Beauty Unbottled: Timeless Ayurvedic Rituals & Recipes

by Kavita Khosa

Overview

Can one make sunscreen from saffron? Can hemp oil help heal acne? How does madder root help cure hyperpigmentation? Beauty Unbottled is a unique DIY guide on how to use herbs and plants to turn your kitchen into a beauty lab. Learn how to treat hair loss, frizz, dandruff and premature greying with powerful Ayurvedic kitchen herbs. Create your own masks, moisturizers, serums and shampoos with superfoods like neem, tulsi, jasmine and sandalwood-herbs that are revered in Ayurveda. Explore the alchemy of Ayurveda and its long-lost, forgotten beauty
secrets with simple step-by-step skin and hair recipes (with vegan options) in this definitive guide and self-help book. This book will also guide you to read and understand labels, have a balanced diet for a healthy body and choose ingredients that are super effective yet gentle on you and mother earth.
Kavita Khosa, the founder of the award-winning skincare brand Purearth, brings to this book her years of experience in Ayurveda and expertise as an organic cosmetic science formulator. Beauty Unbottled debunks urban
beauty myths, drawing upon scientific research and time-honoured classic Ayurvedic texts. Rooted in Ayurveda, this book invites you to celebrate the skin you are in!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780143455103
Publisher:	Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd
Publication date:	07/01/2022
Pages:	335
Product dimensions:	4.96(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Kavita Khosa is an Ayurvedic beauty specialist with over twenty years of experience and is a qualified organic cosmetics formulator. A former Wall Street firm lawyer and director at Deutsche Bank, she established Sachananda Yoga Shala, a non-profit yoga school in 2003. A womens' rights activist, Kavita is the Founder and CEO of PUREARTH, an
award-winning Ayurvedic skincare and wellness brand established in 2012.

Table of Contents

Foreword Lisa Ray ix

Introduction xiii

Part 1 Skin Care

1 Skinspeak 3

2 Skin Care-An A-Beauty Perspective 13

3 Your Skin Dosha Questionnaire 18

4 Recipes, Routines and Rituals for Skin Concerns 34

5 Sunseekers-Sunscreen and Sun Care 83

6 Going Naked to Bed 94

7 A-Beauty Facials (Mukhabyanga) 96

8 Eye, Lip and Oral Care 106

9 Your Body Beautiful 112

Part 2 Kesha Vignan-Hair & Scalp Care

1 Kesha Vignan-A Modern Science and A-Beauty Perspective 123

2 Khalitya (Balding), Palitya (Greying), Indragupt (Alopecia) 131

3 Hair Mask (Shirolepa) 142

4 Shampoos, Rinses and Conditioners 144

5 Hair Smoking (Dhoopana)-An A-Beauty Blow-Dry 150

6 A-Beauty Hair Spa 153

Part 3 Wake Up for Make-Up

1 Girl Gone Green 163

2 INCI-The Holy Grail of Ingredients 165

3 The Face Framers-Eyes, Brows and Lips 170

4 Uncovering Bases-Foundations and Powders 178

Part 4 Skinfoods for Super Skin

1 The Tasting Table-Rasa (Taste) 185

2 Not-So-Intuitive Earing 190

3 The Source-Botanicals and Beyond 193

4 Making Friends with Fats-Oh, Omega! 209

5 Tripping on Acids 215

6 An Ode to Essential Oils 230

7 Clean Ingredients. Not! 236

8 Going Low Waste-Eco-Friendly Packaging, Bottling and Storage 245

Part 5 Inner Beauty Rituals

1 Ancient Modalities-Unani, TCM and Acupuncture 251

2 Jal neti-An Ancient Nose Job! 256

3 Ashokarishta-A Women's Health Tonic 261

4 Yoga, Pranayama and A-Beauty 264

We Are All Flawed and Beautiful 271

Vegan-Friendly Options 273

Resource Handbook 275

Ayurveda Glossary 279

General Glossary 291

Bibliography 305

Acknowledgements 317