Self-Sufficiency: Soap Making with Natural Ingredients (IMM Lifestyle Books) Learn How to Make Luxurious, Beautiful Soaps at Home: Techniques, Equipment, Ingredients, and More Than 30 Recipes

I’ve made many soaps from this book. My family and friends always ask for more!

Great book for natural recipes & instructions for any staged soaper.

This should be called ''The Sodium Hydroxide book''.

This is a very informative book, However, I did find another book way more suited towards beginners.

I have been doing extensive research on the soapmaking process before I make any, and at first I found this book very thought provoking and informative with regard to holistic approaches to skincare. Then I got to the actual soap making instructions in this book. The author says to put the lye into a container, then add the water to it!?! The other four books, as well as the website resources, I have read say that this will cause a dangerous eruption--and that you should always add lye to water. I have not experimented with either procedure myself, so I cannot say for certain, but EVERY other reputable resource contradicts and, in fact, warns against the lye-water solution process described in this book. It may not be fair or accurate, but I nonetheless now question everything else in this book.