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Aromatherapy Handbook for Beauty, Hair, and Skin Care
Now anyone can take personal control of the beauty and cosmetic products they use. This complete guide to aromatherapy for hair and skin care explains how to create cosmetics that are custom-made, natural, vibrant, and healthy--and that avoid the preservatives and additives of commercial products. More than 100 recipes provide an endless variety of formulas and fragrances to choose from.

Make Your Own Cosmetics: Recipes, Skin Care, Body Care, Hair Care, Perfumes, and Fragrancing, Herbs, Essential Oils, Cosmetic Ingredients...
A guide to body care and good health, as well as the general theory and practice of making cosmetics. There is a chapter on fragrances and perfumes, with aromatic recipes to use in fragrancing a room. Information on the different ingredients used in cosmetic products, including herbs, essential oils, and ingredients used in commercial cosmetics follows in the fourth chapter. Illustrated throughout with specially commissioned color photographs and illustrations, this is an exciting book with a modern approach. Contains a directory of useful addresses, including Neal's Yard Remedies stores around the world.

Handbook of Cosmetics and Personal Care Additives: An International Guide to More than 15,000 Products by Trade Name, Function, Composition and Manufacturer
An international guide to some 15,000 additive ingredients used in the formulation of cosmetic and personal care products. The information is divided into four major sections. Part I, Trade Name Reference, contains alphabetical entries for each ingredient. Each entry includes manufacturer, chemical composition, associated CAS and EINECS identifying numbers, general properties, applications and functions, toxicology, and regulatory information. Part II, Trade Name Functional Cross Reference, groups the trade name chemicals by 44 broad functional areas. Part III, Chemical Component Cross Reference, contains an alphabetical listing of cosmetic and personal care chemical compounds, along with the trade name products that are equivalent to the chemical compound. Part IV, Manufacturers Directory, contains contact information for the manufacturers of the referenced products. The Handbook is also available in electronic formats for the PC, and a demonstration disk is included.

Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics
A practical, up-to-date reference containing over 300 commonly used natural food, drug and cosmetic ingredients used commercially in the U.S. Extracts of botanicals and isolated chemical compounds are listed alphabetically according to common name and each entry is cross-referenced to its scientific term in the index. Information includes source, habitat, parts utilized, preparation, physical and chemical description, biological activity and regulatory status. This edition features new material on Chinese natural products, gathered from dozens of major Chinese classical and modern works as well as 50+ Chinese journals on traditional and herbal medicine.

Handbook of U.S. Colorants: Foods, Drugs, Cosmetics, and Medical Devices
A collection of information on the use of color additives in the food, cosmetic and medical industries. This Third Edition documents important recent developments such as newly listed products, delisted products, modernized specifications and improved analytical technology, new manufacturers and suppliers. A general background of color additives is given including their history, regulation, areas of use and purity requirements.

Aromatherapy for Women: A Practical Guide to Essential Oils for Health and Beauty

Natural Organic Hair and Skin Care: Including A to Z Guide to Natural and Synthetic Chemicals in Cosmetics

Natural Ingredients in Cosmetics: II

Industrial Hemp: Practical Products - Paper to Fabric to Cosmetics

Allergic Contact Dermatitis to Ingredients Used in Topically Applied Pharmaceutical Products and Cosmetics

Fragrance of Beauty



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