The Complete Idiots Guide To Making Natural Soaps

Leave no soapstone unturned! Soapmaking has always been a popular craft with a dedicated group of followers, but with the explosion of urban homesteading and people looking to go green, noncrafters are now joining in on the fun. Whether it's making natural soap to live greener, give as gifts, save money, or make money, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Making Natural Soaps has everything the new soap maker will need to create organic, natural soaps of all kinds. This book's features include: Recipes to make a wide array of molded, poured, and liquid soaps Recipes for your body as well as your household and even your pets

A natural treasure for every body. Whether it's about saving money, living greener, or treating sensitive skin, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Making Natural Beauty Products has everything the hobbyist will need to create organic, natural beauty products. ?Includes everything from face creams to mineral makeup to shampoo and more ?Each formula is clearly presented in recipe style, with notes on prep time, storage, and uses ?All products are made from natural ingredients which will appeal to people going green as well as to people with sensitive skin

Leave no soapstone unturned! Soapmaking has always been a popular craft with a dedicated group of followers, but with the explosion of urban homesteading and people looking to go green, noncrafters are now joining in on the fun. Whether it's making natural soap to live greener, give as gifts, save money, or make money, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Making Natural Soaps has everything the new soap maker will need to create organic, natural soaps of all kinds. ?Includes recipes to make a wide array of molded, poured, and liquid soaps ?Contains soap recipes for body as well as household and even pets

No butts about it! Because of increased interest in self-sufficient and sustainable living practices, people interested in having their own milk supply are turning to goats, which are easier to keep than cows. Whether for pets, milk, fiber, or even meat, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Raising Goats provides everything a beginner needs to know about raising goats. ?According to the June 2007 issue of Better Nutrition magazine, goat's milk is gaining popularity in the United States because it is less allergenic and more easily digestible than cow's milk, and contains higher percentages of key nutrients ?Like raising chickens, raising goats ties directly into the sustainability and thrift movements

This highly visual hands-on guide teaches readers how to make skincare, makeup, and many more personal-care products using natural ingredients. Step-by-step color photos guide readers through base recipes, followed by more than 200 color and blend variations. Readers with sensitive skin, as well as those who want to save money and avoid harmful chemicals, will find everything they need to get started making their own luxurious beauty products: - 200 recipes and formulas for facial and body-care products, fully illustrated in color. - Step-by-step guidance through the foundational recipes, showing tools, ingredients, and techniques. - Shopping lists and suppliers for natural ingredients, including essential oils, butters, clays, minerals, colors, and fragrances. - Basics and recipes for creating mineral foundations, color correctors, and concealers. - Formulas for skin-healing balms, creams, and oils. - Products for men, including shaving products, powders, moisturizers, facial care, foot care, and massage oil.

How to save money, time, and the environment - on the urban frontier. With The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Urban Homesteading anyone can learn how to live sustainably and responsibly - and save money and time - in any urban environment. Expert urban homesteader Sundari Elizabeth Kraft shares her hands-on knowledge of: growing organic foods and preserving them; composting; raising small livestock and chickens; generating electricity and biofuels; and other ways to cut costs and live green. This book has all the information required to become a successful urban homesteader in any city. ? Practical advice on everything from composting to clean energy. ? Sundari Elizabeth Kraft is an expert in urban homesteading.

For family fun throughout the year, this is a guide to special holiday crafts, both old and new. Christmas, Hanukkah, Mother's and Father's dats, Halloween, Easter and St. Patrick's Day are all included.

Offers advice on choosing party themes, menus, equipping the kitchen, stocking the bar, recipes, and selecting, buying, or renting glassware, linen, and equipment

Everyone knows that we should be doing more to be good to our body, but moving toward an organic lifestyle can be overwhelming. This guide provides step-by-step information on everything from food to cleaning products to how to detoxify our bodies. It includes choosing quality natural products, exploring holistic alternatives to conventional medicine, and determining what to eat - and what not to eat. - Global market for organic products reached $38.6 billion in 2006 - Practical, step-by-step advice for making the transition

This highly visual hands-on guide teaches readers how to make skincare, makeup, and many more personal-care products using natural ingredients. Step-by-step color photos guide readers through base recipes, followed by more than 200 color and blend variations. Readers with sensitive skin, as well as those who want to save money and avoid harmful chemicals, will find everything they need to get started making their own luxurious beauty products: - 200 recipes and formulas for facial and body-care products, fully illustrated in color. - Step-by-step guidance through the foundational recipes, showing tools, ingredients, and techniques. - Shopping lists and suppliers for natural ingredients, including essential oils, butters, clays, minerals, colors, and fragrances. - Basics and recipes for creating mineral foundations, color correctors, and concealers. - Formulas for skin-healing balms, creams, and oils. - Products for men, including shaving products, powders, moisturizers, facial care, foot care, and massage oil.

Gives advice on how to care for cage birds, including feeding, grooming, training, health care, and preparing a safe environment

Covers soils, grass varieties, ground covers, weeds, plant diseases, watering, fertilizers, mowing, lawn care equipment, and landscape designs

The average reptile owner has two or three reptile pets, not necessarily of the same species, and needs one book that will answer all their questions. What can you expect from a reptile as a pet? How do you set up a habitat for a desert snake or a rain forest frog? What should you feed these most finicky eaters? There are also tips on avoiding salmonella, advice about handling your pet and a section on what to do if you are bitten. The most comprehensive information on every aspect of the subject is presented in an easily-accessible, quick, fun format.

Details the basics of pet care and compares the care and the commitment required for twenty-one different kinds of pets, including dogs, cats, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, gerbils, cockatiels, snakes, ferrets, hedgehogs, and goldfish

Collects recipes for lowfat dishes and explains how to enhance flavors with herbs and spices while offering nutritional information and shopping tips

You're no idiot, of course. You have ideas, skills, and talents that have brought you success for years. (You even figured out how to program your VCR.) But turning your ideas and talents into your own business can make you feel like an idiot. Taxes, zonning laws, insurance, marketing: how do you juggle all of these and still succeed at what you do for a living? But there's hope! This book gives you the lowdown on all those things you need to get going: financing for your business, setting up your system, and selling your product or service. In this Complete Idiot's Guide you get:

The easiest way to craft your own cosmetics - and more! Making your own cosmetics, lotions, fragrances, and other personal-care items means you control the ingredients and create products perfectly suited to you. The step-by-step instructions and over 250 recipes in this inique guide show you how fun making your own beauty products can be! In it, you get: * *Face-friendly clays, masks, peels, exfoliants, and moisturizers. *Luscious lotions, butters, and balms to smooth and soften your skin. *Oils, bombs, scrubs, and other pampering bath products. *Pretty foundations, blushes, eye shadows, and lipsticks - even mascara! *Fresh and fun nail polishes, glitter products, and more for tweens and teens. *Shaving fragrance, and other manly products. As Easy as it Gets!

How to save money, time, and the environment - on the urban frontier. With The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Urban Homesteading anyone can learn how to live sustainably and responsibly - and save money and time - in any urban environment. Expert urban homesteader Sundari Elizabeth Kraft shares her hands-on knowledge of: growing organic foods and preserving them; composting; raising small livestock and chickens; generating electricity and biofuels; and other ways to cut costs and live green. This book has all the information required to become a successful urban homesteader in any city. ? Practical advice on everything from composting to clean energy. ? Sundari Elizabeth Kraft is an expert in urban homesteading.

A guide to the city explains how to select a hotel, save money on airfare and theater tickets, and plan a trip to the Big Apple from start to finish