"Hamlyn Aromatherapy Solutions - Essential Oils to Lift the Mind, Body and Spirit" by Veronica Sibley (Sterling 2003 $17.95 US /$27.95 CAN) is a nice sized, full color volume with a great deal of devotion to Aromatherapy and massage. The book is actually very picture heavy and takes a great deal of time showing various forms of massage as well as pictures more of a stock nature. There are also nice examples of some of the botanical forms of the essential oils such as rosemary chamomile along with pictures of the preparations one can make via the recipes included in the book.These include recipes and blends for stress, skin care, emotional healing, blends for certain rooms of your home and so on.
The nice part I found about the recipes is they were simple, many times only using two or three essential oils. A common complaint is that recipes found in some Aromatherapy books expect a person to have a chest full of expensive essential oils when in reality many new to the art have only a few bottles. The other nice aspect of the book is the tables in the back that show both essential oils and carrier oils, their uses and their warnings, if applicable. While there isn't anything spectacularly different about this book in comparison to ones published in the past, it is a very good, visual book that would be perfect for beginners.
Our next new release is, "Workpack Aromatherapy Equipment / Workpack Aromatherapy Getting Started" by Jane Garton (Andrews McMeel Publishing 2004 $14.95 US /$21.95 CAN). This interesting and very visual boxed set comes with a spiral bound book, a package of rose scented potpourri and three bottles of essential oils: Lavender, Rosemary and Ylang Ylang--seemingly everything to you get started right away. It is noted that these essential oils are the most versatile and great as a starter to your collection. When it comes to the Lavender I would have to agree but as for the rosemary and ylang ylang, some find rosemary's scent to be very unpleasant and ylang ylang, while extremely aromatic, does not have as many uses as tea tree for example. The book is absolutely lovely with tons of beautiful pictures. Some of the pages even open up in a centerfold which is also interesting. There is a wonderful step by step manner to the massage pictures which includes the hands, back massage, sport and even sensual, all with corresponding recipes.
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