• Contains recipes for treatments for hair, skin, body, hands, feet, mouth, ears and eyes • Includes perfumes and fragrances • Clear, simple, step-by-step instructions • Written by experts at Neal's Yard Remedies, one of the world's leading research-based natural health and beauty companies • Contains authoritative glossaries of both natural ingredients and the chemical ingredients used in commercial cosmetics • Useful addresses including UK, US and Australian complementary health organizations • Established reference book and source of ideas – now fully revised and updatedNeal's Yard Remedies is one of the UK's leading natural health and beauty companies. Founded by Romy Fraser in 1981, it leads the way in organically sourced, scientificallyresearched products designed to promote health, happiness and well-being in ways which also benefit the planet. In this book, the founder of NYR reveals the fruits of years of company research which explains how to create the cosmetics at home. With step-by-step instructions, the book contains a whole range of skin and body treatments, including shampoos, hair dyes, cleansers, moisturizers, toothpastes, hand and nail creams, body scrubs, perfumes and fragrances, and many more. Making beauty products at hom means that the ingredients used can be controlled, and – with experience – creams, lotions and other products can be tailored to suit individual skin types. This is a fully revised and updated edition of a book first published in 1997 and now well-established as a standard work of reference.