The Beeswax Workshop
by Chris Dalziel
Transform miraculous beeswax into environmentally friendly household cleaners, personal care products, candles and crafts
Features over 100 step-by-step recipes, this book presents easy-to-follow recipes that utilize the amazing flexibility of beeswax for crafting safe, highly effective home products. From lotions and salves to candles and cleaners, The Beeswax Workshop shows you how to make organic alternatives to chemically-laden store bought items. You will love stocking first aid kits with natural sunburn salve and antimicrobial ointment; making beeswax-based beauty products like lip balm, blush, perfume, shampoo, and hair pomade; and even waterproofing gardening tools and camping equipment. The Beeswax Workshop provides you with a wonderful collection of new and creative ways to use sustainable beeswax.
Paperback
English
Brand New
Author Biography
Chris Dalziel is a teacher, author, gardener, and herbalist with 30+ years' of growing herbs and formulating herbal remedies, skin care products, soaps, and candles. She teaches workshops and writes extensively about gardening, crafts, and medicinal herbs on her blog at JoybileeFarm.com. Beeswax is a central player in these interests. Formerly the president of the Boundary Artisan Association and the Boundary Spinners and Weavers Guild, Chris led both organizations through 2 successful art gallery shows. She's won awards for her textile designs and was featured in The Ashford Wheel Magazine in 2011. Chris is a contributing writer to The Biblical Herbal Magazine, The FermenTools Blog, and the Attainable Sustainable blog. Her other books, The Beginners Book of Essential Oils and Homegrown Healing are available on Amazon. Chris lives with her husband Robin in the mountains of British Columbia on a 140 acre ranch, with sheep, dairy goats, llamas, and a few retired chickens. They have three adult children and three granddaughters.
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Long Description
TRANSFORM MIRACULOUS BEESWAX INTO ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY HOUSEHOLD CLEANER, PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS, CANDLES AND CRAFTS Making all kinds of amazing, all-natural stuff out of beeswax is easy and fun. Packed with over 100 step-by-step recipes, The Beeswax Workshop shows you how to make beautiful gifts, household cleaners, beauty supplies and so, so much more: HOME * Mason Jar Candle * English Furniture Polish HEALTH * Bug-Be-Gone Insect Repellent * Chamomile Sunburn Salve BEAUTY * Everyday Body Butter * Rose Lip Gloss GARDEN * Waterproof Shade Hat * Nontoxic Wood Sealant Whether you use beeswax from your backyard hive or purchase a supply, this book offers tips, tricks and techniques for getting the most out of this miracle ingredient.
Competing Titles
Beeswax Alchemy: How to Make Your Own Soap, Candles, Balms, Creams, and Salves from the Hive Petra Ahnert 9781592539796 25.00 Quarry Books 4/2015 4700 Little House Living: The Make-Your-Own Guide to a Frugal, Simple, and Self-Sufficient Life Merissa Alink 9781501104268 26.99 Gallery Books 10/2015 4600 Honey Crafting: From Delicious Honey Butter to Healing Salves, Projects for Your Home Straight from the Hive Leeann Coleman 9781440557545 17.95 Adams Media 6/2013 3000
Description for Sales People
Making homemade natural bath and beauty products is tremendously popular, particularly on Pinterest and crafty blogs Features over 100 recipes for a wide variety of all-natural health, personal care, and home prodcuts Author is a homesteader blogger with an engaged online audience
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