Soap Crafting: Step-By-Step Techniques For Making 31 Unique Cold-Process Soaps

I purchased this recently after a few other books. I learnt a lot from other soap making books on cold process, melt and pour and hot process and tried a few different recipes. I was now ready for effects and so I bought this book. It is a very good all round instruction book on how to make your own soap and has beautiful step by step photographic guides for things like swirling, layering, curls etc. It looks good and is spiral bound which makes it better for following the steps as you make the soap. If you are someone who wants to make soap their craft I'd say this is right up your street. Even if you just want to make the odd bar of soap it is a lovely addition to your bookshelves to encourage even the most reluctant and non artistic person to try and succeed. Makes it seem simple and these results are really very achievable, but if you want more indepth details about the science and practicalities of soap making then get another book for that first.

this is a really excellent book for the soap maker looking to get creative and experimental. the book contains all the info you might need to get started in making artistic soaps. this book is more about the artistic part of soap - hence the name 'soap crafting' - so is good to move onto once have the basic bar mastered. i have learnt loads from this book and Anne- Marie and am truly grateful that I bought this book. the spiral bind works great. highly recommended

Good book, easy to read. Well laid out step by step instructions and lots of recipes.

Plan on getting into soap making and this book is great! I really like that you can get a spiralbound copy which makes turning pages super easy. I look forward to getting my hands dirty and making new soap!

A very good book about soapmaking. It offers everything you need to know, a guide to many ingriedients from oils to colorants to edibles, not to mention many tecqniques. It has also great pictures which i am very happy to look at, as i am a very visual person, it helps a lot to understand better especially when talking about some chemical prodecures. I recommend it to everyone from beginners to those who just want to know more.

This book was a present to myself. I had to have the Queen of Soapmakings book with all her expert knowledge of the soapmaking world! I wasn't disappointed. Full of information for the advanced Soapmaker and lots of info for the beginner, so an all round book. A great gift to myself!

I treasure every bit

There are many things in this book that new soapmakers will find informative and interesting. Had I realized it was an American publication I would not have bought this as equipment and calculations are significantly different. My biggest disappointment is that all the soaps are crafted using fragranced oils with no natural recipes at all. I had been expecting to develop my knowledge of essential oils and how to blend these to create soaps but this book is sadly lacking on this front.

Muito bom !

I found this book to be very helpful. Great illustrations, great step by step format, lots of tips and tricks, great FAQ section, really really helpful.

je remercie, l'auteur de ce livre, bien illustré, détaille en image ,pas pas, des instructions, pour celle qui ont du mal mal a maîtriser la saponification,Bravo, je recommande ce livre.elle vaut la peine. c'est en anglais bien sure

It has a lot of basic recipes for soap making beginners .Exactly what I was looking for.

I love this book!! I love the spiral binding and the 'heaviness' of the pages. Doesn't feel like it will fall apart if your hands are a bit messy. Recipes are great and pictures are vibrant, I'm always checking this book for tips!