The Complete Soapmaker: Tips, Techniques & Recipes for Luxurious Handmade Soaps
Soapmaking, once a practical necessity for the homemaker, has almost passed out of the repertoire of home crafts. Nevertheless, one can still make homemade soap with delightful fragrances and interesting textures. This book 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. Shampoos and liquid soaps are covered as well.Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.