Milk-Based Soaps: Making Natural, Skin-Nourishing Soap

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Storey Publishing, Jan 9, 1997 - Crafts & Hobbies - 112 pages

Craft beautiful, sweet-smelling milk-based soaps safely and easily. In this fun and informative guide, Casey Makela shares her specialized techniques for producing lusciously creamy soaps. With straightforward instructions and thorough explanations, Makela teaches you how to fashion your own soaps from vegetable oils and tallow bases, giving dozens of suggestions for relaxing scents and specialty colors that will let your product shine. You’ll soon be creating enticingly unique soaps that will keep your glowing skin smelling and feeling good all day.

 

Contents

The Fundamentals of Soapmaking
7
What Is Milk?
21
Preparing to Put Milk into Soap
29
The Standard MilkBased Soap Method
47
Specialty Recipes
63
Recipes for Other MilkBased Beauty Aids
77
Package It with Appeal
85
Making Soap Making Money
89
Resource Information
101
Index
103
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About the author (1997)

The experience and expertise Casey Makela has acquired through 15 years of making soaps is readily apparent in her book, Milk-Based Soaps. She is the owner of Killmaster Soap & Woolen Works, a gift shop and direct mail business. Besides raising dairy goats, Casey has written articles for various animal husbandry periodicals. She resides in Harrisville, Michigan, with her husband and seven children.

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