Petra Ahnert

Beeswax Alchemy

How to Make Your Own Soap, Candles, Balms, Creams, and Salves from the Hive

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Produktbeschreibung

This is a reference book for all things beeswax. It offers a basic introduction to extracting and purifying beeswax, as well as many items that can be made with it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
• Seitenzahl: 136
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 203mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 504g
• ISBN-13: 9781592539796
• ISBN-10: 1592539793
• Artikelnr.: 41527027

Autorenporträt

Petra Ahnert is the creative force behind Beehive Alchemy (beehivealchemy.com), an artisan soap, body care, and home goods business. After a serendipitous meeting with a beekeeper at the library in 2002, Petra soon had a couple hives of her own and extra honey to sell. Since that time, she has sought out ways to make good use of the extra wax, too, often replacing items in her home with ones she can create herself. Eventually, these beeswax-based items made their way into the product line-up for Beehive Alchemy and the projects featured in her book, Beeswax Alchemy.  

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Beeswax Alchemy. 1
Preface. 6
 Introduction to Beeswax. 7
Brief history of Beeswax. 9
 How beeswax is used today. 10
The Wax. 12
 Where to get it and what it will look like. 12
Beekeepers Wax. 12
Candle Wax. 13
White Wax. 13
Brood Wax. 14
Insider tips. 14
                Recipe Usage Guide
Small amounts of beeswax. 14
Use the Freezer. 15
Protect Surfaces. 15
Cleaning up utensils. 15
Candle making. 15
Rolled Candles. 16
Rolled Taper Candles. 16
Rolled Pillar Candles. 17
Molded Candles. 18
 Votive candles. 18
Molded Pillar Candles. 19
Hand Dipped Candles. 21
Hand dipped Taper Candles. 21
 Hand dipped Birthday Candles. 23
Balms and Glosses. 24
 Lip balm (In tubes). 24
Basic Lip Balm.. 24
Lip Balm with butters. 25
Lip Gloss. 26
Solid Lotion Bar. 26
 Solid Lotion Bars. 27
Massage Bar. 27
Cuticle Balm.. 28
Heel Balm.. 29
Chest Rub. 29
 Non-Petroleum Jelly. 30
Salves, Creams and Scrubs. 30
Salve Master Recipe. 31
Oil Herbal Infusion. 31
All-purpose salve. 32
Cracked skin salve. 32
Burn salve. 33
Itch soother. 33
Rosebud salve. 34
 Woodworkers Salve. 34
Icy Joint & Muscle Balm.. 35
Emulsifying sugar scrub. 35
Beeswax Cream.. 36Solid natural Perfumes. 38 Solid perfume base balm
recipe. 38
Solid Perfume master recipe. 39
Perfume essential oil blends. 39Soaps. 41 Starter Recipe (no beeswax or
honey). 43
 Honey and Beeswax soap (Cold process recipe). 45
 Honey, Oats, and Beeswax soap (Hot process recipe). 46 Home Products.
47Beeswax Ornaments. 48
Beeswax dipped leaves. 48
Beeswax Pinecone Firestarters. 49
 Beeswax Luminaries. 50
Cutting board conditioner. 51
 Solid wood Polish. 51
Wood conditioner cream.. 51
 Beeswax Polish. 51
 Waxed fabric. 52
Waterproof sneakers. 52
Waxed Cotton Sandwich Wraps. 53
Beading and sewing. 54
 Thread conditioner. 54
 Batik. 55
 Batik Napkins. 56
 Batik Dish towels. 57
Encaustic. 59
 Encaustic medium.. 59
 Master batch. 60
Encaustic paints. 60
Painting with Encaustics. 61
 Encaustic collage. 62
 Recipe Usage Guide. 63
 Using Percentages. 63
 Ingredient Guide. 64
 Butters. 64
 Oils. 64
 Miscellaneous. 68
 Fatty Acid Glossary. 69
 Herbs. 70
 Essential Oils. 71