Beauty Foods Cookbook
Beauty Foods is filled with recipes you can make at home that are specifically designed to feed your body with all the nutrients it needs to glow. YouTube sensation Caroline Artiss offers a no-nonsense approach to eating clean for body and mind to get you looking and feeling great. Caroline starts with a diagnostic glossary of Beauty Ingredients that highlights the best things to feature in your daily food regime, then offering a selection of fresh and inventive Drinks that use everyday ingredients as well as superfoods, giving advice on the combination of ingredients as beauty treatments. Try an Avocado Smoothie, Baobab Lemonade or Coconut & Ghee Coffee.
Next up, she’ll help you to start the day right with Breakfasts including ‘Save Our Skin’ Granola, Turmeric Scrambled Eggs and Gluten-free Breakfast Tacos. Snacks & Sides keep hunger at bay with ideas for Ancient Grain Crackers and Vietnamese Chicken Bites, as well as sides for super-sized meals or dinner parties, such as Salsify Mash and Sweet Potato Fries. Soups & Small Plates has all your bone broth needs covered and makes the most of fresh produce with ideas for Artichoke, Pea & Mint Frittata with Fermented Kefir or Carrot, Feta & Walnut Latkes. Larger Plates focuses on meals that won’t leave you longing for more. Try Green Tea Coconut Chicken, a Chilli, Orange Tofu with Kale Salad, Chia Chimichurri Steak or Wild Mushroom & Amaranth Risotto. Finally, Caroline offers some truly delicious Desserts & Treats that you’ll devour without the guilt. From Vegan Chocolate Truffles to Black Rice Pudding and Blueberry Crumble Pots, you’ll be spoilt for choice.
Natural Beauty Masks
Caroline Artiss presents an invaluable collection of homemade masks, packs, scrubs and lotions that will leave you radiant and nourished from top to toe. These natural home spa treatments provide an alternative to mass-market beauty products, which often contain potentially allergenic or harmful ingredients, such as preservatives and artificial color.
The first chapter, Face Masks & Exfoliators, includes a deep-cleansing Charcoal Face Mask. Next, Body Treatments features and Mocha Body Bliss, and invigorating scrub made from coffee grounds, cocoa powder, sugar and coconut oil, which not only gently exfoliates but also softens the skin and restores moisture. From the Hair Masks chapter, try Caroline’s Rosemary and Coconut Hot Oil Stimulant on thin lifeless hair. The rosemary oil helps to increase blood circulation, which encourages hair to grow thicker and stronger, and its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties help keep the scalp healthy. Further chapters include Hand &Nail Treatments, Foot Treatments, Eye Treatments and Lip Remedies. From collagen-boosting shea butter to mineral-rich spirulina learn how to use natures most potent ingredients to create effective and affordable beauty treatments.