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Smart Soapmaking: The Simple Guide to Making Traditional Handmade Soap Quickly, Safely, and Reliably, or How to Make Luxurious Handcrafted Soaps for Family, Friends, and Yourself |  | Author: Anne L. Watson
Publisher: Shepard Publications
Category: Book
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Seller: internationalbooks
Rating:  61 reviews
Sales Rank: 8245
Media: Paperback
Pages: 115
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.3
ISBN: 0938497421
Dewey Decimal Number: 745
EAN: 9780938497424
Publication Date: January 1, 2007
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Product Description
Maybe you've made melt-and-pour soap and want to move on to something more challenging and rewarding. Maybe traditional soapmaking appeals to you, but you figure it's too difficult or dangerous. Or maybe you're already doing it, but outmoded ideas and methods are complicating the process and slowing you down. No matter which of these fits you, you'll find Smart Soapmaking practical, helpful, and refreshing. Written by a former professional soapmaker, this book explodes the myths about soapmaking and shows you how to make luxurious soap with the least fuss and bother.
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Smart, no nonsense June 8, 2010
Shanna Hullaby (Oakland, CA USA)
This is a great no nonsense book about how to make soap. She's smart and unpretentious. I cant wait to get started making soap. Also, the shipper shipped the book super fast. Very supreme!
 A bit disappointed May 28, 2010
JB (Washington, DC United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I hate to disagree with all the 5 star reviews, but I was a bit disappointed by this book. The step by step instructions seem wordy, and there aren't drawings or photos to illustrate the steps. I'm giving it 3 stars because it's not a bad book, but if I had paged through this book at the bookstore, I wouldn't have purchased it. Many of the soap making supply companies have free recipes and videos demonstrating how to make soap, and I find those more useful than this book.
I also thought that the book would have more recipes. I'm a new beekeeper and was disappointed that none of the 10 recipes in the book uses beeswax. However the author does include a conversion table for substituting other types of fats in the recipes, including beeswax.
A good "Getting Started" book May 17, 2010
Irvin Kanode (Tempe, AZ USA)
This is a good concise "Getting Started" book. It debunks many of the soapmaking-myths perpetrated in older books and doesn't have a lot of extraneous material.
Great for apprehensive beginners - left me grasping for more, though. May 6, 2010
This book is true to previous reviews in that it is super easy to read, perfect instructions, and great, simple recipes. Yes, more than one, more than a few, I believe there are about ten fool-proof recipes. I had no clue what went into soap making, and heeding to all the warnings about being uber careful with lye, I was in no hurry to do anything more than craft simple bars. After my first batch, though, I was already ballsy enough to tamper with my own recipes (not that I recommend that - I'm just recommending the book). This book was the Pandora's box for my soap making passion! It's a great learning experience will all the protection built in. I would recommend this book for anyone who wants to get started the right way with soap making. Modify after becoming comfortable with what she outlines in her book.
 A basic guide May 1, 2010
Patriot Reader (Idaho)
This was a solid, basic guide to soap making.
Good book if you're new to the art of making soap.
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