Essential Living

I was expecting more bang for your buck with this book, especially because of the overwhelmingly positive reviews. It provides very brief (like 3 words) indications for usage for different types of essential oils. Not good if you're trying to learn more about the actual therapeutic benefit of different herbs and oils. For lotion and shampoo, it recommends using a lotion or shampoo base but it would be helpful to have recipes for those as well. The intention of the book is fine but seemed incomplete in terms of education and skimpy with the number of recipes. You also need to have many different (and expensive) types of essential oils to complete the recipes as written. Yes, it has a pretty cover but I was not inspired by the content of this book, sorry!

I have been interested in aromatherapy for some time, but it seemed like something I just didn't have time or money to be successful at it. I have found a couple of Facebook pages that had links to recipes and they haven't been helpful. Links are broken and you don't get answers to questions. There is a lot of false or contradictory information in the vast stretches of our internets. It is so easy to get over whelmed and confused and you just want to give up. Then you don't learn anything.
Enter Andre Butje and the Aromahead Institute School of Essiantial Oil Studies., who sent me a copy of this amazing book. I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I have been simply blown away by this work. The book is so easy to read and use. It is full of amazingly helpful recipes for cleaners and body products.
The thing I have been most thrilled about how very genuine this publication is. Author Andrea has been teaching classes online and in person for quite a few years. This is clear when you read her book and visit her website. I feel like the author is there with me to help me. . She isn't out to sell me anything I don't need. I feel like she really wants to help make my life better.
I truly admire the initiative of people who reach out to others with their unique abilities.

Don't go anywhere else for aromatherapy and essential oils. I know I won't and will be learning from Andrea for many years!

I found the book very knowledgable and informative in helping educate me in the use of eo's

A simple book, beautifully presented by a very humble but extremely knowledgable teacher and aromatherapist. I love this book, great, simple, effective recipes, tried and true!

She also has a great companion book that is excellent also

Nice, I'm glad I picked it up!

Great info

This book has a lot of great recipes. It's great for beginners, but for advanced users it's kind of "dumbed down".

This is such a well written book - easy to understand and so many great natural recipes to make. Andrea is my favorite teacher of Aromatherapy, learning from her is a joy!

I only own a few books on essential oils and I do like this one, but I was hoping for a bit more regarding recipes. Good info for a beginner here.