1. Return to Beauty: Old-World Recipes for Great Radiant Skin

Price: $16.50 at amazon.com

If you think about it, women have been making their own skincare products for thousands of years. Commercial products are a relatively new development. This book has an interesting twist – some of the recipes are based on your astrological sign!

2. The Complete Idiot´s Guide to Making Your Own Beauty Products

Price: $11.53 at amazon.com

It seems that there really is a Idiot´s Guide for everything! So if you want to know how to make your own skincare products, this could be a great place to start. The big companies may use technology, but you can just use simple recipes to make your own skincare products!

3. Organic Body Care Recipes

Price: $12.89 at amazon.com

Organic skincare is becoming even more popular with an increasing number of ranges on the market. And what could be more organic than making your own products? It might not be so easy to obtain organic ingredients locally, but mail order will do the trick!

4. Green Beauty Recipes

Price: $11.05 at amazon.com

Making your own skincare products is easy when there are more than 250 recipes to choose from! Or maybe you won´t know where to start, with so many organic goodies to pick from. You can make everything from hair masks (yes, hair needs pampering too) to anti-aging products to deodorant!

5. Making Natural Liquid Soaps

Price: $10.17 at amazon.com

I´m allergic to most soaps, and liquid soaps are a definite no-go for me! In fact, most shampoos and shower gels are out of the question as well. So this book sounds just what I´m looking for – no more hunting for that elusive product that I can use, and scrutinising labels!

6. The Natural Soap Chef

Price: $10.17 at amazon.com

From what I´ve read about soap-making, it is rather like cooking! So the title of this book seems really appropriate. You can cook up lots of ´tasty´ recipes and make fabulously fruity and flavoursome soaps – they would make perfect gifts as well.

7. EcoBeauty: Scrubs, Rubs, Masks and Bath Bombs for You and Your Friends

Price: $13.59 at amazon.com

What a great title! One of the good things about making your own skincare products is that as well as enjoying using them yourself, you can make them for your friends. They´ll be sure to love trying out your creations. You could even organize a girl´s night in and have a fun night pampering yourselves!

8. Creating a Herbal Bodycare Business

Price: $11.77 at amazon.com

Once you´ve tried making your own skincare products, you may be totally bitten by the bug. If that´s the case, then why not think about starting a small business? Lots of people have begun by making organic skincare for their own use, and ended up turning it into a lucrative enterprise.

If you´ve been wondering how to make your own skincare products, then buying a book is a great way to start. Remember that without the preservatives, they won´t last as long, so keep them in the fridge (well labelled!) and only make enough to last a short time. Have you ever tried making your own skincare products, and how did your skin benefit?

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