The Natural Soap Making Book for Beginners

Author: Kelly Cable
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1623158923
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 297

Book Description
Unleash your creativity by making your own all-natural soap Making soap with all-natural ingredients lets you express your creative side while reducing chemicals in your cleansing routine, but where do you begin? This helpful resource for entry-level soap makers will demystify the process and show you how to bring nature and your own unique style into your everyday soaps. What sets The Natural Soapmaking Book for Beginners apart from other soap making books: Soap making basics—Learn all you need to know before making your first batch of soap, like the science behind what happens when you combine ingredients, helpful soap making terminology, and lists of all the supplies you'll need (including lye). This section also provides instructions for using natural colors and scents to make your soaps look and smell beautiful. Step-by-step tutorials—Dive into cold-process soap making and unlock your artistic abilities using simple guides for mixing, melting, and pouring, as well as instructions for creating silky smooth, layered, and embossed soaps. 55+ all-natural soap recipes—This book will teach you to make a variety of soaps infused with natural herbs, oils, and milks, including a creamy Gentle Baby Soap, an antioxidant-rich Avocado and Shea Face Bar with Aloe, and a nourishing Goat Milk and Honey Shampoo Bar. Master the basic techniques you need to create luxurious soap and body care products with The Natural Soapmaking Book for Beginners.

Simple & Natural Soapmaking

Author: Jan Berry
Publisher:
ISBN: 1624143849
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
"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...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."--

Natural Soap Making

Author: Elizabeth Letcavage
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811710726
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 98

Book Description
This title explores how to make cold-process soap (soap from scratch) using only natural fragrances, colourants, and texture additives. The book provides information on different kinds of oils and botanical additives and the special properties they give to the soap. It also includes 12 special soap recipes along with tips for creating your own natural recipes

The Natural Soap Book

Author: Susan Miller Cavitch
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1603425918
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 192

Book Description
Making your own soap is fun, easy, and rewarding. In this introductory guide, Susan Miller Cavitch shows you how to craft your own all-natural, wonderfully smelling soaps. Illustrated directions take you through the whole process, from buying supplies to cutting the final bars. With easy-to-follow recipes that range from classics like oatmeal and honey soap to more adventurous combinations using goat milk and borage, you’ll be inspired to make uniquely personal soaps that are gentle on your skin and a pleasure for your nose.

Soap Crafting

Author: Anne-Marie Faiola
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 161212089X
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
Make your own custom-tailored and perfectly formed cold-process soaps! Learn how to use milk jugs and yogurt containers for molds, and how coffee, avocado, and even beer can add unique dimensions to your creations. This encouraging introduction to the art of soapmaking makes it simple to master the techniques you need to safely and easily produce your own enticingly fragrant soaps.

The Prairie Homestead Cookbook

Author: Jill Winger
Publisher: Flatiron Books
ISBN: 1250305942
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
Jill Winger, creator of the award-winning blog The Prairie Homestead, introduces her debut The Prairie Homestead Cookbook, including 100+ delicious, wholesome recipes made with fresh ingredients to bring the flavors and spirit of homestead cooking to any kitchen table. With a foreword by bestselling author Joel Salatin The Pioneer Woman Cooks meets 100 Days of Real Food, on the Wyoming prairie. While Jill produces much of her own food on her Wyoming ranch, you don’t have to grow all—or even any—of your own food to cook and eat like a homesteader. Jill teaches people how to make delicious traditional American comfort food recipes with whole ingredients and shows that you don’t have to use obscure items to enjoy this lifestyle. And as a busy mother of three, Jill knows how to make recipes easy and delicious for all ages. "Jill takes you on an insightful and delicious journey of becoming a homesteader. This book is packed with so much easy to follow, practical, hands-on information about steps you can take towards integrating homesteading into your life. It is packed full of exciting and mouth-watering recipes and heartwarming stories of her unique adventure into homesteading. These recipes are ones I know I will be using regularly in my kitchen." - Eve Kilcher These 109 recipes include her family’s favorites, with maple-glazed pork chops, butternut Alfredo pasta, and browned butter skillet corn. Jill also shares 17 bonus recipes for homemade sauces, salt rubs, sour cream, and the like—staples that many people are surprised to learn you can make yourself. Beyond these recipes, The Prairie Homestead Cookbook shares the tools and tips Jill has learned from life on the homestead, like how to churn your own butter, feed a family on a budget, and experience all the fulfilling satisfaction of a DIY lifestyle.

