5 books to learn how to do your cosmetics

Elodie's book: My minimalist cosmetics – The practical guide to home cosmetics by Pauline Dehecq

Available on amazon.fr

Making your own cosmetics is good, but between recipes that require a multitude of ingredients and DIYs that are not suitable for all skin types, the world of homemade cosmetics can be complicated.
With this book dedicated to minimalist cosmetics, making your own beauty products becomes a simple and practical pleasure again. Containing no less than fifty recipes that are made with only three to seven ingredients, this book is a fun guide to learn how to make your own beauty products without the hassle. He offers DIY care products for the face, body and hair, but also recipes for making your makeup. home made.
Each of the products to be created also has a fun little name like the serum Doe eye, the cold-cream Winter is coming, cleansing milk Go to bed or the hair mist Untangle me if you can.

With ten years of experience in the world of classic cosmetics, its author, Pauline Dehecq, intends to deliver her recipes based on natural ingredients that respect the skin (and the environment) such as vegetable oils, butters, clays or even essential oils that everyone can easily get, to do away with chemicals.
This guide has the advantage of being nicely illustrated by Magalie Foutrier and of containing, as a bonus, very useful information when getting started in homemade cosmetics such as the BA-BA of homemade cosmetics and tips for using them properly. essential oils or customize its formulas according to your skin type, age and complexion. What to avoid some disappointments (and irritations)!

Mélissa's book: My Slow Cosmetic Bible by Julien Kaibeck

Available from 29.90 euros on amazon.fr

If this book closes all the secrets of Slow Cosmetics (or the art of consuming less, but much better), it is quite simply because it is the most complete work of Julien Kaibeck, founder of this movement unlike any other and expert in natural cosmetics and aromatherapy . All the recipes he had in mind, it's on these pages, between these lines, that they're listed!

If you are still new to the subject, do not panic: this book teaches step by step what Slow Cosmetics before giving you all its keys … How to decode the labels and avoid the abuses of marketing? What are the benefits of vegetable oils and essential oils in cosmetology? How does our skin really work? … Here are so many questions that will soon have no secrets for you!

So, aren't you already eager to dive into this great book of "Adopt Slow Cosmetics"and"My Slow Cosmetic family"in one book? Know that it can also make a great gift to give (or to give yourself).

Loreleï's book – Shea Butter Cosmetics by Nathalie Ramanantsoa

Available on Fnac.fr from € 4.96.

We no longer present shea butter and its beauty benefits. Nourishing, hydrating, regenerating and anti-oxidant, it is thus an anti-aging active par excellence. But it also has the particularity of embellishing and protecting the hair, preserving UV rays and cold and helping to prevent the appearance of stretch marks in periods of hormonal upheaval. In short, he's got it all!

Why not make it part of your daily beauty routine? This is what Nathalie Ramanantsoa's book offers you, who after having worked in the cosmetics industry, trained in natural beauty and aromatherapy. She is also the creator of the Soa workshops, where she offers cosmetology courses and beauty advice.
In this book, she concocted 30 cosmetic recipes that put shea butter in the spotlight. Face (day cream, make-up removing balm, anti-aging melting butter), hair (solid shampoo, detangling hair balm, serum for dry hair), body (soothing ointment, comfort hand cream, hammam scrub), and even make-up (foundation powder, moisturizing lipsticks) … there will be something for all tastes and desires.

Camille's book: I make my cosmetics 100% natural! – 50 recipes and tips for beauty and well-being by Gala Avanzi

Available at Fnac from € 4.49

Creating cosmetics can be scary at first. Much more than a simple collection of recipes, this book contains lots of tips and tricks to get you started on the right foot! Thus, it explains to you all the basic ingredients to have – and their benefits – to be able to create various cosmetics, but also the material in which to invest (which you will already have most of the things in your kitchen).

Gala Avanzi has thought through his book well. The latter lists by type of skin, the care you can do. We thus find an anti-acne roll-on, a nourishing serum, a toning mask or a soothing and repairing serum … You also have a basic recipe for a day cream, which you can customize according to the needs of the moment of your skin. But the rest of your body has not been forgotten, since with this book you will know how to create your own shampoos, your charcoal toothpaste, your moisturizing body milk, your scrub and even your shaving wax. And among all these treatments hides a recipe for creating a makeup product: a mattifying powder that you can tint with… cocoa. Obviously, men have not been forgotten, because a chapter is dedicated to them. Thus, they can boast of having made with their own hands a shaving soap or a solid anti-hair loss shampoo. Gala Avanzi has made a point of offering recipes that do not contain many ingredients or steps, so that they are accessible to everyone. We appreciate its soft price of 4.49 € for an e-book and 5.95 € to have it in paperback format and the small illustrations that accompany each of the recipes.

And you can trust the recipes in this "little" 64-page book with your eyes closed, as they were written by Gala Avanzi, who created the Gala's Blog, where she shares all the cosmetic recipes she's been making since. 2014, whether it is hygiene products or products for the home, and even food recipes for the most greedy. She has also created a kit to start in DIY, with utensils and a mini recipe book. There are no more excuses for not getting into homemade cosmetics.