The Soapmaker's Companion: A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes, Techniques & Know-How (Natural Body Series - The Natural Way to Enhance Your Life)
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (609 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0882669656 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"The Soapmaker's Companion will teach you everything you need to know about making liquid soap; laundry soap; marbled soap; transparent soap; multicolored, layered soap; and more."
You’ll soon be making luxurious soaps at a fraction of the cost of boutique products.Important Notice Early printings of this book contain a recipe variation in a sidebar note on page 36. In this comprehensive guide, Susan Miller Cavitch covers everything you need to know to make your own soaps. Cavitch provides tips for making more than 40 different specialty soaps, showing you how to design colorful marbled bars and expertly blend ingredients to create custom fragrances. Learn the basic techniques for crafting oil-, cream-, and vegetable-based soaps, and then start experimenting with your own personalized scents and effects. As a result of further testing, author Susan Miller Cavitch and Storey Publishing strongly recommend that you do not try this variation. The mixture may bubble up quickly and come out of the pot, posing a potential hazard.. Adding honey when you are combining the sodium hydroxide and water may result in a stronger reaction with more intense heat
"THE "must-have" book on Soapmaking for beginners to pros!" according to A Customer. This is one of my favorite books I've found on the wonderful, newly found hobby of mine - Soapmaking!The author does a brilliant job of combining the must-have step-by-step detailed instructions on soapmaking basics for beginners, with the best list and descriptions of all soapmaking ingredients!Beginners and experts alike will enjoy the many tried and true recipes, even specialty soaps! It also covers the "Chemistry . "comprehensive with some serious limitations" according to A Customer. It really is too bad that the author published her first book before anyone else could publish something with more accurate and flexible information, because she is now regarded as an expert in the soapmaking realm. Some basic problems with Cavitch are logistical and procedural. No one has to weigh water, no one needs to use some of the ingredients she calls for in every single recipe, such as grapefruit seed extract.. This book is a must have for soapers, especially This book is a must have for soapers, especially for those just starting out. When I began years ago, I took chemistry and had an arsenal of library books on soaping. This one book, explains it all, without being uninteresting.