Organic Body Care Recipes by Stephanie Tourles is one book that I turn to often for some fantastic simple facial care and body care recipes. Recipes range from simple fruit masks and peels to an easy recipe for microdermobrasion using ingredients commonly found in the pantry.

Easy refreshing hair bar with lime essential oil, egg yolk and silk

Soap cigarband designs reminiscent of tattoo gothic culture with hearts and skulls. Included are instructions for downloading and printing.

What is superfatting? And why should you superfat soap. Superfatting soap produces a more moisturizing soap and decreases the pH in the final soap making it more gentle to skin.

List of important equipment used in making soap cigarbands.

How to make in the mold hot process soap. Need natural handmade soap in a pinch? Then this is the type of soap you should be making. It has the look of cold process soap minus weeks of waiting for the soap to cure.

Calendula has been used in skin formulations that are healing and soothing to the skin. This recipe uses oil infused wih calendula to create soap that is soothing and gentle to the skin. This soap is great for sensitive and baby skin.

Soap Cigarband for baby soaps that looks vintage or retro. I named this one Baby Cuteness. It features a baby rabbit,and baby bears. This label comes with the source file that is downloadable and instructions for customizing in Microsoft Publisher.

Check out your local Starbucks for their free coffee grounds, great for making exfoliating soaps, body scrubs and for adding nutritive organic matter to your garden.

Book review of The Soapmaker´s Companion by Susan Miller Cavitch. This is a great book for beginners as well as seasoned soapmakers. Covered are all the major soapmaking topics such as lye safety, chemical composition of oils, chemistry of soapmaking, troubleshooting problems and numerous recipes.