1. Perfume Making - An Overview

 

2. The History of Perfume

 

3. What is Needed to Make Homemade Perfumes?

 

4. Making Your Own Perfume - The First Steps

• The Things that You Need

• Steps for Making your Perfume

 

5. The Materials Needed and Where to Get Them

 

6. Unit Conversions - Measuring and Mixing

 

• Measuring Of Ingredients

• Mixing Of Ingredients

 

7. Bottling and Labeling

 

8. Choosing a Formulation

• Formulation Techniques for Perfume Making

 

9. Aromas

• Sources of Aromas

 

10. Solvent and Fixative

• Solvent

• Fixative 

 

11. Creating Aromatherapy Perfumes at Home 

• Procedure for Making Aromatherapy Perfumes 

• Different Aromatherapy Recipes 

• 1 Calming Aromatherapy Perfume 

• 2 Energizing Aromatherapy Perfume 

• 3 Tranquilizing Aromatherapy Perfume

• 4 Relaxing Aromatherapy Perfumes

• 5 Blended Aromatherapy Perfume

 

12. Simple Recipes to Make Perfume at Home

• Basic Perfume Recipe

• Steps

• Perfume using Essential Oils

• Ingredients Necessary

• Steps

• Perfume using essential oils, water, and alcohol

• Ingredients Necessary

• Use Different Ingredients for Different Results 

 

 

14. Soap Making – An Introduction

• The Cold Process Soap Making 

• Melt and Pour Soap Making

• Rebatch Soap Making Method

 

Essential Precautions when Making Soap

 

15. How is Soap Made?

 

16. Methods of Making Soap

• Soap Making Methods

• Hot Process:

• Melt and Pour 

• Rebatching

 

17. Getting Started - Making Soap from Scratch

 

18. Ingredients Needed to Make Soap 

• Other Requirements for Your Soap Making 

 

19. Tools and Equipment to Make Cold Process Soap

 

20. Soap Making Safety Procedures

 

21. Soap Making Oils and Their Properties

 

• Sweet Almond Oil

• Aloe Vera Gel and Liquid

• Apricot Kernel Oil 

• Avocado Oil 

• Beeswax

• Calendula Oil

• Canola Oil

• Castor Oil

• Cocoa Butter 

• Coconut Oil

• Cottonseed Oil

• Emu Oil 

• Evening Primrose Oil

• Grapeseed Oil

• Hazelnut Oil

• Hempseed Oil 

• Honey 

• Jojoba

• Kukui Nut Oil

• Lard

• Macadamia Oil

• Mango Butter

• Monoi Oil

• Neem Oil

• Olive Oil

• Palm Oil/ Vegetable Tallow 

• Palm Kernel Oil

• Peanut Oil

• Safflower Oil

• Sesame Seed Oil 

• Shea Butter

• Sunflower Oil

• Vegetable Shortening

• Soybean Oil 

• Wheat Germ Oil

 

22. Using Natural Colorants in Soap Making

•  Three Tests for Natural Colorants

• The Lye Test

• The Oil Test

• The Soap Batch Test 

 

23. Rebatching Soap - The Hand Rebatch Method

 

24. Step-by-Step Instructions - Cold Process Soap Making

 

25. Make a Lye-Water Solution for Your Cold Process Soap 

 

26. Step-by-Step Instructions - Melt and Pour Soap Making 

• Equipment and Materials Necessary

• Procedure 

 

27. Making Liquid Soap

•  Ingredients and Equipment for Making Liquid Soap

• Basic tools for mixing lye and similar procedures

• Procedure

 

28. Finding or Making Soap Making Molds

• Design and Make Your own Soap Molds

 

 Lavender-Mint Layered Soap Recipe 

• Ingredients

• Procedure 

 

30. Troubleshooting Your Soap Making Problems

• Common Problems in Soap Making 

• 1 Curdling of soap mixture while stirring

• 2 Grainy Mixture

• 3 Tracing of soap does not occur or is very slow

• 4 Mixture settles very quickly in pan

• 5 Oil layer appears on the top when soap cools in the mold

• 6 Soft and spongy Soap

 

 Candle Making Basics 

• Types of Candles 

• Get Started Making Candles

 

 Tools and Materials to Begin Candle Making

• Essential Equipment

 

 Candle Additives and How They Make Your Wax Work

 

 Wax Melting Instructions 

• Safety Precautions

 

35. Candle Making Mold Techniques 

• Aluminum Molds 

• Wicking the Candle with a Pillar Pin or Rubber Plug

• Polycarbonate Molds 

 

36. Making Pillar Candles

• A Simple Votive Candle 

 

37. Making a Simple Pillar Candle

 

38. Making Container-Based Candles