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	The Handmade Soap Book *by Melinda Coss* BK2213 - $22.95 [Add to Cart] [View Cart] With the simplest soapmaking instructions available, this book takes you from basic soapmaking to crafting bathtime products with herbs, fruits, spices, and natural pigments. 80 pages, 8 5/8" x 10 1/8"; Hardcover.

300 Handcrafted Soaps

by Marie Browning

BK3052 - 21.95
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Soaps fragrant with cinnamon, "painted" with natural coloring, stamped or laminated, that fizz in the bath, and even have a written message! These 300 beautiful, easy-to-make soaps are gentle on your skin and a magnificent addition to bathroom décor. All use a simple melt and pour technique, and any craft, grocery, health food and drug store will have the supplies you need: a glycerin or coconut soap base, fragrances, additives (such as flowers and green tea), colorants (spices, dried herbs, cosmetic-grade color), and molds. What's really special are these recipes for bee-shaped fruited honey bars; deliciously scented lemon sage scrub; a heart swirl with smaller, decorative soap pieces embedded inside; a French cameo; the leaf-shaped mountain therapy blend with gold luster power; and many more! A Selection of Crafters Choice Book Club. 8 1/2 X 10. all in color. 144 pages. Hardcover

Soapmaking For The First Time®
by Linda Orton

BK3028 - $19.95
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Join the millions who already enjoy the popular craft that combines color, fragrance, artistic design, practical use--and even healing. It's easy to learn the basics of how to collect materials and use molds. The fun really begins as you select your favorite shades and scents, and add natural botanical elements. Did you know, for example, that oatmeal works as a skin exfoliant and softener? Or that honey makes a fine moisturizer while clay dries oily skin? Or that rosebuds, peppermint, tea leaves, and cinnamon possess healing properties? Imagine the many styles of soap you can create: beauty bars, fun shapes for kids, embedded designs that use tiny bars of soap and jewel-like decorative objects. You can make soaps for special uses like bubbling bath oil, soap on a rope, soap inside a loofah sponge, bath salts, and massage oil. See how soap--and soapmaking--benefits your body and mind. 112 pages.8 1/2 X 10. Hardcover.

Melt & Mold Soap Crafting

by C. Kaila Westerman

BK2401 - $14.95
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Soapmaking has never been this easy! The revolutionary melt-and-mold method is taking the craft world by storm. Beginning with a meltable glycerin base, crafters can create stunning specialty soaps in minutes, with no lye and no waiting. It's as easy as melt, pour, mold and decorate.

Melt-and-mold master C. Kaila Westerman shares her recipes for fabulous fun creations, such as Stained Glass Soap, Cat's Eyes, Flower Images, Sunrise Soap, Layer Cake Soap, Quilters Soap, Gemstones, and many more. Color photos and step-by-step instructions for 30 different techniques. 144 pages; 7" x 10"; Paperback.

Making Cream Soap
A guide to creating all-natural shaving, hand and body cream soaps
by Catherine Failor
BK2230 - $6.50
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Finally, a manual on how to make the most beautiful and sensual of all soaps – cream soap! Using a simple double-boiler process, the home soapmaker can now create inexpensive, natural shaving creams, as well as moisturizing cream soaps for the hands and body.

Discover how easy it is to master the art of cream soapmaking. In this 40-page manual you'll find clear step-by-step mixing and cooking instructions, several recipes using pure, natural ingredients such as coconut and jojoba oils, a troubleshooting guide, a guide for formulating your own cream soaps, as well as a list of suppliers.

After years of experimenting with almost every kind of soapmaking – transparent, liquid and cold-process – author Catherine Failor finds cream soapmaking the most fascinating and unusual of all. See for yourself why Catherine calls cream soap "the ultimate shapeshifter of the soap world."

Soap: Making It, Enjoying It
by Ann Bramson

BK390 - $7.95
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The classic guide that has been in print for 28 years. This book leads readers
with charm, humor, and irreverence through the art, craft and science of
making soap at home. Four basic recipes yield castile soap, all-vegetable soap,
coco-olive soap and caster oil soap. Each of these can be further embellished to
create a fantastic array of fanciful soaps. The author outlines in detail the
equipment needed for the home soap-making project and offers imaginative
suggestions for scenting and carving the finished soap. Illustrated with helpful
drawings of the soap making process, with easy to read instruction. Paperback. 120 pages with illustrations.

