Making Transparent Soap: The Art Of Crafting, Molding, Scenting & Coloring

by Catherine Failor

Overview

With basic ingredients and standard kitchen tools you can craft your own transparent soaps that are milder, richer, and creamier than any commercial product. Eschewing complex methods and expensive equipment, Catherine Failor uses a simple, dependable process that makes beautiful transparent soaps every time. Failor’s easy-to-follow photographic instructions are accompanied by proven recipes and plenty of suggestions for colorful and sweet-smelling variations. You’ll soon be creating your own signature soap blends that deliver refreshing scents and are gentle enough for even the most sensitive skin. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580172448
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	04/15/2000
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.95(w) x 10.95(h) x 0.45(d)

About the Author

Catherine Failor has been making soap for more than 20 years. Her experience in graphic design and interest in science has enabled her to test hot-process soapmaking, a technique not usually accessible to the home soapmaker. She has developed new ways to make colorful, scented soaps in the home kitchen, and shares them in her Storey books, Making Transparent Soap and Making Natural Liquid Soaps. Failor's entrepreneurial ventures include Copra Soap, a specialty soap manufacturing company, and her current venture, Milky Way Molds, producing the finest selection of craft molds in the Milky Way Galaxy.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: All About Soap

Chapter 2: Knowing Your Ingredients

Chapter 3: Equipment & Safety Precautions

Chapter 4: Making Transparent Soap

Chapter 5: Transparent Soap Recipes

Chapter 6: Dyes & Fragrances

Chapter 7: Labor-Saving Tools

Chapter 8: Troubleshooting

Bibliography

Glossary

Resources

Index

Editorial Reviews

…a beautiful full color book with easy to follow step by step instructions.”

–American Small Farm

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