The Incredible Edible Spa: Create Natural Beauty Treatments Using Common Food Ingredients from Around the House, Garden, or Market

By Noreen Finneran

"The Incredible Edible Spa" includes over 30 simple and healthy skin-care recipes that can be made-at-home using all-natural and organic ingredients found around the home or at the market. This book includes "good-enough-to-eat" facial recipes such as: Aphrodite Apple mask, Avocado mask, Banana and honey mask, Heavenly Honeydew mask, Luscious Cocoa body cream, Invigorating Coffee Scrub, Magical Milk &Rose baths, and much more! Or, create your own recipes from the list of ingredients including their cosmetic and nutritional properties found in the back of the book. Choose from Apricot, Cherry, Chestnut, Cream, Papaya, Passion Fruit and more. You will want to try the Luscious Cocoa Body Cream tonight! Delicious! Perfect Gift Idea for a teenager, your friends, your family, or yourself! Go ahead, indulge in a gift that is good for your skin, your health, and the environment!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Mar 31, 2011
• ISBN: 9781257333974

Book preview

SMOOTHIE

Intro

As I caught myself discarding half a tomato, 1/4 avocado, and a handful of grapes into the trash my mind wondered, Why do I waste all this good food every week? There must be a way to salvage and use this food for purposes other than compost, and there is! Apply organic, nutrient rich foods on your face for a natural, healthy and inexpensive beauty treatment.

Having experimented with herbal beauty products over the years I knew that there were cosmetic uses for these foods. So I began a quest for such a book.

I wanted a book that included: colorful pictures, a simple design, nutritional information, beauty information, and easy to make recipes using common food ingredients. I decided to research, write, and design my own book as I could not find all of these elements in any one book.

Having studied nutrition and natural cosmetics, I knew that I could write the book that I and others were seeking. I set to work creating the perfect natural spa book, staying focused on what was important to me in my own search. The book design was kept simple, easy to follow, and abounding with helpful information. I also included pictures of luscious foods and wholesome beauty recipes.

One basic philosophy behind the creation of this book is that which is good for the inside can also be good for the outside.

I researched vitamins and nutrients that are known to be good for the skin if taken internally believing that those same nutrients would be equally beneficial if applied externally. If you follow my philosophy and are willing to rely on a mixture of scientific research and personal experience, then this is the book or you.

I personally tested and photographed all the recipes in this book with the assistance of friends and family. Through these experiences I have discovered hat each person needs to find what works best for heir skin type or condition. Once you find what works you will see glorious results.

It is the intention of this book to make life easier, prettier, and more fun for my readers as it has for me. You could apply these spa treatments alone, with your children, friends, or spouse. What a great way to spend an exciting afternoon or a sensuous evening.

You can feel proud that you are minimizing waste and creating natural, cruelty-free, earth-friendly, and chemical-free beauty treatments. Thank you for taking the time to read this book; you are sure to have fun experimenting with the recipes!

Please be advised that this book is not intended to treat, diagnose, or cure. Please seek a skin care professional for any serious skin conditions.

Skin Care Guide

Monthly Spa Routine

Wash To remove surface dirt and makeup, wash with a mild soap and warm water. Follow with a cool water rinse. Wash twice daily.

Scrub To remove the top layer of dead skin cells and reveal fresh, glowing skin, apply an exfoliating ingredient (see page 48) to freshly washed skin. Using your hands or a soft brush, apply ingredients to your skin and scrub gently for 2-3 minutes. Rinse with warm or cool water. Scrub once a week.

Steam To open your pores