Synopses & Reviews
"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 & 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.
Synopsis
Try this all-in-one kit for creating scented soaps in a variety of shapes, colors, and scents. You get The Complete Soapmaker, a photo-filled guide to making every type of soap, 8 shapes of moulds, including flowers and shells; 2 1/8-ounce bottles of rosewood and citrus blend fragrance oils; 2 packets of colorant dye chips; 2 packets of dried calendula and rose flowers; and potpourri paper and raffia for tying the perfect gift. Special directions cover making all-natural soaps.