Having healthy skin and natural beauty is something we are all trying to achieve. The Mother Earth News Guide to Natural Beauty is filled with tips, tricks, and techniques to help you bring herbal alternatives into your personal-care routine. Inside you’ll learn to make simple skin-care recipes and discover how going all-natural can benefit your health. Split into four chapters that cover beauty essentials, natural skin-care solutions, recipes for skin products from head to toe, and recipes for facials, face masks, and makeup, this guide has everything you need to start making your own beauty products! Whether it’s choosing the right care for your skin type, making your own shampoo, or customizing your makeup, this guide will help you with everything you need to get started and prove a useful resource that you’ll turn to again and again.

Reboost your health with hundreds of tips from the MOTHER EARTH NEWS Guide to Super Herbs. Inside this 96-page guide you’ll learn more about elderberry, turmeric, ginger, thyme, and more herbs for good health. Learn about the top six medicinal essential oils; natural dental and allergy remedies; herbs and nutrients for a better night’s rest; gardening for medicinal health, emotional well-being, and improved digestion; growing ginger and turmeric; and more.

Other articles include:

• Body Care Basics – Avoid toxic chemicals and ramp up your self-reliance by trying these simple recipes (including toothpaste, deodorant, creams, hair products, and more).
• Heart-Healthy Herbal Treats – Discover delicious ways to incorporate heart-healthy herbs into your diet. Recipes featuring elderberry, hibiscus, hawthorn, aronia, and ginger.
• The Herbs of Ayurveda – Learn about some of the most popular Ayurvedic herbs, all of which have been used for centuries to promote holistic well-being.
• 5 Best Herbal Antibiotics – Many herbs have proven antibacterial properties, and researchers are turning to these herbs as they work to discover new ways to counter resistant illnesses.
• Graceful Aging – Make your golden years glow brighter with these tips, habits, and recipes that can help ward off the ailments associated with aging (no matter how young or old you are).
• The Medicinal Herb Garden – Grow these 10 medicinal herbs in your garden, and enjoy having the keys to natural wellness just outside your door.
• Herb-enhanced Recipes – Delicious hot beverages, healthy veggies, and sweet treats.

You've heard of lavender, rosemary, and sage, and their many uses. But what about the herbs you’ve never used that can be so beneficial to you and your family? Extend your knowledge of herbs and their uses with the Mother Earth News Guide to Unusual Herbs. A part of the Herb Companion Series, this 96-page guide is full of tips, tricks, remedies, recipes, and loads of information for herbs you may have never heard of. Learn about the healing properties of the Balm of Gilead and the mysterious maca root, and the many secret uses of saffron. Get the best information on herbs, from articles on herbalists’ favorite herbs to six seed companies you can trust.

The Guide to Women's Health covers a variety of topics for women of every age. From learning which herbs you should be using at what age, to strengthening your bones, this guide is filled from cover-to-cover with valuable information, tips, advice and recipes for women's health.

Herbs are quickly becoming a common aid for healing all kinds of ailments. In Mother Earth News Healing with Herbs, you’ll learn about making your own medicine, find health tips, and discover the most-trusted herbal companies. Twenty plant profiles cover the health benefits of each. Whether you’ve been working with herbs for years or just starting to take the leap, this guide is packed with helpful tips and recipes for every level of herbalist.

The Mother Earth News Premium Issue: Super Herbs is full of the best information on what to do with herbs. Whether you want to add medicinal herbs to meals to give it a nutritional boost or infuse herbs into your honey for a sweet treat, there’s recipes for you to try.

The Mother Earth News Premium Issue: Super Herbs will prove the usefulness of herbs whether you’re using them in your kitchen or stocking the medicine cabinet. With articles written by experts such as Jessi Bloom, Maria Noël Groves, Stephanie Tourles, and more, this collection offers valuable information on every page.

The Winter 2015 edition of The Best of Mother Earth News includes more than 25 articles that cover a range of topics from food and cooking to organic gardening, from beekeeping to renewable energy. With more than 100 pages, this is the ultimate self-sufficient guide for any modern homesteader.