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    Soap making it yourself
    Soap making it yourself
    Soap making it yourself
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    Soap making it yourself

    By Desia Batiste

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    A Soapmaking primer for the beginning soap maker. The author shares some soap history, instructions and easy to follow sure-fire recipes for three different methods of soap making. This book provides a great foundation of soap knowledge for the novice soapmaker.

    The basic science of soapmaking is broken down into easy to understand terms. It also offers general information for the most frequently used soapmaking oils, along with skin nourishing benefits and the characteristics of their soaps. The author shares her personal journey into soapmaking and gives some great resources for those wishing to learn more about the art and craft of soapmaking.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDesia Batiste
    Release dateJan 10, 2013
    ISBN9781301554515
    Soap making it yourself
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    Desia Batiste

    Desia Batiste, is an earthy bohemian mixed-media artisan and soap maven who has been practicing the old world craft of soapmaking since 1994. She stumbled into soapmaking after years of fighting a losing battle with skin sensitivities. Desia saw such wonderful improvements in her own skin problems, she quickly became a natural soap convert and began making and selling soaps and other bath and body products. Her products have been carried in local shops; featured in local newspapers and television shows. Her soap and cream has been featured on a national shopping network. Desia has taught soapmaking classes for a national craft and hobby chain. Her love of nature; it's beauty and it's bounty is the touchstone and common thread in all her creative projects and endeavors.

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      Desia Batiste

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      My Soap Story

      A family history of sensitive skin problems including eczema and psoriasis, that I could not escape lead me to soapmaking. My first unforgettable experience happened when I was in the fourth grade, the same year I got glasses.

      I had to be picked up early from school because I had developed a severe rash and could not stop scratching. I was miserable. At the doctors office, we were told that I probably had an allergic reaction to the laundry detergent used to wash my clothes. So naturally, my mother changed laundry detergents and I and my skin were fine for many years.

      But then years later while living in Germany where the water was a bit harsher on my skin, I began to have frequent bouts of itching, controlled with over the counter medication--Benadryl. I never left home without it. It would be almost another ten years before the Benadryl remedy ceased to work.

      Finally, at age 35, with my

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