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HOMEMADE SOAP has little to do with store-bought soap. Read the first page
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
How I learned to make soap and start a business,
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This review is from: Soap: Making It, Enjoying It (Paperback)
I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with this particular book.When I started making soap around 1990, this was the only book I could find. I had only been searching for about 30 years for instructions on how to make soap at home, haahaa. Ann Bramson, whoever she is and where ever she is, gave me a start to the most successful business I've ever owned. As a result, it has completely changed my life. But, about this book.... It is very simple, very basic, and has a lot of information in it that will lead you in completely the wrong direction. Not because it isn't correct information exactly, it all is true for her book and her method of soap making. We soap makers have learned much since we all put our heads together on the internet. By swapping thoughts and failures we've greatly improved how to make soap at home. Probably 90% of soap authors just copy the information in this book. So instead of buying theirs, buy this one. It is much less expensive and you will receive the exact same information. I still love this book. It explains how to make some soap at home and isn't that what you're looking for? With this very inexpensive, no thrills, no daring to be different book, you will make your first batch of soap successfully! I like her recipes and those are the only recipes I made for years. They do make excellent soap! The issues I have with this book are that we do not need to match temperatures on your fats and lye solutions. You really should not use fat temperatures of 98 degrees; this is far too low. Certainly, you CAN add herbs and fruits and all sorts of things to your soap recipe. The reason she says that you cannot is because of the low temperatures she's using in her book. With this book and some help from my web site and the internet soap making community, you can be on your way to being the happiest self employed person on the net too! Buy this book. Even if it is just to share in my joy of getting started with MY first batch that headed me in the right career direction.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Grandmama of all Soap Making Books,
By A Customer
This review is from: Soap: Making It, Enjoying It (Paperback)
This is the book that got me started on my own soap-and-toiletries making business, too. It is very inspirational! Ann Bramson even managed to get me to boil down many, many pounds of utterly disgusting beef fat to make my own tallow (I do NOT recommend this -- it will make your entire house smell like a meat-packing plant), but I'm glad I can say now, as a veteran soapmaker, that I did try it a couple of times. I quickly moved on from the beef tallow and lard-based soaps to the vegetable based soaps, though. I have a few quarrels with this book, such as stirring raw soap with a wooden spoon (only recommended if you like having wood splinters in your soap as an exfoliater) and adding water to the lye instead of the lye to the water (this could cause an eruption of lye to shoot right out of your container, very dangerous). I also think that her extravagant use of essential oils could bankrupt the uninitiated who don't know how much those little teeny bottles cost! But all in all, this is a wonderful, thorough book, a real pleasure to read. She has a great sense of humor and really conveys her obsession with beautiful, handcrafted soap very well.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great beginners book,
By MotherLodeBeth "MotherLodeBeth" (Sierras of California) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Soap: Making It, Enjoying It (Paperback)
Looking for a basic book on making some simple soaps? This is one I recommend because it is a great starter book and the ingredients are so simple and the recipes are so simple as well.
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