Author: Catherine Failor
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Keywords: soaps, shampoos, conditioning, moisturizing, hand, gels, shower, natural, liquid, herbal, making
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2000-04-15
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1580172431
ISBN-13: 9781580172431
Using a simple double-boiler technique, readers will make elegant and soothing liquid soaps. Dozens of recipes using oils, herbs, and other natural ingredients to create hand soaps, shower gels, bubble baths, conditioning shampoos and even baby and pet shampoos.
Author: W.A. Poucher
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: perfumes, poucher, soaps, cosmetics, application, manufacture, production, volume
Number of Pages: 379
Published: 1992-10-31
List price: $299.00
ISBN-10: 0412273500
ISBN-13: 9780412273506
This edition has been revised and in certain parts made more succinct. However, its essential and classic account has been reserved intact. It remains a unique record of an industry, bringing it into accord with the modern conventions of the cosmetic chemist.
Author: Elaine Stavert
Publisher: Guild of Master Craftsman
Keywords: cozy, soaps
Number of Pages: 156
Published: 2009-08-04
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1861086458
ISBN-13: 9781861086457
Either as treats for yourself or gifts for loved ones, these 30 decorative soaps are delights to make, use, and show off in the bathroom. From La Vie en Rose, a heart-shaped soap with rose oil, to the sweet-smelling, honey-rich Bee Happy, each one features sophisticated scents, aromatic herbs that enhance mood or alleviate ailments, and natural materials. There’s a perfect recipe for every crafter, whether it’s the zesty, lemony Gin and Tonic, the woodsy Pine for Me, or the fun-for-kids gingerbread” man and yellow duck bars.
Author: Kelly Ewing
Publisher: For Dummies
Keywords: dummies, soaps, candles, making
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 2004-11-05
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0764574086
ISBN-13: 9780764574085
Make floating candles, herbal soaps, and even a home spaDiscover the secrets of color, shape, and scent the fun and easy way?Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned craftperson, this fun book offers everything you need to make beautiful, professional-looking candles and soaps at home. You get practical tips on dyeing and scenting wax, using unusual molds, adding embellishments to candles, working with soap ingredients, and even turning your hobby into a business!Discover How To:Stock a safe & efficient work areaWork with all types of waxAdd color and scent to your projectsMake melt-and
Author: Marie Browning
Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: projects, pour, melt, soaps, handcrafted
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2003-10-28
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1402707975
ISBN-13: 9781402707971
“A continuation of the projects found in Browning’s Melt & Pour Soapmaking, using commercially available soap bases. ...There are also lovely molded soaps that one would hate to destroy by using. All of these soaps can be made using kitchen equipment, and no lye or animal fat is used in the process. Browning’s books are always great additions to public libraries.”—Library Journal.
Author: Linda Hamblen
Publisher: Collins & Brown
Keywords: handmade, soaps, over, recipes, scented, soap, making
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2005-03-24
List price: $22.70
ISBN-10: 1843402483
ISBN-13: 9781843402480
Think of the wonderful perfume of summer flowers, garden herbs and citrus groves. Nature’s harvest yields an abundance of evocative scents to woo our senses. Making Scented Soap uses these natural fragrances - from pure essential oils, herbs, spices and flower petals - combined with the traditional craft of soap making to show you how to create an array of beautiful and aromatic products: gentle castile soaps for baby soft skins, shaving bars with a foaming lather and liquid soaps and shower washes that smell simply divine. For a rustic look, create your own exfoliating scrub soaps toppe
Author: Nancy K. Baym
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Keywords: new, media, cultures, community, online, log, soaps, fandom, tune
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 1999-10-15
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0761916490
ISBN-13: 9780761916499
Tune In, Log Out is an ethnographic study of an Internet soap opera fan group. Bridging the fields of computer-mediated communication and audience studies, the book shows how verbal and non verbal communicative practices create collaborative interpretations and criticism, group humor, interpersonal relationships, group norms and individual identity. While much has been written about problems and inequities women have encountered online, Nancy K Baym’s analysis of a female-dominated group in which female communication styles prevail demonstrates that women can build successful online comm
