With basic ingredients and standard kitchen tools you can craft your own transparent soaps that are milder, richer, and creamier than any commercial product. Eschewing complex methods and expensive equipment, Catherine Failor uses a simple, dependable process that makes beautiful transparent soaps every time. Failor's easy-to-follow photographic instructions are accompanied by proven recipes and plenty of suggestions for colorful and sweet-smelling variations. You'll soon be creating your own signature soap blends that deliver refreshing scents and are gentle enough for even the most sensitive skin. Catherine Failor has been making soap for more than 20 years. Her experience in graphic design and interest in science has enabled her to test hot-process soapmaking, a technique not usually accessible to the home soapmaker. She has developed new ways to make colorful, scented soaps in the home kitchen, and shares them in her Storey books, Making Transparent Soap and Making Natural Liquid Soaps. Failor's entrepreneurial ventures include Copra Soap, a specialty soap manufacturing company, and her current venture, Milky Way Molds, producing the finest selection of craft molds in the Milky Way Galaxy. Introduction Chapter 1: All About Soap Chapter 2: Knowing Your Ingredients Chapter 3: Equipment & Safety Precautions Chapter 4: Making Transparent Soap Chapter 5: Transparent Soap Recipes Chapter 6: Dyes & Fragrances Chapter 7: Labor-Saving Tools Chapter 8: Troubleshooting Bibliography Glossary Resources Index Now you can make stunning transparent soap in your own kitchen! Contrary to popular belief, making beautiful see-through soap doesn't require loads of special equipment, supplies, or overly complex preparation methods. All you need are some kitchen basics, such as pots, stirrers, and a thermometer; some inexpensive supplies from your local supermarket or craft store; and basic know-how -- and you're on your way to creating your own personalized soaps. Following Catherine Failor's easy, step-by-step directions, you can create transparent soap masterpieces that are milder, richer, and creamier than any commercial brand on the market! "…a beautiful full color book with easy to follow step by step instructions." -American Small Farm

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