Ultimate Guide To Soap Making Paperback – April 25, 2016

If you are looking for a book filled with recipes for making soap - move on to the next book. If you are looking for a book filled with information ABOUT soap making you can't go wrong with this one! The recipes in this book mostly center around melt & pour type soap, but she includes so much information about making soap with in depth conversations about how home made soaps stack up against store brands, selling online, labeling, oil properties and so much more that this book really was a good buy for me. At 99 cents for the Kindle edition, you really can't go wrong buying this information packed book! Beginners will get information they need and seasoned pros might get some information they hadn't thought about.

I have always wanted to learn how to make soap. I haven’t been able to find anything as comprehensive and instructional until now. It was fun to learn about the variety of methods that Amanda McCarthy covers in her book. The guide also provides you with a good science base for soap making, and provides plenty of information about different oils and herbs that you can use to handcraft your own healthy, natural products.The guide really walks you through the process and even provides some wonderful recipes for yummy scented soaps! My favorite recipe is “Caribbean Breezes”. This guide is an absolute steal for the price with all the info you get! (Note: The safety reminders are really important, so follow instructions carefully.)

This isn't the best book I ever read about soapmaking, but it's definitely not bad. There are a few editing errors (to be expected anymore, really), and I'm bothered by some of the terminology - she has "peach essential oil" listed in her ingredients for one recipe... there is no such thing. Nor is there raspberry. But put aside the recipes, and there is some good information in this book, especially for the price.

I am overly excited about this book. McCarthy has out done herself. If you want the A to Z`s for making soap then this is an outstanding choice. Everyone you can think of, ie. oils, recipes, suppliers, laws and ingredients have been provided in this book. I highly recommend this to all looking to make soap for personal use or for a small business.

This is a complete book for anyone wishing to make and/or sell soap. It starts with basic information and takes you through safety procedures, the different soap making processes, the effects of different oils, and additives. She includes saponification charts, recipes, project ideas and source information. She gives a complete picture of what is involved to start a business and ideas to keep it successful. She also gives information on store brands, possible allergens and equipment needed. This may be the only soap making book you will need. Thank you for the well written, thoroughly informative book!

All in all, this Kindle book had the potential to live up to it's name ( and I will grant that there is some good information in it ), but falls short in a number of places.With pictures of large red X in a couple of places ( with no explanation what they are for ), to an uncompleted Saponification Chart that starts off with lots of promise but is missing the last 20% or so, of it's saponification values. Add all of that, with Table of Contents that have some links to chapters that work and others don't appear to do anything, and it come out as a sub par Kindle book.All in all, while I will keep the book for what good information it does contain, it will not be my main soap making reference.This book was read and tested with the Kindle reading app on both an Android and iOS device.

Pretty good book, for people starting a soap business.

I've always wanted to learn how to make soap after going over to my friends house and asking her what kind of soap she uses. She told me that she makes her own, and I was pretty impressed. After reading this, I'm now one of the few people who can make their own soap, with my favorite fragrances.Great guide! Lots of cool information, and easy to follow!

I bought this book as it was recommended in the soaping groups.This edition of the book is very poor. It looks like someone printed a PDF version and some of the descriptions didn't really fit into the pages. i.e. the SAP chart is not in line. I assume originally it was in an excel sheet and was copied to word. The oil lines are not corresponding to the NAOH or KOH lines correctly. This should be a very important part of the book especially for beginners like me, but it is just useless. This was a waste of money.

Very useful and informative. A good addition to crafty books collection amongst other soap making books. Good for the basic fundamental recipes and other tips. A few more pi s wouldn't have gone amiss like the one on the cover.

Loved this book I especially liked the article on how to use the different oils in the soaps and the Benefits for your skin and mood love this book would definitely recommend. X

Great for those starting out with lits of advice and areas to watch out for.

An excellent resource for people new to soap making the author has thought about all the important factors. Highly recommended