Adding fragrance to scrub.

“How To Make Popular Scented Bath & Body Products” is my ebook with instructions on making several daily-use toiletries. The book shows how to make the most popular bath and body products — shower gel, Origins-style classic body scrub, basic salon-style shampoo and conditioner, Bath and Body Works type body lotions, and more.

Frugal, landfill-friendly, and high quality products.

With detailed instructions and step-by-step photos, I teach you how to make these products your favorite scents – even Bath and Body Works own fragrances, but without the mineral oil. The products you make will usually be higher quality than the standard mall chains, but lower in cost and much lower in packaging waste! Since you’re not paying for that fancy and wasteful packaging, retail mark-up, and elaborate advertising, the cost of your products is at least 50% less than Bath and Body Works (as a reference).

Instead of water and mineral oil, you can use aloe juice and shea butter. You can experiment with exotic extracts and proteins in your daily-use shampoo and get something better than the salons! (And most of the time, the amount of active or functional ingredients in commercial products is so small, it doesn’t make a difference.)

Beginner-friendly method.
Unlike other books in this area, I use an intuitive and beginner-friendly method that even kids can do. (Actually, many of my students are preteens and teens.) My focus is on getting high-quality, usable products without needing a lot of messy raw materials, storage space, or technical skill — just common sense.

Fun and creative.

Once you master the basics, though, you can easily experiment with more advanced ingredients, such as botanical extracts, cosmetic ingredients such as mica powder for shimmer, and anti-aging additives, such as cranberry and evening primrose oils. If you’ve visited my site before, you know that one of my values is helping people be more creative.

The book teaches you to customize cosmetic bases, not make them from raw materials. By doing this, you will be able to do the fun, creative part — designing your product line — right at the start. It’s not foolproof, and you will make mistakes, but starting “from scratch” can take months, and often years, to master. While this can be rewarding, it’s definitely not the most encouraging path to beginning hobbyists who just want a good basic product! Most people who go this route end up with a garage full of abandoned ingredients.

The Popular Bath & Body book is not for everyone.
I wrote it for people who aren’t necessarily “do it yourselfers,” but those who just want their favorite scented products at the best possible price. Experienced crafters, or even journeyman crafters, may find my instructions too basic. The five returns I’ve had in my four years of selling this book have been for that reason.

How to get this ebook.

I used to sell this ebook separately, and it stood well on its own.  My students quickly told me, though, that the combination of the Perfume Fast Guide and Popular Bath & Body was a way better value.  So, I made “The Perfume Book Bundle,” which is the two books at a discount, along with a companion chapter on making creative bath recipes.  You can read about it here.

Get the free sample chapter!

This 8-page PDF is an introductory chapter that explains more about exactly what information you will learn in my book. It tells you:

• More about the method, which is based on leverage, not “reinventing the wheel” as they say
• A sample recipe for recreating Moonlight Path lotion!
• A link to one of the best suppliers so you can try it for yourself

Since it’s as e-book and you can’t give it a flip through, it’s only fair to request more info, right?

Just fill out the simple web form below. You will need to confirm your request for spam protection, then you will immediately be sent the sample download link.

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