Making Natural Liquid Soaps
Making Natural Liquid Soaps by Catherine Failor

BK2232 - $14.95
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	Herbal Shower Gels
	Conditioning Shampoos
	Moisturizing Hand Soaps
	Luxurious Bubble Baths and More

Using a simple double-boiler technique, readers will make elegant and soothing liquid soaps. Dozens of recipes using oils, herbs, and other natural ingredients to create hand soaps, shower gels, bubble baths, conditioning shampoos — even baby and pet shampoos. 144 pages; 7" x 10"; Full Color; Paperback.

Milk-Based Soaps
Making Natural, Skin-Nourishing Soap

by Casey Makela

BK2227 - $12.95
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Fool-proof instructions for creating 12 distinctive soaps from goat’s or cow’s milk. 96 pages; 6" x 9"; Paperback.

The Soapmaker’s Companion
A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes, Techniques, and Know-How

by Susan Miller Cavitch

BK2226 - $18.95
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The definitive handbook for making natural, vegetable-based soaps. 256 pages; 8" x 8"; Paperback.
Important Notice
to Readers of The Soapmaker's Companion by Susan Miller Cavitch

As a result of further recipe testing, author Susan Miller Cavitch and Storey Books strongly recommend that you do not try the recipe variation listed in the sidebar note on page 36. Adding honey when you are combining the sodium hydroxide and water may result in a stronger reaction with more intense heat. The mixture may bubble up quickly and come out of the pot, posing a potential hazard.

The Natural Soap Book
Making Herbal and Vegetable-Based Soaps

by Susan Miller Cavitch

BK2220 - $14.95
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Creating soaps at home -- for family, for gifts, even to sell in quantity -- is pleasant and rewarding. A soapmaker provides formulas and trade secrets for making high-quality vegetable-based soaps, with start-to-finish directions, supply and equipment tips, and ideas for the final product. 144 pages; 6" x 9"; Paperback.

Making Transparent Soap
The Art of Crafting, Molding, Scenting & Coloring

by Catherine Failor

BK2231 - $18.95
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With common ingredients and equipment, readers can craft stunning transparent soaps. Step-by-step photographs offer a full exploration of this special technique, ingredients, and the basics for making transparent bars. Includes recipes and tips for creating unique and beautiful soap masterpieces. 144 pages; 7" x 10"; Full Color; Paperback.

COMPLETE SOAPMAKER,THE: Tips, Techniques & Recipes for Luxurious Handmade Soaps
By: Norma Coney

BK1665 - $14.95
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"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." 128 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.

The Soap Book; Simple Herbal Recipes

by Sandy Maine

BK3228 - $12.95
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Fire Light, Forest Garden, Gentleman Farmer, Lemon Verbena, Oat and Wheat Bran. This is but a sampling of the thirty wonderful recipes you'll find in The Soap Book. History, chemistry, equipment, plants, and oils -- everything you need to know to create your own all-natural, handcrafted, herbal, aromatherapy, and floral soaps. Fourteen years ago, Sandy Maine started the Sunfeather Handcrafted Herbal Soap Company, which currently produces and markets over 14,000 pounds of soap per year. Sandy shares tips, formulas, insights, and practical information gleaned from her experience. 6 x 7 1/4, paperbound, 96 pages, color illustrations throughout.

Soothing Soaps for Healthy Skin

by Sandy Maine

BK3229 - $12.95
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Sandy Maine combines gentle soaps with the healing power of herbs to create recipes that support health and natural well-being. From the garden to the soap pot, she shows how to create soaps that are a pleasure to use and a delight to share. 6"x7", paperbound, 96 pages, color illustrations throughout.

Soapmaking For Fun & Profit

by Maria Given Nerius

BK3054 - $19.99
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Discover How to Profit from Your Craft
Have you ever dreamed of learning how to make fragrant soaps? You can! Soapmaking For Fun & Profit was written with two purposes in mind: to teach you the basics of this fun craft and to show you how to turn these new skills into cash! Whether you've been crafting for years or are just getting started, you'll learn:

	The benefits and enjoyment of soapmaking
	The right materials, tools, and equipment to use
	How to create a special "crafting place" in your home
	Ways to sell your creations at craft shows, shops, and other outlets
	Craft business basics, including pricing and record keeping
	And much more!

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