Synopsis This guide introduces readers to basic techniques for creating decorative soaps, tempting scents, and luxurious shampoos. Soap recipes include Cleansing Lavender Key Lime Soap for healing irritated skin, moisturizing Honey Almond Soap with Nutmeg for moisturizing dry skin, and Smooth Coconut Rosewood Soap for enhancing all skin types.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1999-10-01 | | Series: | Life's Little Luxuries | | Edition Description: | Illustrated |
| Size | | Length: | 187 pages | | Height: | 9.5 in | | Width: | 4.8 in | | Thickness: | 0.8 in | | Weight: | 14.4 oz |
Publisher's Note Catherine Bardey, fashion editor and stylist, shows you the secrets of making soaps that add a personal touch to your everyday bathing experience and provide great presents for any occasion. Her special blends of all-natural ingredients produce handmade soaps with character and utility ground almonds help exfoliation, lavender oil soothers an heals irritated skin, coffee rids hands of strong cooking smells and olive oil conditions hair. From alluring to calming, each special scent in this distinctive collection of simple recipes will surround you with a pleasing aura all your own. Catherine's detailed fragrance profiles will show you how to pick the perfect scent to fit your mood and personality, whether you're making your own or buying brand-name perfumes and colognes....
Instructions for creating a variety of fragrances, shampoos, splashes, and soaps at home are included. A special section details the techniques of the world's most famous fragrance producers and traces perfume history. 100 color illustrations.
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