num_pages: 128
description: "One can still make homemade soap with delightful fragrances and interesting textures....Provides detailed instructions and recipes for basic lye soaps made with animal or vegetable fats, and for hand-milled and specialty soaps using almond meal, chamomile, glycerin, and milk that expand on those basic formulas. Shampoo and liquid are covered as well." --Library Journal. "You'll also learn a little something about the history and origins of soap and soap making, and a lot about making all sizes and shapes of soap, creating marbled and confetti effects, and adding fragrance, herbs and natural dyes...."--Woman's Day Crafts &amp; Needlework. "...awash with over 60 recipes...In addition, tips on how to store, wrap, decorate and display soap are included."--Country Woman. 128 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.
language: English
title: The Complete Soapmaker: Tips, Techniques & Recipes For Luxurious Handmade Soaps
titlecomplete: The Complete Soapmaker: Tips, Techniques & Recipes For Luxurious Handmade Soaps
genres: Nonfiction, Crafts, Reference
ratings_count: 82
publisher: Sterling