Kick Chemicals To The Curb: Book Three: All-Natural Male Grooming Recipes, by Claire & Andrew Bowman
[Note: This book was provided free of charge by the author in exchange for an honest review.]
As the third book in a series [1], one tends to know what to expect with a book. For the most part, this book delivers precisely that, even if there are some elements that have changed and changed order that are worthy of comment. For one, this book has a lot more commentary about masculinity in it (which makes sense, given that many men require a bit more convincing to go for products like these), which pushes the length up to about 100 pages (including the obligatory extra materials). Additionally, the book includes some specific products designed to help men with their more delicate parts and has its ingredients list at the end instead of at the beginning. At least for me personally, one of the ingredients listed tends to frequently come from pigs, making some kosher alternatives a wise call for at least some readers.
As far as its contents, those who enjoy the mix of wide-ranging recipes that tend to show several approaches to the same basic set of products (including shaving cream, shampoo, and body wash, as well as toothpaste and many other items) as well as the pointed commentary about man-boobs from chemicals and other unsavory side effects that are possible will probably appreciate this book if they have enjoyed the other ones. There are a lot of ingredients in this particular book that I am not familiar with that seem interesting–the items with Bentonite for metal cleansing appear to be a bit tricky to work with but also potentially rewarding in certain circumstances, especially in non-toxic deodorant and certain shaving creams. Basically, this book takes the tack of trying to shame men into being more do-it-yourself with regards to grooming items, which is itself a provocative but also entirely sensible act.
Although the main audience of this book would be either ladies looking to give sweet presents for the men in their lives or men who would qualify as metrosexuals, with an intense interest in grooming products like exfoliants and the like. That said, the best approach for most men to take with a book like this is to find those items that one would use on a normal basis, and to be willing to try out those ones, and if there are items that might seem a bit too much, one can simply disregard those and move on to the ones that are more relevant. A book like this seems to be made for the broadest possible tastes, readers should seek the most that they can get out of it.
[1] See, for example:
Edge Induced Cohesion 
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