Simple & natural soapmaking
Subtitle: create 100% pure and beautiful soaps with the nerdy farm wife's easy recipes and techniques
By: Jan Berry
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781624143847
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Soap; Handbooks, manuals
Other titles: Simple & natural soap making :
Description: "Create fabulous modern soaps the truly natural, eco-friendly way. With this new comprehensive guide, herbalist Jan Berry offers everything the modern-day enthusiast needs to make incredible botanical soaps. Beginners can join in the sudsy fun with detailed tutorials and step-by-step photographs for making traditional cold-process soap and the more modern hot-process method with a slow cooker. Jan presents 50 easy, unique soap recipes with ingredients and scents inspired by the herb garden, veggie garden, farm, forest and more. Sample soap recipes you won't want to miss are Lavender Milk Bath Bars, Sweet Honey & Shea Layers Soap, Creamy Avocado Soap, Citrus Breeze Brine Bars, Mountain Man Beard & Body Bars and Classic Cedarwood & Coconut Milk Shave Soap. Featured resources are Jan's handy guides to common soapmaking essential oils and their properties, oil and milk infusions with healing herbs and easy decoration techniques. The book also contains Jan's highly anticipated natural colorants gallery showcasing more than 50 soaps that span the rainbow. Soap crafters of all levels will enjoy referencing this book for years to come. All recipes are sustainably palm-free!"--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 187) and index.
Table of contents: title: Getting started making simile natural soaps; title: Recipes. The simplest basics ; Soaps from the herb garden ; Soaps from the orchard & veggie garden ; Soaps from the farm ; Soaps from the sea ; Soaps from the apiary ; Soaps from the forest ; Soaps from the spa; title: Techniques & tips to take your soapmaking to the next level; title: Troubleshooting.