The Best Natural Homemade Soaps: 40 Recipes for Moisturizing Olive Oil-Based Soaps

by Mar Gómez

Luxurious, soothing, moisturizing olive oil-based soaps made at home easily and economically. There are only three essential ingredients required to create these water, olive oil, and caustic soda. Olive oil is the primary ingredient enjoying the highest rating as its properties are well known throughout the world. Olive oil is the most beneficial oil to your health, and in cosmetics it has been used since ancient times for its virtues for glowing hair and skin. Rich in vitamins, minerals and proteins it has the added benefit of being available virtually everywhere. Once these three key ingredients are in place, there are a number of wonderful extra ingredients that will customize and create a personal soap. These ingredients include beeswax, cocoa butter, clay, kaolin, seaweed, goats milk and egg yolks, and others. Some ingredients will give the soap hardness (beeswax) or softness (honey) or more foam (cocoa butter) for greater cleansing ability. Since using soap is such a sensory experience, there is a comprehensive section on essential oils which create that air of perpetual breeze of a good soap. A comprehensive section on these essential oils, their history and therapeutic uses provide all the information needed to create the perfect scent. The recipes feature essential oils of the highest purity which are added to the soap right before it is placed in molds. Easy step-by-step preparation techniques produce luxurious soaps such This fascinating history of soap and its ingredients with therapeutic recommendations is informative and fun to read. The comprehensive recipes with preparation, utensil and ingredient tips guide the reader to create better-than-store-bought quality soaps made at home.

Genres: Crafts

224 pages, Paperback

First published August 19, 2014

Reviews

[Katiehagerty · Rating 1 out of 5]

The images shown are not actual representations of the recipes (they are iStock photos)!! In fact, some of the beautiful soaps shown are impossible to recreate using the recipes and a lot of important information was missing. The recipes are exactly same before including additives. This book is a waste of money.

[David · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lots of duplication.
Very little insight.
Picture don't match the recipes.
There are so many other books that do a better job of this.

[Janet · Rating 5 out of 5]

My family and I were so excited to receive a complimentary copy of The Best Natural Homemade Soaps by Mar Gomez through Robert Rose, Inc. I have been wanting to learn more about soap making for personal use and gift giving. This beautiful book is filled with amply photographs for each of the 40 olive oil-based moisturizing soap recipes. It features an informative section about the history of soap, helpful preparation, utensils and ingredient guides with step-by-step easy instructions. Each recipe begins with an introduction to the recipe with a beautiful photograph, tips and fun facts and note. You will learn about essential oils and other additives that will aid you in learning how to make beautiful personalized scented moisturizing soaps for your family and friends for any holiday or special occasion.

[Natashya KitchenPuppies · Rating 5 out of 5]

All natural soaps that you can make easily at home.
What could be better than that?
See my full review here - http://livinginthekitchenwithpuppies....

[Carol · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many great recipes, I renewed the library book 3x