Fresh Faced Beauty

The one-stop beauty recipe bible for natural skincare and cosmetics.

When model Alex Brennan discovered that conventional, chemical-laden hair treatments could be contributing to her sudden hair loss, she started cooking up natural recipes for shampoo and conditioner in her kitchen. Using these handmade products her hair soon grew back. Alex's friends and family became interested and she started creating and testing new products with them in mind. Many of her friends in the...
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The one-stop beauty recipe bible for natural skincare and cosmetics.

When model Alex Brennan discovered that conventional, chemical-laden hair treatments could be contributing to her sudden hair loss, she started cooking up natural recipes for shampoo and conditioner in her kitchen. Using these handmade products her hair soon grew back. Alex's friends and family became interested and she started creating and testing new products with them in mind. Many of her friends in the fashion industry (models, make-up artists etc) began using her products both on the job and at home, and Alex now sells her popular bath and beauty lines via her online shop The Model Handmade.

Alex is passionate about all-natural, healthy, environmentally friendly beauty, and shows you how easy it is to make your essential products at home using simple ingredients that can be found at your local supermarket or health-food store. The book is divided into 3 main areas: Skin Care, Bathroom Essentials and Cosmetics.

Skin Care: Learn how to identify your own skin type, then create personalised core products to cleanse, tone and moisturise, before rustling up the finishing touches to your skin care regime including blemish busters, exfoliants, serums, face masks and more.

Bathroom Essentials: Master homemade hygiene with a collection of recipes for soaps and body washes, hand lotions, body butters, deodorants, haircare, dental care, foot scrubs, bubble bath and beyond.

Cosmetics: Give your cosmetics kit a complete makeover with recipes for foundation, concealer, bronzer, blusher, eye shadow, eyeliner, mascara, lipstick, lip gloss, self tanner, perfume, nail polish, hair spray, anti-shine powder and everyday and evening essentials to enhance your natural beauty.

You'll also find advice and recipes for mature skin, simple fridge-to-face solutions for beauty emergencies, grooming recipes for men, great gift ideas and advice on savvy items to keep in your store cupboard.

Whether you want to whip up a simple homemade moisturiser, a honey oatmeal scrub, a rosehip facial serum, a lemongrass shampoo bar or an all-natural lipstick, this book makes sure that your kitchen is the only cosmetics counter you'll ever need to visit.