Milk Soaps: 35 Skin-Nourishing Recipes for Making Milk-Enriched Soaps, from Goat to Almond

Expert soapmaker and best-selling author Anne-Marie Faiola shares her accessible techniques for making soaps enriched with animal, nut, and seed milks, with 35 distinctive and colorful designs. Handmade soap is made extra-special with the addition of milk! Soaps enriched with milk are creamier than those made with water, and milk’s natural oils provide skin-renewing moisture and nourishment. In Milk Soaps, expert soapmaker Anne-Marie Faiola demystifies the process with step-by-step techniques and 35 recipes for making soaps that are both beautiful and useful. She explains the keys to success in using a wide range of milk types, including cow, goat, and even camel milk, along with nut and grain milks such as almond, coconut, hemp, rice, and more. Photographs show soapmakers of all levels how to achieve a variety of distinctive color and shape effects, including funnels, swirls, layers, and insets. For beginners and experts alike, this focused guide to making milk-enriched soaps offers an opportunity to expand their soapmaking skills in new and exciting ways. AUTHOR: Anne-Marie Faiola is the author of Milk Soaps, Pure Soapmaking, and Soap Crafting. SELLING POINTS: . Author with strong platform in the soapmaking world. Anne-Marie Faiola is the author of two previous soapmaking books and the owner of BrambleBerry, a major mail-order supplier of soapmaking supplies. . Wide range of recipes and complexity. The 35 recipes feature a wide range of milks, including animal and vegan milks, and techniques range from easy to advanced. . Soaps that are both nourishing and beautiful. The soaps feature the nourishing qualities of milk along with creative, visually stunning designs including swirls, insets, layers, unusual textures, and natural exfoliants. Full-colour; photographs throughout