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Summary: Interesting and inspiring
Review: I found this book to be informative, helpful and very well written. I would like to respond to another review which warns others to stay away from the recipes in this book that use lye. I am a certified aromatherapist, and have been making natural body care for over 5 years with a specialty in handmade soap which I sell in my Business Aromagregory Bath & Botanicals. (aromagregory.com) Soap cannot be made without lye. It is not possible. I simply think that others must know what they are talking about before issueing warnings to others. In my opinion, the author of this book new their business.
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Summary: Informative and helpful
Review: I found this book to be informative, helpful and very well written. I would like to respond to another review which warns others to stay away from the recipes in this book that use lye. I am a certified aromatherapist, and have been making natural body care for over 5 years with a specialty in handmade soap which I sell in my Business Aromagregory Bath & Botanicals. (aromagregory.com) Soap cannot be made without lye. It is not possible. I simply think that others must know what they are talking about before issueing warnings to others. In my opinion, the author of this book new their business.
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Summary: Interesting and inspiring
Review: I thought this book was interesting to flip through and inspired a lot of other ideas. It can be good for a reference book too. It talks about (though not in depth) herbs, flowers, and oils, and butters among other ingredients. It does mention a few places to buy these things. Basic supplies are discussed and there are beautiful pictures on just about every page. The book is very well laid out. There is a short chapter on aromatherapy and designing your own fragrances. The recipes are easy and are a good jumping off point for other ideas. This book, because of the gorgeous pictures and size, could also be a coffee table type book.
As for the use of lye, as the Arizona reader mentioned, there are recipes that use it in the book. To make soap you MUST use lye. Your end product DOES NOT contain any lye. This particular reader is very misinformed about soapmaking. Please don't let that review discourage you from buying this book.
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Summary: Not so natural
Review: This is a great book on many recipes, very informative on herbs and flowers used for making natural recipes. However the author reccomends using a product like lye, and lye is a very dangerous product. It can eat through the skin.I'm dissapointed that the author never mentioned this in her book, she also never mentions to use protective gear when handling lye. I don't understand that and I'm very dissapointed that she did such a poor job informing people about it. Also she doesn't really mention where to get some of those products, so that was another dissapointment. However if you do get this book, avoid making the products that say to use lye. Lye is very dangerous and very toxic, a better book to get would be, Home Safe Home by Debra Lynn Dadd. Home Safe Home talks about toxics, one of them is lye, there is a special section on beauty and hygiene and the author actually gives references and resources. Home Safe Home, would be a book that would be worth buying.
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