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Home apothecary with Ashley English : all you need to know to create natural health and body care products / Ashley English.

Summary:

Ditch store-bought health and wellness products and skip synthetic ingredients and chemicals. Ashley English shares all she's learned about creating a natural home apothecary and a carefully curated collection of her tried-and-true recipes. Using equipment and ingredients that are easy to find, tackle a dry scalp with the help of a simple apple cider vinegar rinse, whip up a gentle four-ingredient hand sanitizer, and make a stress-relieving tincture from freshley picked lemon balm and roses. There's also information on where to source high-quality materials, the benefits of her chosen ingredients, and safety guidelines. With this friendly and practical guide, you'll soon fill your cabinet with useful and easy-to-make products."-- Back cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781454710745
  • ISBN: 1454710748
  • Physical Description: ix, 118 pages ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Lark, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The basics. Why DIY? -- Ingredients -- Equipment -- Safety guidelines -- Natural body. Apple cider vinegar rinse -- Rosemary hair oil -- Pumpkin mask -- Easy baking soda exfoliant -- Everyday face oil -- Rosewater toner -- Peel-off charcoal mask -- Honey body scrub -- Milk of magnesia deodorant -- Pucker pacifier lip balm -- Blissful bath salts -- Bath oil -- Royal milk bath -- Bath fizzy -- Hand salve -- Brown sugar foot scrub -- High & dry baby powder -- Bottoms up diaper cream -- Baby massage oil -- Natural health. Elderbeerry & honey syrup -- Mustard bath -- Fire cider -- Hot honey -- Full steam ahead inhalation -- Catch your breath cough syrup -- Decongestant balm -- Soothing spiced cough drops -- Bugs away insect repellent -- Boo boo goo -- Sunburn soother -- Germ-busting hand sanitizer -- Sleep salve -- Lemon balm & rose drops -- Electrolyte replenisher -- Tummy tea -- Healthy mouth tooth powder -- Pearly whites tooth whitener -- Feeling fresh mouthwash -- Doggone odor eliminator -- Happy days flea repellent.
Subject: Traditional medicine > Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.
Cosmetics.

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