Good Gifts from the Home: Soaps, Shampoos & Other Suds: Make Beautiful Gifts to Give

by Kelly Reno

Handmade soaps, shampoos, and other bath-time essentials are rare luxuries everyone can enjoy. The recipes and ideas in Soaps, Shampoos & Other Suds make it easy for you to create unique, lavish bath products friends and family will love!

Scented, textured, rich, and creamy soaps are just the beginning! From sweet-smelling shampoos and conditioners to extraordinary bubble baths, this book reveals the secrets for making fabulous bath and body products in your own kitchen.

Soaps, Shampoos & Other Suds also includes beautiful ideas and techniques for elegant bottling and gift wrapping, as well as convenient mail-order sources for easy access to more exotic ingredients.

About the Author

Kelly Reno started making her own soaps and shampoos to enjoy more healthful, higher quality skin and hair care products. She is also the author of Oils, Lotions & Other Luxuries (Prima).

Genres: Crafts

96 pages, Hardcover

First published April 17, 1996

Reviews

[Melody · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted more about how to make shampoo & soap, not how to start with shampoo and soap bases and add scent.

[Kristi · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was not my favorite of my options in this category from the local library. It relied too much on purchased bases rather than all natural, homemade products.

[Kali · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this book does show you how to customize existing plain soaps, shampoos, etc for gifts, that's about all it shows you. This does not tell you how to actually make soap, every recipe starts out with a purchased plain unscented soap that you add very simple ingredients to, to create a luxury soap item. I think some of the items might be very nice to try, however my review lost stars due to the description being a little misleading as I was looking for how to make my own soaps. I will say that each recipe is very simple, easy to follow, and straightforward. I like that. Some of them even share a tidbit of history behind the recipes which I found interesting. If you're in a pinch and looking for a no nonsense way to quickly make nice, but also inexpensive, customizable gifts this might be the way to go.