How to Make Your Own Soap

by Hornsey, Sally

• ISBN13: 9781908974235
• ISBN10: 1908974230
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-12-01
• Publisher: Little, Brown UK

Summary

This book will guide you through creating your own liquid and bar soap. Design and create bars of soap using traditional methods that incorporate moisturising oils and butters, and make fun and funky glycerine soaps that look almost too fabulous to use.

If you prefer liquid soaps then this book also explains how to create liquid and cream soaps from scratch as well as how to design body washes using many of the easily obtainable surfactants.

In this book you will discover how to:

· Choose soap making ingredients that will be most beneficial for your skin type
· Design and create a range of soapy products including hand and body washes
· Scent your soaps using essential and fragrance oils
· Make glycerine melt and pour soap from scratch
· Understand different soap making methods and techniques

Author Biography

Sally Hornsey runs Plush Folly, a cosmetic training company specialising in a range of cosmetic-making workshops, home study courses and kits. Sally has taught many students how to design a range of bar and liquid soaps for their own use, giving them the skills and knowledge needed to establish a flourishing business. Sally lives in Middlesex.

Table of Contents

• 0: Acknowledgements
• 0: Introduction
• 1: Making traditional bars of soap
• 2: Making liquid soap
• 3: Making cream soap
• 4: Crafting bars of soap using melt-and-pour soap base
• 5: Using surfactants
• 0: Resources
• 0: Index