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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 4c pages

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #726068 in Books
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 112 pages

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In Linda Orton's Soapmaking for the First Time, newcomers to this surprisingly versatile craft will find all the recipes for success and more, and experienced soap makers are bound to discover some interesting new ideas. Laying the groundwork with a thorough introductory section, Orton explains the details of the three basic methods (melt and pour; rebatching, sometimes called hand-milled; and cold processing), progressing from super-easy through more complex in 27 well-presented projects. Besides translucent glycerin bars hosting colorful soap chunks, seashells, and even small plastic toys, items include rebatched and cold-process soap balls and bars made with botanical infusions, and other bath products such as salt glow and bath oil. A gallery of eye-catching creations by accomplished soap artisans provides further inspiration. --Amy Handy