Pure Soapmaking: How to Create Nourishing, Natural Skin Care Soaps

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 author Anne-Marie Faiola, 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.


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Pure Soapmaking: How to Create Nourishing, Natural Skin Care Soaps

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 author Anne-Marie Faiola, 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.


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Pure Soapmaking: How to Create Nourishing, Natural Skin Care Soaps

Pure Soapmaking: How to Create Nourishing, Natural Skin Care Soaps

by Anne-Marie Faiola
Pure Soapmaking: How to Create Nourishing, Natural Skin Care Soaps

Pure Soapmaking: How to Create Nourishing, Natural Skin Care Soaps

by Anne-Marie Faiola

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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 author Anne-Marie Faiola, 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.



Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781612125336
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date: 01/26/2016
Pages: 240
Sales rank: 151,314
Product dimensions: 7.69(w) x 9.31(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anne-Marie Faiola is the author of Pure Soapmaking and Soap Crafting and the owner of BrambleBerry, a company that sells soapmaking supplies in Bellingham, Washington, and online at www.brambleberry.com. Known as The Soap Queen, she has a dedicated blog and a YouTube channel, Soap Queen TV, featuring how-to tutorials.

 

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Beauty of Pure, Handmade Soap
Chapter 1: The Soapmaking Process
Chapter 2: Choosing Equipment & Molds
Chapter 3: Step-by-Step Cold-Process Soapmaking
Chapter 4: All about Oils
Chapter 5: Using Herbs & Other Natural Additives
Chapter 6: Scenting Your Soap
Chapter 7: Designing Recipes
Chapter 8: All about Simplicity — Recipes
  Comfrey & Spirulina Multicolored Cubes
  100% Castile-Brine Stamped Cube
  Oatmeal Soap for Babies
  Nettle & Yarrow Upcycle
  Buttermilk Honeycombs
  Lemon Linear Swirls
  Banana Cream Pie Layered Bars
Chapter 9: Pure Beauty — Recipes
  Annatto-Yarrow with Embeds
  Madder Root Ombre Bars
  Cucumber Layers
  White Tea Faux Funnel Pour
  Gardener Scrub with Coffee Grounds
  Layered Tomato Swirl Bars
  Coffee Swirl Layered Cubes
  Alkanet Layers with Pencil Lines
  Egg Yolk Secret-Feather Swirl
Chapter 10: Colorful & Creative — Recipes
  Blueberry Embed Round Bars
  Charcoal Hearts Round Bars
  Almond Milk Confetti Bars
  Tussah Silk Double Pour
  Indigo-Annatto Negative-Space Funnel Pour
  Cow Milk In-the-Pot Swirl
  Aloe Vera Hanger Swirl
  Potato Patch Layered Soap
  Black Tea Funnel Pour
  Rosé & Champagne Peaks
  Coconut Milk Sideways Swirl
  Pale Ale with Cocoa Powder
  Goat Milk Sunset Burst
  Dark Ale Loofah Bars
  Dandelion Zebra Stripes
  White & Red Wine Yin/Yang
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