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Recipes for beauty treatments from the world's best spas

Need to revitalize your beauty regimen?! Most of us would like to, but few us have the time or money to drop everything and escape to the an exotic destination for just a spa treatment. Author, lifestyle expert and former model, Dawn Gallagher has composed a must-have recipe book of beauty secrets that offer natural alternatives using healthy ingredients. 

As a fashion model, Dawn has graced the covers of more than three hundred magazines, including Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Cosmpolitan. Through her extensive travels to exotic destinations like Arabia,the Caribbean, The Far East, India South Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands, Dawn has experienced a natural, mulicultural approach to beauty care. In her new book, Nature's Beauty Secrets: Recipes for Beauty Treatments From the World's Best Spas, Dawn collected recipes from spas all over the world and translated them into simple, do-it-yourself treatments at home. Being able to afford the luxury of attending these renowned spas as Augua at Delano, Six Senses Hideaway in Ninh Van Bay and Four Seasons in Costa Rica, Dawn also shares her knowledge of Eastern relaxation excercies, meditation, yoga and healing practices for the mind and body.

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So if a trip to Bora Bora seems unattainable, Nature's Beauty will offer you beautiful images, easy to follow recipes and ancient and modern beauty secrets that will have you feeling and looking like you've already been. 

Beauty Expert On the Spot : 6 quick-fix tips women should try to get gorgeus skin fast!

I got a chance to chat with Dawn Gallagher and she offered these six simple beauty tips that are perfect for the gal on the go who wants to Get Gorgeous!

  • Olive oil, almond oil and avocado are wonderful penetrating oils for the skin. Add a few drops of Lavender or Ylang Ylang.
  • Cucumber is wonderful for clearing blemishes and is a natural soother for sunburn.
  •  Dab a small amount of honey directly on a blemish to help it disappear. Honey is very healing. Try unfiltered honey which has all the important nutrients and enzymes.
  • Aveeno (colloidal oatmeal) found at the pharmacy is wonderful for dry, itchy skin.
  • The lactic acid found in milk baths was what kept Cleopatra’s skin youthful and beautiful. Pour a cup or two of whole milk or powdered milk into your bath. 
  • Tee tree oil is great for blemishes just dab a little on problem spots

To purchase Nature's Beauty Secret by Dawn Gallagher visit  http://www.dawngallagher.com/

Credit:  © NATURE’S BEAUTY SECRETS: Recipes for Beauty Treatments From the World’s Best Spas by Dawn Gallagher, Universe Publishing, 2011

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