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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 and even baby and pet shampoos.
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Creating Liquid Soaps That Soothe! Finally, a book on making liquid soaps at home! Let expert soapmaker Catherine Failor introduce you to the luxurious world of all-natural liquid soaps -- the easy way. Using a simple double-boiler technique, you can create inexpensive moisturizing hand soaps, revitalizing shampoos, invigorating shower gels, soothing bubble baths, and much more. And all tailored to your skin type, to your hair's needs, or even to your mood! Discover how easy it is to master this special hot-process soapmaking technique and explore the art of this rewarding craft. Using simple, pure ingredients, such as cocoa butter, lanolin, and jojoba, you can create liquid soaps that are better for your skin, better for the environment, and just plain better than any you'll find in a store. Learn to blend oils and additives, add color and scent to your creations, and develop one-of-a-kind personal soaps -- all in your own kitchen! Let the soap and your creativity flow!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent step by step innstructions,
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This review is from: Making Natural Liquid Soaps: Herbal Shower Gels, Conditioning Shampoos, Moisturizing Hand Soaps, Luxurious Bubble Baths, and more (Paperback)
I bought this book not knowing what to expect since I had read other books on liquid soap and the results I got were pretty bad!Excellent step by step instructions! I have made over 250 bottles of liquid soap for a craft fair in my country (venezuela) My Best selling items so far!. Recipes are not quite what one expects for hair shampoos but for everything else (gels, bubble baths, etc) they are just great! I do recomend this book 100%. I promise you'll be surprise at how easy and inexpensive it is to supply your own household with great Shower Gels.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not as easy as she says it is!!,
By Sasha Castel "sashacastel" (Canberra, Australia, formerly of NY, NY, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Making Natural Liquid Soaps: Herbal Shower Gels, Conditioning Shampoos, Moisturizing Hand Soaps, Luxurious Bubble Baths, and more (Paperback)
I've made several dozen batches of cold-process soap over the last year. I was very excited to try the recipes and techniques in this book. Oy vey, what a production! I read the book three times cover-to-cover and was still thoroughly confused and intimidated.The book is badly organized and sometimes contradictory. Finally, in desperation, I decided to make the "Translucent Liquid Soap" recipe in Cavitch's Soapmaker's Comapanion. Blessedly simple by comparison, and after my first batch the Faillor techniques began to make a bit more sense. .The (Cavitch) recipe turned out nicely, and once I get a bit more practice, I will look forward to making Faillor's recipes, but take my word for it, a beginner would be thoroughly befuddled by this book.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Let's Make Liquid Soap,
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This review is from: Making Natural Liquid Soaps: Herbal Shower Gels, Conditioning Shampoos, Moisturizing Hand Soaps, Luxurious Bubble Baths, and more (Paperback)
It's as easy as that: Read the book and make liquid soap. On the advice of another reviewer, I bought "The Soapmaker's Companion to help me understand Failor's book, Making Natural Liquid Soaps. Doing that was totally unnecessary. I found Making Natural Liquid Soaps to be well laid out, going smoothly from Making Liquid Soaps 101 to Making Liquid Soaps 202 with pictures, explanations and ingredient information as needed. It has everything you need. It's easy to follow and understand. I listened to someone on a website that suggested using a slow-cooker to make liquid soap. I bought the slow-cooker and tested it; it doesn't get hot enough to make soap and you won't be able to cool it fast enough in the event of a foam-over, which happens in seconds. I bought a stock pot and a canning pot to make a double-boiler, just like Failor said and it works very well. She knows what she's talking about. There's a lot of experience behind her instructions. After the basic instructions, there is a section Formulating Your Own Soap that teaches you how to go beyond someone else's recipes. In fact, for my first batch of liquid soap, I devised my own recipe, finding a plethora of pertinent information in the book to help me make good decisions. It took six hours, from setting up to clean-up and I have six quarts of nice, clear liquid soap to show for it. Now I'm planning to make smaller batches of one quart each: a dish soap, a conditioning shampoo, a shower gel, and more. This is a fun, useful, new hobby. Thank you Catherine Failor!
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