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Pamper yourself with natural moisturizing lather. Indulge your senses with aromatic fragrances. Beautify your bath with stunning soap that you've created. This book shows how to take wonderful ingredients and turn them into amazing soaps like:
Rosemary Olive Oil Soap
Pink Grapefruit Soap
Lemon Verbena Soap
Chocolate Soufflé Soap
Chai Tea Soap
Baby Rose Soap
Guinness® Stout Soap
Espresso Forte Soap
Cut Grass Soap
Head-to-Toe Shampoo Bar
Cucumber Melon Soap
Pumpkin Spice Soap
Including easy step-by-step directions and helpful instructive photos, The Natural Soap Chef is chockfull of inventive recipes and techniques that will teach you basic cold process soap making. Make your own luxurious bars and unique soaps right in your own kitchen that will please even the most sensitive skin.
Introduction 9
Chapter 1 Soap-Making Essentials 13
Chapter 2 My Process, Step by Step 23
Chapter 3 Beginner Recipes 31
Basic Olive Oil Soap 32
Rosemary Olive Oil Soap 34
Basic 4-Oil Soap Bar 36
Almond Cookie Soap 38
Chocolate Soufflé Soap 40
Les Duerr Lilac Soap 42
Miss B's Lemon Verbena Soap 44
Sage & Lemongrass Soap 48
Shaving Soap 50
Stank Dog Soap 52
Chapter 4 Coffee, Tea, & Stout Recipes 55
Espresso Forte Soap 56
Chai Tea Soap 58
Black Tea Soap 60
Peppermint Tea Soap 62
Baby Rose Soap 64
Hippie Soap 66
Guinness® Stout Soap 68
Ocean Rain Soap 70
Chapter 5 Goat's Milk, Coconut Milk, & Purée Recipes 72
Goat's Milk, Oatmeal, & Honey Soap 74
Juiced Bars 76
Just Face It! 78
Piña Colada Soap 80
Cut Grass Soap 82
Head-to-Toe Shampoo Bar 84
Cucumber Melon Soap 86
Cranberry Pomegranate Soap 88
Pumpkin Spice Soap 90
Citrus Soap 92
Carrot & Ginger Soap 94
Bananas Foster Soap 96
Georgia Peach Soap 98
Chapter 6 Recipes to Impress 101
Vanilla Lime Soap Mosaic 102
Apple Butter Soap 105
Leaf Spa Bar 108
Chapter 7 Packaging & Presentation 110
Cigar Band Labels 110
Tea Bags 111
Tissue Paper with Sticky Labels 111
Appendix
Glossary of Soap-Making Terms 114
Resources 115
Conversions 116
Acknowledgments 117
About the Author 119
MariaElayna
Posted June 17, 2012
This book is wonderful. It is a great addition to a craft library as well as a wonderful gift. I fell in love with the author's soaps BEFORE the book was even a thought. The book, The Natural Soap Chef, is beautifully done. It is a nice size book. The recipes are clear to understand and the batches not overly huge. While reading the recipes you get a feel of the author's sense of why she choose the ingredients she did.
The soaps are refreshing, smell wonderful and make you feel good (inside and out) knowing that you are using good natural ingredients on your skin as well as helping with the carbon footprint. My mantra is "If you cannot eat it, should you put it on your skin? Your LARGEST organ?" Heidi re-enforces this thought with her natural, well-thought-out recipes in The Natural Soap Chef. She even includes how to make your own labels! She has done her homework well and the finished products you will want to make again and again, being tempted to eat them but don't, just smell and lather! Be prepared to fall in love over and over as each new soap is made.
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Pamper yourself with natural moisturizing lather. Indulge your ...