"Don't think of pampering yourself as decadence or forbidden pleasure," writes Stephanie Tourles. "Think of it as a way to preserve your sanity in an insanely paced world."

Writing about skin and body care is my passion. As a licensed esthetician, I've taught many people over the years how to use herbs, grains, essential oils, and other natural ingredients to cleanse and heal their skin and bodies. It's easy to eliminate synthetic personal care products from your life.

Click on a book cover below to view more about online ordering and pricing. I invite you to partake of these fun and educational books.

Look for my newest book "Raw Energy"

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"It's time to rescue snacks from the realm of empty-calorie packaged junk food and transform everyday pick-me-ups into healthful, satisfying mini meals. Why waste calories on cookies or chips that have no nutritional value and provide only short-term satisfaction when raw foods are delicious, simple to prepare, and bursting with natural energy boosters that every body needs to stay fit and healthy?

Thanks to Raw Energy, it has never been easier to add a full spectrum of raw ingredients to a healthful lifestyle. Author Stephanie Tourles' 125 recipes for trail mixes, parfaits, energy bars, juice blends, smoothies, soups, vegetable chips, zippy dips, candies, and cookies combine raw ingredients in delicious snacks that are chock-full of nutrients and long-term energy boosters.

Made from real, whole foods that are uncooked, unadulterated, and unprocessed, these snacks are packages of health and vitality, dense with naturally occurring vitamins, minerals, fiber, and enzymes. The snacks in Raw Energy do not rely on refined white flour or sugar, they are not cooked in any way, and, with the exception of honey, they do not use animal products. They do include raw nuts and seeds, nut butters, dried and fresh fruits, oats, carob, cocoa, freshly extracted juices, and vegetables. They taste great and are easy to digest.

Tourles provides a complete overview of the benefits of raw foods, along with an introduction to "uncooking" techniquees and an ingredient-by-ingredient food guide. For anyone looking for more nutritional punch from low-to-moderate calorie snacks, Raw Energy provides 125 tasty starting points."

book 1

Organic Body Care Recipes
Stephanie Tourles offers a better solution to everyone frustrated with the endless cycle of expensive, synthetic, famous-name cosmetics that often fall short of expectations. With Organic Body Care Recipes you can take control of beauty treatments with homemade products that use safe, nourishing ingredients to pamper the body and soothe the senses.

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book 2 Lift Me Up/Calm Me Down This playful, inspiring book offers dozens of great ideas, reassuring quotes, and simple suggestions for pampering yourself, whether your frazzled nerves need calming or your tired soul needs uplifting. The text is complemented by fun, representational graphics and contemporary colors that make looking at this book a pleasureable experience in itself. The combination of fresh ideas, a mood-altering look, and a fun two-books-in-one format makes Lift Me Up/Calm Me Down the perfect bedside companion for anyone seeking greater balance in life.
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A Spa of Your Own (Self-Indulgence Series)

Give yourself the full spa treatment--in your own home--using simple ingredients you'll find in the kitchen.

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book 3

Simple Ways to Energize
Designed specifically for the woman who does everything (in other words, just about every female on the planet), the first nine Self-Indulgence books reveal dozens of ways for every woman to enjoy a few privtae, luxurious moments during even the busiest of days. With topics ranging from the joys of soaking in a hot tub to home spa and aromatherapy recipes to suggestions for sounder sleep, these small gift books are perfect pick-me-ups for today's woman. So go ahead, give in to a little bit of self-indulgence. After all, if you don't pamper yourself, who will?

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365 Ways to Energize Mind, Body & Soul
In a world that seems to grow busier by the day, staying energized and active is a necessity. Before readers reach for that next cup of coffee, they should reach for this fun and useful book by natural health and beauty guru Stephanie Tourles. This idea-a-day book of energizing tips and techniques is a reader's guide to living life to its fullest. From diet to exercise, health rituals to visualization, Tourles delivers energizing recipes, easy-to-implement techniques, and sound, friendly advice that will help readers feel healthy, happy, and alive.

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How to Feel Fabulous Today!
Who doesn't want to feel and look great? The author of the best-selling The Herbal Body Book is back with hundreds of fun and easy tips for a lifetime of vibrant good health and good looks. A balanced life is the key to health and longevity. Take good care of yourself, inside and out, and you'll look fabulous!

Learn to eat for health and vitality, make exercise fun, raise your spirits, keep headaches at bay, minimize hunger pangs, and slow bone loss.

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Herbal Remedies for a Lifetime of Healthy Skin
Natural and herbal remedies can enhance your overall health as well as treat the more specific conditions of the skin.

In this book you will find a list of essential vitamins that are beneficial to the skin, rituals for beautiful skin, skin care basics and what you can do to beat the signs of aging.

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50 Simple Ways to Pamper Yourself
is filled with little things you can do to give yourself some time to unwind, treat yourself to little pleasures, and feel better about yourself. You're encouraged to relax over a cup of herb tea (several recipes included), go out for morning exercise, and laugh. Most of the tips are beauty and body-pampering ideas using herbs, essential oils, and other natural ingredients. You'll give yourself facials; soak, scrub, and splash your body; stretch and massage your feet; and take milk baths.

The Herbal Body Book
This is the book that began Storey's best-selling series! Readers will discover how to transform common herbs, fruits, and grains into safe, economical, and natural personal care items. Includes more than 100 recipes for facial scrubs, shampoos, lip balms, moisturizers, and more!

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Naturally Healthy Skin
Includes dozens of healing recipes made from natural ingredients like essential oils, fruits, herbs, and flowers. Readers will find effective solutions to common skin problems such as acne, age spots, eczema, hives, psoriasis, rosacea, and sunburn, plus tips for enhancing skin health with vitamins, whole food supplements, and the author's own daily beauty rituals.

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Natural Foot Care
From easy-to-make recipes for creams, lotions, and ointments, to foot massage techniques, this book offers dozens of natural ways to care for feet. Readers will find tips for choosing shoes, treating athlete's foot and other maladies, and nutrition tips for healthy feet.

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Good morning,
I have made your cocoa butter creamy lotion several times - it is our most favorite cream!! In fact, I could get addicted to using it overly much all day because of its beautiful silky finish and exquisite aroma. I like to use it on my face, too. Thanks for your wonderful book (Organic Body Care Recipes) - it is such a treasure. Keep writing - I am looking forward to your next book this winter...... Junell Lynch
 
Hi Stephanie!
I came across your book, "Organic Body Care Recipes", while studying for the Art and Science of Herbalism course through Rosemary Gladstar. I have absolutely fallen in love with that book, but what originally caught my eye was the write up about you. I really want to become a holistic esthetician which was my reason for taking the course with Rosemary. I have been so inspired by your book because it has made me feel like my dream is one that can really happen......Sincerely, Megan Szabo
 
 
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