50 Homemade Beauty Recipes Using Nature's Perfect Ingredient

Natural Beauty with Coconut Oil

Coconut oil, as we know, is nature&rsquo;s perfect Ingredient. It has earned that accolade through not just its versatility in cooking but also its application as an effective and economic beauty treatment for skin, hair and oral health.Tapping into the current trend for making your own beauty treatments as an alternative to shop-bought products that can be pricey and often are packed with chemicals, such as paraf n and other unnatural chemical compounds, every recipe in Coconut Oil: Natural Beauty is super easy to make at home, without any expensive specialised equipment.A few recipes, such as the Coconut Oil and Tea Tree Spot Zapper are as simple as coconut oil enhanced with a drop or two of essential oil, while other recipes, like the Cellulite-Busting Coffee Body Scrub, makes use of spent coffee grounds that would otherwise be thrown away.Alongside her favourite recipes, Lucy gives tips based on her own daily and weekly beauty routines. With chapters on the face, the body, hair, hands and feet, and with feature spreads on oral health, first aid, travel essentials and mums and babies, there really is an all-natural solution for common everyday beauty dilemmas.

Lucy Bee is one of the leading brands of coconut oil in the UK and have now expanded their range to include cacao, maca, lucuma, a selection of salts plus the spices turmeric and cinnamon. With an emphasis on Fair Trade, sustainability and recycling, Lucy Bee Coconut Oil has been awarded top marks by the Ethical Consumer Magazine as an ethical &#39;Best Buy&#39;. Lucy herself is a coeliac and believes in the importance and power of nutritious foods to fuel the body, in conjunction with exercise and wellbeing. "It&#39;s all about balance," Lucy is quick to point out. As a qualified beauty therapist, Lucy knows the importance of looking after your body from the inside out; this is reflected across the Lucy Bee range, in their cookbooks and their beauty book.

Nature's Perfect Ingredient

Coconut Oil

Just what makes coconut oil nature&#39;s perfect ingredient?It is a healthy, natural fat that works in harmony with the body. It is gluten-free and lactose-free. It contains no cholesterol and is free from additives. The current interest in healthy eating has woken up a growing number of people to the benefits of coconut oil.More and more of us are picking up a jar from our local supermarket, but once we have that jar in our kitchens, are we really making the most of coconut oil in our cooking? Coconut Oil &ndash; Nature&#39;s Perfect Ingredient is packed with an amazing range of recipes, from family-favourites to brand new, more adventurous recipes that include smoothies, snacks, brunches, light suppers, hearty dinners and baked treats.Lucy has also made sure to include are the most-searched for types of recipes online, such as coconut oil cake. This is the first illustrated cookbook published in the UK to celebrate the health and taste sensation that is coconut oil.

Lucy Bee is the leading brand of coconut oil in the UK. The product is widely regarded as the best on the market, being raw, organic, extra virgin, cold pressed and fair trade. The story behind the Lucy Bee brand is a personal and genuine one: Lucy was diagnosed as coeliac aged 18 months and so her parents instigated wholesale healthy lifestyle changes. This included switching to using coconut oilseven years ago and they haven&#39;t looked back. The lack of availability of a good source in the UK led them to launch their own brand.

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Over 100 Recipes to Share with Friends and Family, Using Nature's Perfect Ingredient

Coconut Oil: Recipes for Real Life is just that &ndash; a cookbook containing a collection of over 100 gluten-free, easy-to-follow recipes using everyday natural ingredients, including coconut oil and other products from the Lucy Bee range.Whether you need culinary inspiration in the kitchen or simply want a change from your usual repertoire of dishes, this is the cookbook for you. Each of the brand new recipes produces a tasty, nutritious meal using ingredients that you&#39;ll either already have at home or are easy to source in your local shop. We all lead such busy lives that it&#39;s not always possible to spend hours creating meals, so these recipes intend to nourish and satisfy with minimum prep time &ndash; and washing up. They&#39;re great to share with family and friends, or simply to make for yourself and take to work for lunch or snacks the next day.Enjoy a little &#39;me time&#39; in the kitchen &ndash; or get a friend or family member to lend a hand &ndash; as you rustle up your favourite recipes from the book, such as the One-Tray Roast Chicken, which takes the hassle out of cooking a Sunday roast and involves only a minimum of washing up. Try recipes with a healthy twist in the &#39;Fakeways&#39; section, where healthy alternative ingredients are used to achieve mouthwatering dishes that will leave you feeling as though you are still indulging in your favourite, naughty takeaway food. Recipes include Sweet and Sour Chicken, Chicken Katsu Curry and Courgetti Carbonara. Other chapters include: Brunchin&#39;, Glow with the Flow, Saturday Night Fakeaways, Sharing is Caring, One-Pot Cooks, Naughty but Nice and Lucy&#39;s Larder.Coconut Oil: Recipes for Real Life recommends using Fair Trade and organic ingredients whenever possible, which in turn supports those communities that produce these and cares for the environment, making a real difference to real lives across the world.

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