The Self Apothecary by Deborah Dolen

by Deborah Dolen, Mabel White (Illustrator)

Overview

Save money and make your own high quality personal care toiletries! It is easy, fast, and fun. Author Deborah Dolen uses the microwave and a blender to make her all natural products. Gone are the days of clumsy double broilers and hand stirring. The Self Apothecary by Deborah Dolen tells you everything you need to know on natural preservatives, using natural colors, how to make your own essential oil and extracts, tar soap, soap gems, bubble and lotion bars, lotion, balm, lip gloss, your own bath oil beads as shown here and so much more! Natural toiletries can be expensive to buy , yet are so easy to make at home with recipes that appeal to you.


This is a useful guide to creating your own health and beauty products. The Self Apothecary offers instructions on how to create over 100 products including hair products, shampoos, conditioners, facial masks and exfoliating creams, massage oils and lotions, lotion bars, lip butters, bath salts, bubble bath, bath oils, soaps, and much more! The Self Apothecary Guide also features how to make your own Tiger Balm, Pain Lotion type recipes as well as other healing balms.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014622790
Publisher:	Deborah Dolen
Publication date:	09/23/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	551 KB

About the Author

Resident of Palma Sola Florida, Deborah Dolen has authored 36 "how to" books and films spanning a decade. Author Deborah Dolen lives on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida with her golden retriever "Ringo" who was a Katrina rescue canine. Deborah Dolen's work in book and film can be found on mobile platforms, although most of her hard copy books were allowed to go out of print in 2006 due to the mobile platforms offering more convenient delivery making her hard copy books and films mainly collector's items.

Most of Deborah's musings revolve around natural or environmental affects. Deborah is a graduate of Eckerd College in St. Pete, Florida and Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida. Many of her books were the direct result of raising three daughters as a widow and projects she designed to teach them life skills, ended up being complied into books as the internet became popular and a clear demand was shown for Deborah's recipes, formulas or over all writing in general.

Deborah Dolen can be found on all of the social medias that include Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and OpenSalon.

Deborah's bestselling books include: The Beekeeper's Digest, which shows how to make a variety of finished products from bee materials - honey, wax, and pollen are spun into gold to make candles, lip balm, hand cremes, medicinal syrups and so much more. Floral Design Basics is Deborah Dolen's second bestselling book and Handwriting Analysis in Psychology is another popular Dolen authored book.