Soapmaking the Natural Way

Author: Rebecca Ittner
Publisher: Union Square & Company
ISBN: 9781600597817
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book offers simple techniques and sophisticated, 100% natural soaps that please the eye and the environment. The melt-and-pour method offers readers a safe and accessible way to make soaps at home without investing in elaborate tools or supplies and author Rebecca Ittner's friendly, you-can-too writing style invites both the novice and the aficionado to delve into the world of soapmaking. The eco-friendly, animal-free ingredients featured in each project span a delicious range from oatmeal, lavender, sweet almond butter and coconut milk to honeysuckle, orange cream, clay and fresh mint. Types of soap bases are discussed in detail and readers learn the ins-and-outs of essential oils and their benefits, the scientific properties of clays and how to recognise and use types of colorants. Not only are the ingredients used luscious, they (and the basic soapmaking tools and supplies) are all readily available at standard craft supply shops. The reader will find this book to be an affordable, inviting and informative resource as well as an inspiring collection of projects.

Pure Soapmaking

Author: Anne-Marie Faiola
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1612125344
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 241

Book Description
The pure luxury of soaps made with coconut butter, almond oil, aloe vera, oatmeal, and green tea is one of life’s little pleasures. And with the help of Anne-Marie Faiola, author of Soap Crafting and Milk Soaps, it’s easy to make luscious, all-natural soaps right in your own kitchen. This collection of 32 recipes ranges from simple castile bars to intricate swirls, embeds, and marbled and layered looks. Begin with a combination of skin-nourishing oils and then add blueberry puree, dandelion-infused water, almond milk, coffee grounds, mango and avocado butters, black tea, or other delicious ingredients — and then scent your soap with pure essential oils. Step-by-step photography guides you through every stage of cold-process soapmaking.

Becky's Guide To Buying Land

Author: Becky's Homestead
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781673600735
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64

Book Description
Do you want to buy land but don't know where to start? I wrote this book to help people who are shopping for land and want to get a good deal and avoid as many hiccups and disasters as possible. This is the book I wish I had when I was getting started.In Becky's Guide To Buying Land I cover these topics: - How to find cheap land.- How to buy land even if you have no credit or bad credit.- What to look for in a good piece of land.- How to find out the zoning and flood zone information.- What are deed restrictions and bylaws and how can they effect you?- What are access rights and why are they important?- Why you need a title company and why it's important.- And I tell you my personal story which will help you see exactly how it's all done from start to finish. I know because I did it twice.

Natural and Organic Soap Making Alchemy

Author: Theresa Rogers
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781719447782
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
NATURAL & ORGANIC SOAP MAKING ALCHEMY Hobby to a Successful Homebased Business After my teenage son's acne disappeared by using a homemade organic soap that one of my friends had made, I got interested in the chemistry of soap making. I researched, watched, practiced and learned everything there is to know about soap making at home. My goal initially was not only to learn how to make soap but the real chemistry of soap making, what makes soap a soap, why and what are natural and organic soaps and which aren't. After about six months of hard practice and after many trial and error, I mastered the craft of soap making at home. As you will read, a good friend of mine introduced me to the art of soap making at first, but I was very intrigued by her home-based soap business. She makes a decent income just by selling soaps from her home. Once I mastered the craft, I started making a wide variety of soaps and then I slowly started getting into selling my creations. I am happy to report that I too have a decent side income from selling my soaps locally. In this book, I show how to make all natural and organic soaps the right way from the very first try. I also share how you can have a mini home based business from this beautiful new found hobby of yours. Here is What You Will Learn. History of Soaps When Soap isn't a Soap Types of Soaps Natural vs. Organic Soaps How to Identify Organic Soaps Melt and Pour Soap Making Process Cold Process Soap Making Process The Hot Process Method The Re-Batch Method Detail List of Equipment You Will Need Soap Making Ingredients You Will Need How and Where to Find Supplies How to Add Designer Fragrance on a Budget How to Add Scent to Soap What Essential Oils are Good for Soap Making How to Add Vibrant Color to Your Soap Understanding the Color Basics & Color Wheel How to Use Color Wheel to Create New & Vibrant Colors Soap Making Recipes How to Start a Soap Making Business How to Develop and Test Your Products How to Come up with the Right Pricing How to Wholesale your Products How to Make it all Profitable How to Find Customers and Sales The FDA Requirements on Soap Labels Marketing & Sales In Appendix, I also Shared a Full Saponification Chart Enjoy your new found hobby!