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Due to customer demand, we now have this popular book available as an eBook, available for instant download! It is ideal for massage and beauty therapists, aromatherapists, salon owners and homecrafters; in short, people who make their own natural skin care products! Note for those customers who have already bought the printed version of the book: no significant changes have been made to the book.

This beautiful, professionally designed book has 212 recipes for oil blends, serums, compresses and in-depth information on the uses and properties of 32 vegetable oils, which will help you to tailor-make natural cosmetic products for a variety of skin and hair types & conditions. Kolbjorn has also included a fascinating introductory section which has useful tips, tables and in-depth information that you may not easily find elsewhere.

Contents

• Long/Short Oil Classification
• Top/Middle/Base Note Classification
• Rebalancing certain skin types using Vegetable Oils
• Rebalancing acne prone and oily skin
• Rebalancing large-pored skin types
• More about combination skin types
• Using Antioxidants to protect your skin and your products
• What are Antioxidants?
• Rosemary Antioxidant (Botanical CO2 Extract)
• Vitamin E
• Vitamin A
• Vitamin C
• Botanical CO2 Extracts
• Botanical CO2 Extracts dosage guidelines
• Botanical CO2 Extracts found in the Recipes in this book
• Substances not suitable for use in skin, hair and body care products
• Non-suitable Vegetable Oils
• Mineral Oils and products
  
• The effects of Mineral Oils on the skin
  
• Some Useful Tips and Tables
  
• Tips for buying Borage, Camelina, Evening Primrose, Hemp Seed, Kiwi Seed and Rosehip Oils
  
• Tips for storing and using Vegetable Oils
  
• Method for making and using Oil Compresses
  
• Table 4: Fatty Acid content and other properties of some popular Vegetable Oils
  
• Table 5: Percentages of some popular Vegetable Oils to use in different products
  
• Table 6: How to choose between Borage and Evening Primrose Oil
  
• Table 7: Metric-US conversion table: Volume (Liquid)
  
• Table 8: Temperature
  
  
• Then each of the 32 vegetable oils are discussed: Uses; Fatty Acid Content; Recipes; and a table of percentages of the oil to be used in products.

The oils covered in the book are:

Apricot Kernel; Argan; Borage; Calendula; Camelina; Castor; Cooconut (Liquid Fractionated); Comfrey; Evening Primrose; Grape Seed; Hazlenut; Hemp Seed; Jojoba; Kiwi Seed; Macadamia Nut; Moringa; Mullein; Mustard Seed; Neem; Olive; Peach Kernel; Pumpkin Seed; Rice Bran; Rosehip; Sesame; Shea Butter (Oil); St John's Wort; Sunflower; Sweet Almond; Thistle and Walnut.

Note: this book is not substantially different to the printed version. The only real difference is that Echium CO2 Extract has been replaced with Remodelling Intense and Arctic Oats CO2 Extract.

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