Mother and Baby Natural Care: French Wellness Secrets and Recipes for New and Expecting Mothers and Their Little Ones

About the Author\nÉmilie Hébert is a cosmetologist, aromatherapist, expert on eco-friendly living, and the founder of Make It Beauty, a natural beauty line launched in 2017. She created her popular blog mamzelleemie.com, now viewable at https://emiliehebert.fr, in 2006 while pregnant with her first child in order to share tips on healthy living while pregnant and then parenting, and her YouTube channel with complementary videos quickly grew to have nearly five thousand subscribers. She is the author of a range of books on topics including green living, beauty food, natural makeup and skin care, and clean perfume. Mother and Baby Natural Care is the first of her books published in English. She is from Paris, France, but now lives in Bordeaux.\nHéléne Boyé is a naturalist midwife and acupuncturist for new or soon-to-be mothers. She lives in France.\nFrom French DIY wellness expert Émilie Hébert and natural care midwife Hélène Boyé comes a superb easy-to-follow recipe book to create clean, natural care products for babies, mothers-to-be, and new moms.
Why trust your baby’s care—or your own—to the chemical-laden products with unpronounceable names on supermarket shelves? The fantastic guide to feeling good and looking good that upcoming and new French mothers rely on to care for themselves and their little ones is now in English for the very first time. Inside you’ll find more than forty tried-and-true original, stress-free recipes to create health, wellness, and beauty products that utilize clean, organic ingredients that you may already own.
Remedies for women in all stages of pregnancy and early motherhood are included and offer action plans to manage hormones, prevent or treat stretch marks, activate blood circulation, promote hair growth, and more, as well as to create crucial care products for children in their first year, such as protective balms for delicate newborn skin, calendula and oat baths to treat rashes and irritation, and soothing salves to heal baby acne.
Complementing the wealth of recipes is detailed information on the ecological, health, and happiness benefits of natural care, guidance for reading labels to detect harmful synthetics and toxins, and thoughtful tips on wellbeing. This beautifully designed classic is crucial to have on-hand and will empower women everywhere to safely, and swiftly, take care of their bodies and their babies.