Thought I'd share some of my favorite books with recipes for homemade lotions, potions, and other things for body care.
Most of the recipes I've tried have come from Natural Beauty at Home by Janet Cox or The Herbal Beauty Book by Stephanie Tourles. Both of these authors books are available at my library, so they should be pretty easy to find. I've also found various recipes in back issues of The Herb Companion. These have been great resources for shampoo (I really like the recipe in Tourles's book that uses a herbal infusion that is mixed with water and a liquid soap), hand salves, lip balms, and many other things.
What I really like about using these recipes is that I know exactly what is going into what I'm making. I can also get the ingredients bulk, much easier to avoid plastics. Some ingredients I can get from the garden. Right now I'm steeping calendula flowers in almond oil for a hand salve recipe. I've saved a lot of money doing this too. I could probably make 5 to 6 batches of hand salve for the same price as one container from the farmers market!
I've been very happy with my homemade products. I do have one recommendation/recipe I don't need to try again though-egg for a hair conditioner. It's really pretty icky feeling.
Wanted to add that I didn't include recipes as the recipes are from a copyrighted book. If I understand copyright laws correctly-I don't think a recipe can be posted unless it's one you've created personally....