Susan Miller Cavitch

The Soapmaker's Companion

A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes, Techniques & Know-How

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A guide to synthetic-free soap-making techniques and processes, which explains how to create soaps with earthy colours, evocative scents and exotic oils. It also covers: marbled soaps; multi-coloured soaps; imprinted soaps; transparent soaps; liquid soaps; milk-based soaps; and beeswax soaps.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 204mm x 205mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780882669656
• ISBN-10: 0882669656
• Artikelnr.: 21033131

Autorenporträt

Author Susan Miller Cavitch is the founder and president of Soap Essentials, Inc., a Memphis-based retail mail-order company producing homemade herbal products. She is the author of The Natural Soap Book and The Soapmaker’?s Companion. She lives in Eads, Tennessee.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
Part I - Soapmaking in the Kitchen
Recipes
Chapter 1. Recipes for Vegetable-Based Soaps
Chapter 2. Special Techniques
Chapter 3. Making Transparent Soaps
Ingredients
Chapter 4. An Overview of Soapmaking Oils
Chapter 5. Using Natural Colorants
Chapter 6. Creating Scents from Around the World
Practical Know-How
Chapter 7. Determining Soapmaking Temperatures
Chapter 8. Diagnosing Signs of Trouble
Chapter 9. Answers to Soapmakers' Most-Asked Questions
Part II - Soapmaking in the Library
Chapter 10. Resins
Chapter 11. Minerals and Clays
Chapter 12. Saturated versus Unsaturated Soap Formulas
Chapter 13. The Chemistry of Soapmaking
Part III - Soapmaking in the Marketplace
Chapter 14. Soapmaking Online
Chapter 15. Starting a Soap Business
Chapter 16. Insuring Your Business
Chapter 17. Federal Regulation of Soapmaking
Appendix
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