe has an ingredient that will need to be purchased. Prepare to shop!I guess I was just wanting more.

Plant-Powered Beauty is an excellent textbook style educational/tutorial on making your own beauty products at home. Unlike many DIY beauty books, this doesn't just give a bunch of recipes with a few tidbits about the ingredients. Instead it goes into very in-depth detail about each ingredient and how it effects our skin/hair. Once we are given a full understand of the ingredients we'll be using it goes on to share some absolutely delicious skin care recipes. This is an excellent book to keep handy for anyone interested in at home beauty, whether it be their first time or they're looking to expand on prior knowledge.

This book is Amazing! Very helpful for not only creating items but why those ingredients are used and their properties aswell!

This book has been so helpful in my natural skincare journey, It us so packed full of information it was thorough and if your like myself someone who is Offering skincare services you can never be to well versed in how natural products affect the skin, amazing book all around.