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This is a complete guide to making your own soap at home and, possibly, creating a business out of it. And the good thing is that it is easy to follow, as it takes a beginner-friendly approach to soapmaking to help you to apply what you learn right away.

Do you have so many clothes and outfits that they’re practically spilling out of your closet the second you open it? Despite that, do you find yourself having little or nothing to wear and have difficulty keeping up with ever-changing trends? Fashion doesn’t have to be complicated, nor does it have to be expensive. What if there was a method you could follow that would leave you looking and feeling radiant every single day? Gone are the days of worrying about what shoes go with what dresses when you commit to the Capsule Wardrobe lifestyle.

You are just about to discover the amazing benefits, uses & natural remedies of the miraculous mineral called Epsom salt! Thanks to this easy and practical Epsom salt guide, you can quickly learn simple tips and strategies that will help you conjure up simple holistic solutions for your everyday maladies - for your health, beauty, home and garden - and it only takes minutes!

Discover a fresh new take on the traditional art of macramé, a craft that was incredibly popular in the '70s and is currently enjoying a renaissance. Macramé projects are the best way to bring the current trend for interiors into your home. This book includes on-trend macramé projects for inside and outside the home. Choose from an assortment of projects - with “easy” and “more advanced” versions so you can develop your skills as you go.

Ready to make some beautiful candles from scratch? How about figuring out how to become the best at it in a short period of time? How about all the different kinds of candles you can make? How about the ins and outs from candle wax to candle wicks? Find out how. This author walks you through the steps - from start to finish! The complete walkthrough guide from basic to dipped candles!

Survive the unexpected. Statistically, you're more likely to die from a vending machine than a shark. But, Rob Nelson knows many shark survivors. His college girlfriend was attacked by a crocodile and his roommate, a grizzly bear. His wife was sucked by a wave down a blowhole, he was left stranded at sea after a storm sank his sailboat, and the list goes on and on. To Rob, these "improbable" altercations are "random acts of nature," and he's learned how to survive them.

Upcycling Furniture For Dummies shows you how to revitalize old furniture, with just a little effort and imagination, and maybe a few coats of fresh paint. Upcycling furniture is affordable, good for the environment, and a whole lot of fun! This easy step-by-step guide shows you how to get creative and put your own unique flair on your designs. You'll gain the knowledge and confidence you need to select items that are worth transforming or restoring and learn specific techniques to give old pieces a new lease on life.

In this beautiful and empowering book, Jennifer Jewell - host of public radio's award-winning program and podcast Cultivating Place - introduces 75 inspiring women. Working in wide-reaching fields that include botany, floral design, landscape architecture, farming, herbalism, and food justice, these influencers are creating change from the ground up.

Are you a weekend carpenter that wants to make traditional Japanese joints? Do you want to apply Japanese ingenuity of design to everyday furniture and give them a special character? For centuries before the invention of screws and fasteners, Japanese craftsmen used complex, interlocking joints to connect pieces of wood for structures and beams, helping to create a unique Japanese aesthetic that can still be seen in the works of modern masters like Shigeru Ban. Up until recent times, however, these techniques were often the carefully guarded secrets of family carpentry guilds.

If you want to learn how to knit socks, then get HowExpert Guide to Knitting Socks now. Whether you are a beginning knitter, one with several thousand yards under your belt, or looking for a gift for the knitter in your life, this is the book for you! Sock knitting is broken down piece by piece into easy-to-follow steps.

Full of helpful resources and inspirational chapters by top fashion bloggers What I Wore, College Fashion, Gala Darling, Second City Style and Corporette, the book is packed with all the advice and motivation you need to take your blogging career to the next level!

Discover how to dress effortlessly chic like the most beautiful french women and create your unique capsule wardrobe. French Chic - This audiobook is a complete guide to dress elegantly and live effortlessly chic. You will find the essential principles of French chic, elegance, makeup, skincare, and capsule wardrobe and you'll learn how to create your unique style. You'll discover how easy it is to look gorgeous and, most importantly, feel confident and beautiful.

Second Chances is a unique guide to a one-of-a-kind, circular wardrobe. Eleni’s superpower is sniffing out great finds and here she walks you through the art of in-person discovery at thrift stores and vintage shops, estate sales and flea markets, yard sales and antique stores—and online resale platforms. This book will teach you how to organize your existing wardrobe, evaluate pieces you find, and manifest your dream closet.

Jewelry Making for Beginners not only highlights the basics of making various types of jewelry, it also goes just a bit further into the process without making it overwhelming for the beginner. The aim is to inform and educate and make the overall process as easy as possible to execute. The individual that has no concept at all of what jewelry making entails can listen and not only get an overview of the jewelry making process but also details on using metal or beads or gems and stones.

Patric Richardson is known as “The Laundry Evangelist,” but his genuine love for household chores extends far beyond the laundry room. His philosophy is simple: tidying up is a privilege and a task you do for those you love (including yourself), and there are a million ways to infuse joy into the everyday tasks behind maintaining a home.

Unleash your inner adventurer: how to plan the ultimate retirement that's anything but boring. Inside this jam-packed audiobook, you'll find hundreds of ideas to spark your imagination for planning an exciting, active, happy, healthy, and mentally sharp life after work.

With the help of this book, you will learn the latest techniques of body language, behavioral science, and facial profiling. You will do better than most of your friends in analyzing people, and get your personal benefits out of it in no time. If you want to learn the skill of analyzing people, then this book is for you.

The Lost Flock is the story of the remarkable and rare little horned sheep, known as Orkney Boreray, and the wool-obsessed woman who moved to one of Scotland’s wildest islands to save them.

In this book you'll learn exactly how to dress and look French chic. You will find 21 easy-to-follow French style lessons that will teach you all the secrets of the chicest Parisian women. Every lesson you'll hear is geared towards a particular area of fashion and beauty. You'll discover how easy it is to look gorgeous and, most important, feel confident and beautiful.

Not so very long ago, Yuletide was as much a chilling season of ghosts and witches as it was a festival of goodwill. In The Old Magic of Christmas, you'll rub elbows with veiled spirits, learn the true perils of elves, and discover a bestiary of enchanted creatures. Rife with the more frightful characters from folklore and the season's most petulant ghosts, this book takes you on a spooky sleigh ride from the silvered firs of a winter forest to the mirrored halls of the Snow Queen.