101 Easy Homemade Products for Your Skin, Health & Home: A Nerdy Farm Wife's All-Natural DIY Projects Using Commonly Found Herbs, Flowers & Other Plants

I love Ms. Berry's books. This is a great reference. It's a must have Household book. Good for DIY household products like lotions, creams, soaps. I like the Castile and Body butters. I keep nettle chamomile lavender spray as a wonderful insect repellent. Works great on the skin. Last too. I enjoy Ms. Berry's book so much this is my second copy and I give these books out as wedding gifts. I must thank Goodwill books for my Berry Book. I do enjoy Goodwill supplying and shipping this book at an affordable price. My book was in perfect condition. Thank you.

I've been following The Nerdy Farm Wife blog for just a couple months now, as I stumbled upon it looking for DIY natural lip balm recipes. I was so excited to preorder Jan Berry's first print book. It did not disappoint. The photography is beautiful and really gives you a sense for what you will be creating yourself. So many little details... Even when you open the front flap, the paper is green (hello GOING GREEN haha I loved it).On most of the recipe pages, there is plenty of room should you desire to make notes as your making this recipe. I like that because I tend to make notes, especially if it's a recipe I make more than once. Every few recipes, on the pages there are circle/oval shapes that are yellow. In here, she has "tip" or "variation" which I thought was a nice touch. It shows that the author had a forethought to know where someone might naturally have a question and/or need an alternative for that particular recipe. Anyway...that's just my thought LOLRegarding the availability of certain herbs/flowers/etc...logic tells most people that of course not everything is readily available to all people everywhere. Partly due to the fact that there are varying geographical climates (maybe economical climate as well?) Naturally someone who lives in a desert type climate, might not be able to grow something that is typically grown in a more wet environment. But thanks to the Internet, you can buy the stuff anytime LOL I've noticed on Jan's blog, she has affiliate links to various websites that she recommends purchasing some of these items from. It doesn't cost us any extra money, but when we click the link,,,they throw her a bone for the recommendation. So, why not?! I'd personally rather purchase from a website that someone who's "been there done that" says is great not only for product, but customer service. If she makes money off her recommendation (affiliate links)...good for her! It will help further her work and we might have another book from it down the road LOLAbout the binding...no, it's not coming apart. When you open the front cover, you'll notice at the spine there is a gap that makes it seems as it's become unglued. Not so...that is meant so the book lays flat (it's not a three ring binding after all...) I mean, heck...even on the outside back cover there is a little graphic that says " premium binding...stays open...hands free". Of course the author meant for this. When you have a recipe book on the table or whatever and you are working, nothing is more annoying then having your pages close on you because the book you are reading from doesn't lay flat.The book was just released and I barely had it delivered...so I have not made any of the recipes therein. I have, however, made some of here recipes listed on her blog. And the recipes in this book seem equally as clear and concise. I already have my eyes on about two or three that I'll be starting shortly. I can't wait!Way to go Jan Berry! Congratulations on your new book. I am a new fan and can't wait to see what you put out in the future!

Wow what a beautiful, well put together book. I grow all of my own herbs organically, and make some of my bath and skincare products myself. I am 29 years old and have been doing so for the last 10 years. I mostly steam clean everything that can be, but I have also just started making my own cleaning products too, I have a one year old and avoid chemicals at all cost, but some things you need a cleaner, and all natural is a great option. I purchased this book so I could have some new recipes/inspiration. The pictures are absolutely amazing, and the recipes are great! As soon as I opened this book, I couldn't pull myself away, I read through every recipe , soaking up all of the great information. The author obviously must have bees, and uses a lot of bee produced products in her recipes.The only qualm that I have, and why I gave this book 4 stars instead of 5, is because I sure do wish she would have gone into details with her preservation methods and what natural preservatives are best with each recipe, although she dors go over natural preservatives in the beginning of the book. I've reviewed this book after looking through each and every recipe, but have only had a chance to produce a few of the recipes, which turned out great. I will return to update my review after I have made several more of the products from this book. At this point I recommend this book to anyone whom is looking for some inspiration/recipes for homemade products. The author has provided recipes for homemade soap, bath products, cleaning products, pet care, and the list goes on. You simply cannot go wrong with this book whether you are a newbie, or advanced at making homemade products. Update: I've made a few more products and all of them are great, I'm very happy with the recipes in this book. I decided to check out the authors blog (Jan Berry, thenerdyfarmwife) , and was very pleased to see she had lots of information on preservatives (some natural ones) , and had even done an experiment with microbial testing to see which preservatives are best for her homemade products. I'm guessing she read the one star review slamming her for not using preservatives, and decided to use critism constructively, I'm pretty impressed, as preserving her recipes was something I was concerned with as well.

Love this book, so many recipes to make from home grown herbs and flowers. A healthy way to love the outside of your body.

Jan Berry explains everything very well

What a brilliant book! I have decided to stop purchasing commercial products and natural products sold are so expensive. This book is great to make homemade products at home at an affordable price.I have made a face cream which was wonderful and made the hair rinse which has calmed my scalp. I cannot make to make a dry skin cream for my daughter who has sensitive skin.This is worth every penny and it's nice to have so many recipes all in one book. Fantastic. Thanks Jan!!

Jan’s book doesn’t disappoint. Full of creative and inspiring ideas. All ingredients are easily sourced from soap-making suppliers and on amazon. Perfect if you want to avoid mass-marketed rubbish laden with irritants & toxins.I might be a bit biased as I’va had a girl crush on the Nerdy Farmwife for ages....

Arrived on time but the book damaged badly. The recipes are quite complicated and require many ingredients to make. I don’t recommend this if you want easy recipes that will save you money, because you will have to buy lots of ingredients that will cost you a fortune.