O'Nualláin, Fiann  

The Holistic Gardener: Beauty Treatments from the Garden

€14.99

A handy guide to natural skin, body and beauty remedies derived from garden, pantry and kitchen sources.
From natural shampoo to home-grown teeth whitener, cures for common ailments to tips on healthy nourishment, this book demonstrates the advantages and simplicity of natural beauty treatments. Fiann brings his singular knowledge of plants’ properties to bear in showing us that there are easier, healthier and cheaper ways to have good skin, great hair and an all-over glow of well-being. By using the resources around us and understanding the value of what we grow, Fiann shows how combining plants with the right ingredients can make us healthier, wealthier and wiser about our skin and bodies.

ISBN: 9781781176115 Category:

Description

Now available in paperback this is a handy guide to natural skin, body and beauty remedies derived from garden, pantry and kitchen sources. From natural shampoo to home-grown teeth whitener, cures for common ailments to tips on healthy nourishment, this book demonstrates the advantages and simplicity of natural beauty treatments.

Fiann brings his singular knowledge of plants' properties to bear in showing us that there are easier, healthier and cheaper ways to have good skin, great hair and an all-over glow of well-being.

By using the resources around us and understanding the value of what we grow, Fiann shows how combining plants with the right ingredients can make us healthier, wealthier and wiser about our skin and bodies.

About the Author

Fiann Ó Nualláin is an award-winning garden designer and horticultural therapist. He is co-presenter on RTÉ's 'Dermot’s Secret Garden' and makes regular contributions to other TV and radio programmes on the subjects of ethnobortany, the natural environment, biodiversity, ecological gardening and GIY.

He blogs under theholisticgardener.com and contributes to a variety of gardening and health magazines across Europe.

As a horticultural therapist Fiann develops outreach horticulture programmes with Dublin City Council and other agencies further afield, working with children at risk, elder groups, and adults in recovery and community regeneration projects.

Reviews

'I'm a big fan of Fiann Ó Nualláin of Dermot's Secret Garden fame.' 'I loved his first book The Holistic Gardener: First Aid Treatments from the Garden and now the sequel The Holistic Gardener: Beauty Treatments from the Garden is also a cracker.'

- Darina Allen, Irish Examiner Weekend

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