Thursday, July 9, 2020

Beloved Book Giveaway ~ The Big Book of Homemade Products for Your Skin, Health & Home by Jan Berry


"Our gardens and backyards are filled with flowers, herbs and weeds that have the potential to provide many fun and useful products for home, health and beauty."

Warm and sunny greetings to you all! Today we are sharing the third of seven little giveaways I had promised for this little blog! I call it the "beloved book giveaway" because I adore an informative book packed with pretty pictures to inspire and this book does just that. This is the expanded version of the book I reviewed and gave away a few years back. It is now packed with 151 recipes for your skin, health and home. What a fun resource to add to your home library! Thank you to Jan Berry at The Nerdy Farm Wife who made this giveaway possible πŸ’›


This "Big Book" features easy, all-natural DIY projects using herbs, flowers and other plants. I am sure if you were to poke around your front yard, you would find many botanical treasures that are useful in the home. The dandelion is one such under-rated plant and there are many purposes they boast.  Jan teaches how to turn them into lovely things! Or how about the beautiful rose? And lovely lavender? To make something from their romantic petals and fragrant buds is very enjoyable!


I don't recall if you remember the recipe I shared from the older version of the book. It is for a honey, rose and oat face cleanser. It is so easy to make and so lovely for your skin! These little projects make homemaking fun and also make wonderful gifts! All natural body products can be very expensive and these recipes can $ave a lot of money!


The chapters in the book include:
  • Nontoxic Herbal Skin Care
  • Naturally Soothing Salves & Balms
  • Exotic Body Butters & Lotion Bars
  • Easy, All-Natural Creams & Lotions
  • Garden-Fresh Bath Bombs, Soaks & Salts
  • Beautiful Bath Melts & Scrubs
  • DIY Lip Care
  • Luscious Hair Care
  • Simple Homemade Soaps
  • Herbal Home Remedies
  • Nontoxic Solutions for the Home
  • All-Natural Pet Care


As you can see, there is something for everyone! Many items from the book can be made with simple oils (olive oil, sunflower oil, coconut oil, etc.) and staples from your pantry (oats, honey, sea salt, etc.) along with some basic botanicals (i.e., dandelion, roses, chamomile, mint).


I will be sharing the recipe for the floral cleansing grains within the next week or so (with the permission of Jan). These are pictured above and are comprised of normal homemaking ingredients (as I call them). They look so lovely that I can't wait to prepare them! There is something about the flower aspect in skincare that I find very feminine, beautiful and romantic.


This little giveaway for "The Big Book of Homemade Products for Your Skin, Health & Home" by Jan Berry will be open for the next 7 days (it ends on Thursday) and is open WORLDWIDE. You have the option to enter it in 7 different ways (pick and choose as many options that work for you!) in order to have up to 7 different chances to win! Just follow the instructions on the Rafflecopter below!

Note: Where it says "leave a blog comment" on the giveaway widget below, please click it as there is a special question for you to answer in the comments :) Happy kitchen-crafting and wildcrafting ladies!


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68 comments:

  1. Oh, fun! I'd love the non toxic recipes for the home!

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  2. The chapter I interest is Beautiful Bath Melts & Scrubs

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  3. The chapter I interest is Beautiful Bath Melts & Scrubs

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  4. Naturally soothing salves & balms sound so good. I hope I win!

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  5. I've not tried her recipes but would certainly love to :-) What a fabulous offering (have I said that with each one?)

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    1. PS Home remedies and Nontoxic solutions for the home. Not sure if it's supposed to go here.

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  6. Simple
    Homemade soaps sounds good !

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  7. Seriously--how do I choose a favorite?

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  8. Hi JesπŸ˜ƒ
    DIY lip care is the first chapter I would read πŸ‘πŸ»
    ~ Teatime Grammy~

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  9. They all sound interesting, but I would start with Herbal Home Remedies/

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  10. Simple Homemade Soaps! I have always wanted to make soaps! thank you for the opportunity to win.

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  11. I'm interested in Naturally Soothing Salves and Balms. Thank you for this opportunity.

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  12. What a lovely giveaway! I absolutely love your blog and I am so glad to see you back! I have wanted to begin making my own soaps so I am thinking I would begin with the Simple Homemade Soaps chapter first. But honestly I don't think I would have a favorite chapter. Thank you so much for this opportunity and please thank Jan as well for providing this lovely book!

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  13. Herbal Home Remedies!!!!!!! WE love herbs. Blessings from El Paso, HOT here.

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  14. Hi Jes!

    I have much respect for Jan’s work! Innovative work such as hers is what can keep people going on their properties!

    It is very difficult to choose a favourite chapter, with therapeutic balms; luscious hair care; cleansing grain recipes, and more! I am, however, selecting the basic soapmaking recipes!! Haha!!

    Jan’s work is very inspiring!! Thank you!!

    Rachel

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  15. Herbal Home Remedies, I am trying to go more natural with remedies in the home.

    Jes, thank you for coming back, missed you!

