Making Good Scents - Winter 98

By Ololade Franklin

Enjoy soap making, making cosmetics, and perfumery with the Winter 98 issue of Making Good Scents. Inside you will find the following articles: Recipes From The Grocery Store: Recipes for Goat's Milk and Honey Soap, Vanilla Body oil and more. Bath Salts: Pamper yourself with an assortment of recipes for bath salts. Guidelines for Scenting Your Cosmetics: How much fragrance to use when scenting your creations. Understanding Plastic Containers: In depth information about plastic containers and how they can affect your cosmetic preparations. Also contains a book review and resource and supplier listings.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jun 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9781716974786

Book preview

Letter from the publisher:

Happy Birthday Making Good Scents!  With this issue, we begin the third year of Making Good Scents.  Our goal, as it has always been, is to bring you useful recipes and information to assist you in making your own body care products at home.  If you have any information you'd like to share with other readers, such as a supplier you have found to be particularly helpful, or a recipe or two, please write.  You can reach us at:

The Franklin and Franklin Company

P.O. Box 6271

Vancouver, WA  98668

Ololade Franklin

Publisher

Making Good Scents (ISSN 1088-0518) is published quarterly by The Franklin and Franklin Company, P.O. Box 6271, Vancouver, WA  98668.  Publisher: Ololade B. Franklin.  ©1998, The Franklin and Franklin Company.  No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of The Franklin and Franklin Company.

No part of this publication is intended for the treatment of disease.  Those who have a disease of the skin or other parts of the body should seek advice from a qualified health professional.

Recipes From The Grocery Store

Below are several recipes for cosmetic items that you can make with a trip to the grocery store.  The only ingredients you may have to order are fragrance oils or essential oils, which are optional.

Goat's Milk and Honey Soap

You will need:

1 lb lard

4 oz olive oil

6 oz distilled water

4 oz goat's milk

1 tbsp honey

2.7 oz lye

1 tbsp fragrance oil or essential oil (optional)

Step 1: Prepare your lye solution.

The temperature of your lye solution will heat to almost boiling as you do this.

(a) Put the distilled water into a 2 cup Pyrex® glass or stainless steel measuring cup.

(b) Place a plastic or stainless steel measuring cup on your scale. Reset your scale to zero.