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A handmade, personalized gift is the ultimate expression of friendship and love. In Prima's Good "Gifts from the Home" series, readers who want to make their own luxurious bath and beauty products -- to keep or to give away -- will discover easy recipes for silky lotions, extravagant oils, scented soaps, fragrant skin care products, and other sumptuous indulgences for the body and the senses. Based on fresh, natural ingredients, these personalized, pampering products -- for women and men -- include: -- Powdered petal dust-- Women's fragrances, such as Spirited, Laughter, and Girlfriend-- Men's colognes, including Northern Lights, Adventure, and Outdoorsman-- Hot chocolate body balm-- Peppermint latherless shaving cream-- And many, many more!The recipes and ideas in "Good Gifts from the Home" make it easy to create wonderfully unique, romantic bath and beauty products and scented gifts friends and family will love. In addition, each book includes simple yet elegant ideas for bottling, boxing, and wrapping these luxuries.