Handmade Spa: Natural Treatments to Revive and Restore

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A trip to the spa for a bit of pampering has often been seen as an expensive, once in a while kind of treat. But, it doesn’t have to be. With Handmade Spa, cosmetic experts Juliette Goggin and Abi Righton, bring the spa day experience right to your home! There are more than forty natural recipes, enabling you to tailor what you choose to your mood, while transforming your home into a peaceful retreat of your very own. There are various aromatherapy recipes, such as energizing citrus recipes, warming ginger and cinnamon preparations, relaxing lavender and soothing chamomile selections, giving you the opportunity to choose the perfect recipe based upon the effects that you’re looking for. The recipes use botanical ingredients, all of which are easily found through a variety of sources like the internet, specialty stores, and maybe even your own garden. In fact, if you enjoy gardening, that may be a good way to incorporate a hobby you already enjoy with your newfound hobby. I really loved the idea behind this book and once I started flipping through the pages, I found myself making so many plans to create the various recipes. All of the recipes were very simple to follow and I had no problem finding the ingredients. I’m looking forward to trying more of these projects, and can really see how these would make very thoughtful gifts for things like Christmas , birthdays, or maybe even as a part of a baby shower gift, because, after all, most new mothers could use a spa day and a chance to go relax. Giving these completed projects as a gift can give her a chance to get that relaxing time to herself without necessarily having to leave her baby at home. These recipes would also make a very fun girls’ night idea. You can either have some of these prepared ahead of time or you can have the fun of working on various recipes together and then having that luxuriously relaxing spa experience. One Olof the things that I feel made things even more convenient is that the recipes are grouped together based upon the desired effect; refreshing, revitalizing, and uplifting are in a chapter together, as are warming, relaxing, and soothing. This book also teaches you about the various tools you’re going to need, the botanicals in the recipes, and some aromatherapy basics, so all in all, this is a very creative and informative book and I enjoyed it a great deal. I’m already excited about setting up a spa day with some of my friends, using the recipes from Handmade Spa!Thank you to Juliette Goggin, Abi Righton, Quarto Publishing Group, and Netgalley for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I understand that this in no way obligates me to leave a positive review and, as such, neither my opinions nor my review were affected in any way by receiving the book in this manner. All opinions expressed in this review are fully my own.

I would like to thank the publisher, Quarto Publishing Group, and Netgalley for providing me with an ARC of this beautiful book.First of all, this book is beautifully presented with beautiful photographs and a very attractive page layout and calming color scheme. The book exudes relaxation, calmness and self-care and self-love.The tools needed to make these recipes in this book are readily found in any kitchen, which makes this book very practical. Like a real spa, the author, organizes her recipes similar to a spa menu. Refreshing, Revitalizing, uplifting section has recipes such as "Revitalizing facial Cleansing Grains" and "Grapefruit Orange Body Wash"In the Warming, Relaxing, soothing, section you will find recipes such as facial masks and Sensual Body Massage Oil and Hot Oil Hair Treatment. My favorites recipes are the hot and cold soothing wheat pack and Scented candles.If you crave regeneration or balancing, you will find solace with recipes for facial stem and bath oil with flowers as an ingredients and a Regenerative Rose Facial oil recipe, which is a simple blend oils including pomegranate oil.The book also offers recipe for calming down at night and induce a restful sleep.Last but not least, she offers various recipes to help us detoxify our bodies such as face masks and soap, bath tablets and mud mask, foot scrub and herbal tea.Instead of attending a spa only for special occasions because of the high costs, this book will really help you to bring the Spa experience at home. In these busy and information overload times, bringing the spa home will be good for our health and mind.I highly recommend this book!