Do it yourself instead of buying - Skin & Hair

The now fourth volume from the smarticular publishing house offers alternatives to care products for skin and hair, which can be cheap and easy to make yourself, but most importantly, you can save on packaging and plastic waste and thus protect the environment. The ingredients are of natural origin and can be procured easily, often even from the region, and you can dispense with artificial ingredients altogether. The 137 recipes range from shampoo and shower gel to creams and body lotions, deodorant, cosmetic pads and toothpaste. Explanations of the effects of the individual ingredients, alternatives for special needs and tips for using the products accompany them. In this respect, the book can also be used as an introduction to (self-produced) natural cosmetics.

Usually, there is a website in addition to a film, book, etc. Here it’s the other way round: The ideas portal smarticular.net was launched first and quickly became a digital reference address for eco-friends and the health-conscious, providing tips, ideas and recipes for sustainable living. Committed people who want to take things into their own hands, do them themselves and try them out to make their lives a little easier and greener visit the page. Now the team behind the portal has turned the online guide into several printed publications. The book series “Selber machen statt kaufen” (Do it yourself instead of buying), for example, reveals to its readers shopping alternatives and approaches to sustainable living. The smarticular team focuses on topics like home remedies, saving plastic, or avoiding waste in the manuals.