The Best Natural Homemade Soaps book contains 40 recipes for moisturizing olive oil-based soaps. It includes step-by-step instructions and many color photographs.
There are only three essential ingredients required to create these luscious soaps: water, olive oil and caustic soda. Olive oil is used because it has the highest rating as a soap-making ingredient, its properties are known throughout the world. It’s the most beneficial oil for your health and has been used since ancient times thanks to its virtues for glowing hair & skin. It is rich in vitamins and minerals and has the added benefit of being widely available.
Once you have these 3-key ingredients, there are a number of other wonderful ingredients you can use to customize a soap that’s perfect for you. These ingredients include a wide range of natural products, like beeswax, cocoa butter, clay, kaolin, seaweed, goat’s milk and egg yolks. You can also add essential oils to fragrance them too!
Book Title: The Best Natural Homemade Soaps Book
Author: Mar Gomez
Publisher: Robert Rose
ISBN: 9780778804901
The book is really in-depth and goes over the history of soapmaking, preparations needed, supplies needed, essential ingredients, additives and helpful tips. Everything is broken down nicely in easy-to-read chapters and there are many photographs throughout the book with step-by-step instructions.
Some of the recipes include:
* Olive Oil Soap
* Seaweed Soap
* Kiwi Soap
* Carrot Soap
* Mallow Soap
* Sage Soap
* Chamomile Soap
* Chocolate Soap
* Rose Soap
* Beach Sand Soap
* Orange Soap
* Vanilla Soap
* and so much more!
I am really looking forward to trying my hand at homemade soapmaking and I know I will be successful at it thanks to this book & all of the recipes & instructions. This book is for beginners but I also feel that experienced soapmakers would love it too!
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Disclaimer: Shelly has personally reviewed the product listed above. Shelly has not received any monetary compensation for her review. Shelly did receive a free product to try out so she could evaluate and use it for her review. Her thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ.
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i really like a lemon soap it takes away any bad scents.
I love any kind of soaps and I love to give them as gifts. One of my favorite soaps is and Almond one that came from Scotland.
I do not really have a favorite scent. Anything that smells clean lol.
I like Oatmeal and Honey soap
I love anything with oatmeal in it. I love the way it makes my skin feel. It’s a mushy feel but without being sticky that moisturizes very well.
I love lavender and goats milk soap. Also, I have a chocolate orange soap from a local maker that is amazing.
I love vanilla soap. It just smells clean!
I really enjoy handmade ,soaps scented with lavender
don’t have a fav soap, was always interested in making my own
I would love to make some lilac soap, it is my favorite scent
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Verbena would be my favorite. I have made my own soaps, but would still love to have this for additional ideas, and to see other methods. I also add Olive Oil and Oats to my soaps, it soothes my sensitive skin. It makes it less red, evens out the dry and oily areas. I would love to have this!
My favorite soap scent is dewberry.
I love lavender and peppermint scented goat milk soaps. Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂
I love anything at all that smells fruity and leave my skin feeling well nourished. I do not like soaps that dry my skin out.
I really like lavendar scented soaps. Thank you for the review and giveaway
I like trying all kinds of new ones. I like melon or other fruity scents.
I love lavender & sage scented natural soap.
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I would like to learn to make these soaps lilac, spearmint, and peppermint also.
My favorite soap would be with a very mild scent to it
I like Dove unscented soap
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I really like lavendar soap… smells divine 🙂
My favorite soap scent is Vanilla. It simply smells fresh & yummy!
I like a vaniilla scented soap
I love apricot scents and strawberry/cherry scents too.
I love anything with a jasmine or gardenia fragrance in it!
like a a lemon verbena soap
I love any soap with oatmeal and honey.
I love lavender scent!
I love shea butter soaps with a little exfoliating scrubby.
I love homemade coconut soap. I love coconut anything.
My favorite soap scent is lavender I love it because it makes me feel naturally clean.
I have purchased homemade soaps at many craft and art fairs. The most recent one was a light smelling cranberry fig. This book would be a great gift for my sister who is always looking for crafty things to try.
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I have a lemon verbena soap that I bought recently, it smells DELICIOUS!
I use mostly Dove soap, but I love the like scent of fresh cut flowers during the spring and summer with spicier scents in the cooler times.
I’ve never made soap so this would be a perfect book for me. I love olive oil beauty products so the olive oil soap caught my eye and would like to make that first.
I have made homemade soap many times, including using goat’s milk from my friend’s family farm. I like to add scents and my favorite is gardenia. Homemade soap is the BEST.
I used to make a lucious Oatmeal, Goat’s Milk and Honey Soap. It was so silky and creamy, and smelled great. I HAVE to get back into doing this again! This book may give me the push I need!