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  16. This book sounds amazing!
    The first chapter I'd read is Luscious Hair Care.
    Thank you for the review and recommendation, as the giveaway opportunity!

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  17. I’m interested in the chapter on hair care!

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  18. This book looks wonderful! I am teaching my 16 year old daughter that natural is better. Would love to make things with her :) Thank you for the giveaway opportunity!

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  19. I would love to read about non toxic home solutions :)

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  20. Luscious Hair Care sounds divine!

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  21. Nontoxic solutions for the home.

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  22. Hard to choose a favorite, but probably the chapter on soapmaking. I love beautifully aromatic soaps.

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  23. Herbal Home Remedies piqued my interest although it was a close tie with Exotic Body Butters & Lotion Bars. Thank you for this opportunity to be "gifted" with such a fine book.

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  24. I am interested in the natural pet care. So many great chapters tho. Thanks so much for the giveaway!!

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  25. All of them! And thank you for coming back. Your beautiful, good and inspirational take on life is just what the world needs right now.
    Sarah

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  26. Do all the chapters count????

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  27. Thank you for this giveaway! I think the nontoxic solutions for the home sounds great. I hardly use chemicals anymore. I mostly use Mrs. Meyers and Meleluca products.

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  28. Definitely the simple homemade soaps

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  29. Would love to try some homemade beauty products,and this book sounds like a wonderful source for knowledge and recipes. Thanks!

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  30. I am very interested in the hair care.

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  31. Thanks for the lovely giveaways! I would dig into the hair care section. Since moving my girls and my hair does not get along with the water here and have had a tough time!

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  32. That looks like a wonderful book, full of useful information. I would start with the first chapter on natural skin care and read in cover to cover.

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  33. wow! what a wonderful book! I would love to read about all natural home solutions! :)

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  34. Such an inspiring book and lovely giveaway! I would choose the chapter Simple Homemade Soaps first! My first love! ❤

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  35. Nontoxic solutions for the home!

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  36. I am eliminating one category at a time to transition to as much as I can to all natural. Right now I am dealing with household cleansers then my next area will be hair care.

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  37. I like the titles of all the chapters but I’d have to say Lucious Hair Care is one I’d love to learn more about!

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  38. I'm interested in the chapter on hair care.

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  39. Non-toxic solutions for the home interests me most. Be blessed and enjoy your week.
    Laura of Harvest Lane Cottage

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  40. I am interested in non-toxic solutions for the home and simple soaps. I've made soap before with a friend and loved it, but I have never done it on my own.

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  41. Herbal Home Remedies sounds enticing as I am always adding new ones to my home. But honestly, the entire book looks awesome and I can tell it has much to offer.

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  42. I have always been Interested in homemade products no matter what. Lately I am making soaps, shampoo bars. I would be glad to have this book and learn a lot of new things. My stepdaughter asked me to teach her making soap. She is interested a lot. Best wishes from Heike. Hahue@msn.com

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  43. Handmade soaps! Sounds like fun!

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  44. Simple home made soaps interests me followed by Easy, All-Natural Creams & Lotions. I love using herbs and have been thinking seriously about making soaps and lotions but don't really know where to begin. As I do not know anyone locally that I could run to for help. Thank you for the chance to enter your giveaway

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  45. Easy, All-Natural Creams & Lotions and the chapter on Simple Homemade Soaps both interest me

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  46. I am interested in the Herbal Home Remedies.

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  47. Your blog is so welcoming...The chapter that interest me the most is All-Natural Pet Care. Thanks Chris! (treehouse. (queen18) (at Y a h oo) (.c o m)

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  48. Oh dear! So very hard to choose just ONE chapter....I get excited just seeing the list! But, I must choose so it would have to be Easy, All-Natural Creams & Lotions. That is most likely the place I would start to work. Thank you so much for such a refreshing blog!

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  49. The cream and lotion chapter sounds like something I'd love to try and use for my skin problems. It probably will create a nice scent and repair my skin naturally than with fake filler products.

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  50. Simple homemade soaps

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  51. Beautiful Bath Melts and Scrubs: interesting

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  52. Simple homemade soaps interests me the most.
    Nancy
    tis-so at hotmail dot com

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  53. I NEED this book! Thanks for the chance!

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  54. I like Non Toxic Herbal Skin Care!

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  55. I think the chapter on Naturally Soothing Salves & Balms would be extremely helpful and probably one of the most used out of the book for me!

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  56. I think the Naturally Soothing Salves & Balms would be well used here!

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  57. Naturally soothing salves & balms really appeals to me.

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  58. I would really enjoy learning more about the Non-Toxic Herbal Skincare. :)

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  59. The chapter that interest me the most is, Simple Homemade Soaps.

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  60. Maybe Luscious Hair Care for me

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  61. Exotic Body Butters & Lotion Bars and Pet Care interest me the most. The entire book interests me actually, it's on my Amazon wish list now! :)

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  62. Simple Homemade soaps. I'm so curious!

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  63. I would love to learn more about home made soaps!

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  64. Home made soaps!

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