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Milk Soaps 35 SkinNourishing Recipes for Making MilkEnriched Soaps from Goat to Almond edition by AnneMarie Faiola Crafts Hobbies Home eBooks Reviews

• Soap making has been around for years. My grandma used to make it out of lye and ashes and dad always complained it did the job but it wasn’t necessarily easy on your hands. bought soap used to be a luxury. Now we purchase soaps in many different colors, shapes and scents from stores, but I prefer handmade soaps. Local artists create wonderful soaps, many of them unique with colors and ingredients that smell fabulous. They are often pricey and there is a reason for this. There is a lot of work that goes into making your own soap, but if you read Milk Soaps, you will have step by step instructions to help you succeed if you would like to give it a try.
  
  A balance of a high-pH substance such as lye or sodium hydroxide and oil will make soap. But the process is not quite that easy. A “carrier liquid” is needed, most of the time water is used, but true to the book’s title, the recipes in this book will use milk. You can use any kind of milk. I loved the chapter on the different types. Most memorable are camel and make your own nut, grain and seed milks. There are special techniques for working with milks in soap, one of them outlines how to use frozen milk.
  
  Why does the author use milk instead of water? It is all about the lather. With milk soap, the lather is creamier and the foam is finer and silkier. Milk is a natural moisturizer to soothe and soften your skin.
  
  Ms. Faiola includes 35 skin-nourishing recipes. She gives the reader detailed lists of items needed as well as how to safely use lye. It is an extremely caustic substance and should always be used with the proper safety equipment and attire. Dressing like a lab scientist not only looks cool, but keeps you safe from getting lye on your skin or in your eyes.
  
  Making soap is complicated. Milk Soaps gives you all of the written instructions, tips and tricks to create your own fabulous soap. It is interesting to read even if you don’t want to make your own soap, it will give you information that you can use to choose the perfect soap from your local artisan or farmer’s market. If you do choose to make your own soap, you may find it is fun and all of your friends and relatives will love helping you try out new scents and color combinations.
  
  After reading this book and seeing the work soap making entails, I understand the reason for the price of handmade soap, and appreciate the work that the soap maker has put into each bar of soap. Soapmaking is truly an art.
  
  DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL CONNECTION I have a material connection because I received a review copy for free from Netgalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
  
  Copyright © 2019 Laura Hartman
• Most soaps are made with water, but you can make soap with any liquid with a pH above 6 milk, tea, even beer and wine. So why an entire book dedicated to making soap with milk? Well, it’s kind of like drinking hot chocolate made with milk instead of hot chocolate made with water. Milk soap is creamier and more luscious than soap made with water. The lather is more dense. The foam is more fine and silkier. Milk soaps have the same cleansing power, but milk’s natural oils and acids pump up the skin-loving moisture quotient and aid in skin renewal.”
  
  Animal-based milk vs. plant milks is addressed, but she also addresses the benefits of animal-based milks (the small degree of lactic acid contained acts as a mild, soothing exfoliant, and leaves your skin smoother), the benefits of whole vs skim, and among animal-based milks, the benefits of cow’s milk vs. goat’s milk along with others, including sheep, donkeys, and camels. There is also some information about the degree of milk vs a mixture of milk / water, and how to avoid scorching the milk proteins, as well as the use of powdered milk, and even the use of breast milk.
  
  There are illustrations to take you through the entire process – from mixing the soap to the point of where you unmold and cut at the end of the process. The illustrations are not only helpful, but beautifully composed.
  
  The properties of different oils has a chapter devoted to it, addressing what each various type of oil and the benefits of each, including Apricot kernel oil, Argan oil, Avocado butter, Avocado oil, Babassu oil, Borage oil, Canola oil, Chia seed oil, Castor oil, Cocoa butter, Coconut oil, Coffee butter, Hazelnut oil, Hempseed oil, and many more, with the SAP Value of each. This also addresses the use of Animal Fat vs Oil.
  
  Containing levels from beginner to those with plenty of experience, there’s so much more that this covers, and definitely worth the investment.
  
  Many thanks for the ARC provided by y Publishing, LLC
• Mastering the Art of Milk Soap Making
  Like all other books about soap making from Anne-Marie Faiola, Milk Soaps is simply an excellent book. Everybody, from beginner to experienced soap maker, can learn a lot from this book about soap making using a wide range of animal and plant derived milk. What sets this book apart from other soap making books is the scope and quality of information it presents to the reader, Recipes range from very easy to advanced and can be either made by pouring the soap batter into readily available household containers or they may require special molds and tools to achieve certain effects in shape, texture, and color. Every imaginable technique is covered, from adding texture to molds, making simple swirls and layers, to achieving complicated marble effects. The recipes can be followed with confidence without running into major issues, since all recipes have been crowd-tested by multiple soap makers and the whole soap making process has been clearly laid out. I love the fact that the milk in each recipe can be swapped out by any other kind of milk presented in this book. After reading about the benefits of milk in cold process soap, I cannot wait to try one of Anne-Marie Faiola's recipes.