Plants and Cosmetics

For skin, hair and house

Leoniek Bontje, photography Bella Thewes & Anya van de Wetering

Making your own plant-based personal care products: a growing trend

A beautifully designed gift book

Including recipes, handy pictures of the making process and explanatory notes of the used plants

Plant expert Leoniek Bontje teaches you how, with the use of the plants around us, you can make (cleansing) creams and lip balm, but also how to make deodorant, toothpaste, massage oil and fragrance sticks for your home. Finally you will have care products that are guaranteed to be free of synthetic additives.

With this practical book you can start making care products yourself and you’ll know exactly what to use for your hair, skin and home.

150 x 200 mm | 224 pages | 26,500 words full colour illustrations | hardcover English rights sold, German rights in option

Leoniek Bontje is a herbalist and wild picker. She loves to share her knowledge of plants. She gives workshops and has already written the well-received books Edible Wild Plants (Wildplukken), Medicinal plants (Plant als medicijn) and Gather and Conserve (Pluk en bewaar).