The Black Girls Little Black Book of Beauty

The Ultimate guide to natural and organic skin care for black skin.

The Black Girls' Little Black Book of Beauty contains everything you need to know for healthy, nourished beautiful skin using only natural ingredients.

Content includes: identifying your skin type, advice per skin type, hair care regimes and solutions for everyday hair problems, beauty treatments, information to combat the affects of seasonal changes on your skin, nutrition for healthy skin and hair, understanding cosmetic labels, skin care and hair care recipes, identifying suitable ingredients and much more.

As a black woman, who has a child with various allergies, and award winning skincare formulator Rumbi Serima came to realise and understand, that healthy looking black skin can be best achieved by using natural and organic products in your daily regimen.

The Black Girls Little Black Book of Beauty highlights the importance of maintaining a good skincare regime, by incorporating ingredients and routines to suit one's skin type as a basic guide for healthy looking skin.

The book came about as a result of Rumbi Serima's desire to promote clean, green, toxin free beauty and an awareness that as black women whether by choice or design, research has shown that we are at times exposed to potentially serious harm to our health as a result of the effects of some of the skincare products available on the market.

After much research, Rumbi sensed a disconnect between the results she wanted and how she was expected to get them. It appeared that some of the products and ingredients available to us contain banned or restricted substances like mercury and hydroquinone. Surprisingly these toxins are still in use today. She asked herself how could something meant to make one feel beautiful have such devastating effects and still be on the market?

Emboldened by recent studies and her own research Rumbi decided to add her voice to the increasing call for a more enlightened approach when deciding on skin and hair care products and which ingredients are acceptable not only for black women but all of us as a whole.Written as a tool demonstrating why understanding ingredient characteristics and suitability is important. Coupled with adverse environmental effects caused by cosmetic related toxins, Rumbi feels it is our duty as inhabitants of this earth to each do our part.

The book debunks certain myths and educates whilst empowering women as consumers when choosing products for skincare or beauty regime in general.

The Black Girls' Little Black Book of Beauty is written as a reference book with sections that cover all major aspects of acquiring and maintaining beautiful healthy skin. It includes sections on, anatomy of the skin, skin types and spa treatments using organic and natural ingredients, nutrients required for healthy skin and hair also giving a break down of beauty foods!

With quick personalised DIY recipes for all the products in your skin and hair care regime from cleansers to moisturisers for you to try with ingredients from you fridge, garden or store cupboard. You will learn how to do body wraps with clays and seaweed herbs and plants for use in steam baths!

The hair section takes you through the basics and covers treatments with the best natural and organic ingredients to use for different hair conditions.

The Black Girls' Little Black Book of Beauty also has sections for you to record your own notes and findings. This is a must buy and makes for a great gift for every generation within your family.