Luscious Lemon Soap, Peppermint and Chamomile Body Wash, Patchouli and Sweet Orange Soap. Learn to make these soaps and more with the book Herbal Soap. Inside this book you will find information about making natural cold-processed soap and about the different ways herbs can be added to soap. Here is a look at what is inside this book:

Introduction
Soap Basics
What Is Soap? A very brief explanation of the chemical reaction that occurs when soap is made.
Basic Soap Ingredients: Information about the basic ingredients needed to make soap.
Tools and Equipment: A discussion of the tools and equipment you will need to make soap.
Safety: Information to help you make soap safely.
The Soapmaking Process: An overview of cold-process soap making.
Basic Soap Recipes: Recipes for five basic soaps (Palm-Olive soap, a Castile soap, a Vegetable Shortening soap, Liquid soap, and Avocado-Shea Butter soap flakes) which you can customize to make herbal soap.
Making Herbal Soap:
Adding Herbs To Soaps: This section looks at the different ways herbs can be added to soap (essential oils, herb-infused oils, infused waters, hydrosols, decoctions, dried herbs, and extracts). Includes information for making your own infused oils, infused waters, decoctions, and glycerin based extracts.
Herbs To Use In Soap: Descriptions of 27 different herbs to use when making soap. Each description includes information on the herb’s skin care properties and tips for using the herbs in your soaps.
Scenting Your Herbal Soaps: Information on essential oils that make nice scents in soap.
Coloring Soap With Herbs: Information on herbs that can be used to color soap.
Storing Your Herbs: Tips for storing your herbs.
Herbal Soap Recipes: Recipes for luxurious soaps made with herbs. Customize your cold-processed soaps with herbs to make recipes such as…
Shaving Soap, Coconut Shampoo Bar, Luscious Lemon Soap, Fresh Feet Soap, Vitamin Rich Soap, Soothing Bath Bar, Peppermint Castile Soap, Sweet Orange Shower Gel, and much more.
Suppliers: A list of ingredient suppliers
Bibliography

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If you want an easy way to create customized soaps without the hassle of dealing with lye, melt and pour soap may be for you. Melt and pour soap is soap that has been manufactured so that it melts easily on the stovetop or in the microwave. One of the nice things about melt and pour soap is the incredible versatility that it offers the soapmaker. There are several things that you can do with melt and pour soap that you cannot do with soap when you are making it from scratch (unless you remelt it after it is done). With melt and pour soap you can use food coloring to color your soaps, you can use almost any type of mold that you want, and you can use just about any fragrance that you want. You can also add herbal extracts, both glycerine and alcohol based.

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