The soapmaker's companion : a comprehensive guide with recipes, techniques & know-how (Bog)

A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes, Techniques & Know-how
Susan Miller Cavitch
Storey Communications, 1997 - 281 sider

The most comprehensive guide to soapmaking ever!
From the author of the best-selling The Natural Soap Book comes this illustrated guide to making over 40 specialty soaps -- from exquisite stained-glass, marbled, and layered soaps to soothing masseuse bars, hardworking laundry soap, and practical liquid soaps.

Through clear, step-by-step instructions, master soapmaker Susan Miller Cavitch leads you through every step of the soapmaking process and teaches you how to:

*craft exotic and practical soaps in your home

* blend and use essential oils and natural colorants

* design multi-colored, marbled, and imprinted soaps

* understand the chemistry of soapmaking and create your own personal bars

Plus, you'll get tips on how to get started selling soaps!

Summary: Features twenty-nine recipes for making all-vegetable, cold-process soap, provides information about ingredients, discussing fats and oils, colorants, and fragrances, offers troubleshooting advice, and includes an introduction to the science underlying soapmaking, and tips for starting a soapmaking business

Titel: The soapmaker's companion : a comprehensive guide with recipes, techniques & know-how
Forlag: Storey Communications
Udgivelsesår: 1997
Sider: 289
Sprog: Engelsk