Soap Making for Beginners: 100% Pure Soaps to Make at Home (45 All-Natural Soap Recipes)

This guide teaches you how to make 100% natural beauty and bath soaps. Author Ayako Umehara, an herbal therapist, aromatherapy and Ayurveda instructor, shows you how to make soaps using pure natural ingredients and novel aromatic ingredients like yuzu, matcha, mint, lemon, eucalyptus, and salt. The book presents 45 all-natural recipes using 100% pure essential oils and botanicals in categories like gentle soaps, nourishing soaps, soothing soaps, natural soaps for everyday use, special occasion soaps, and seasonal soaps.

A special section introduces basic techniques for bar soaps using the Cold Process and Melt-and-Pour Process, as well as liquid soaps and how to vary plant oils. An extensive reference section covers natural and botanical additives like plant and essential oils, herbs, dried flowers, and other natural ingredients.

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