The Natural Soapmaking Handbook - Marina Tadiello & Patrizia Garzena

These are great books for the soapmaker (beginner & advanced) and are absolutely PACKED with all the relevant facts you'd need for soapmaking.

Pair it with the Natural Soapmaking Cookbook by the same authors and you'll have a whole repertoire of beautiful handmade soaps in no time!

The Natural Soapmaking Handbook: all you need to know to create your own as natural as possible handmade soap

Starting with fundamental ingredients, additives, tools, equipment, safety precautions and workplace setup, the Handbook covers all modern handmade "paste" methods to manufacture as natural as possible, skin-soothing, eco-friendly, sustainable soaps.

Cold Process (CP),

Discounted Water CP,

No-Heat Applied CP,

Hot Process (HP),

Double Boiler HP,

Oven HP,

Crockpot HP,

Microwave HP,

CPOP (Cold Process Oven Process) and.....

In The Mould HP

are all accurately illustrated in easy to follow step-by-step instructions.

Advanced techniques for specialty soaps range from liquid soapmaking to milk, butter and honey soap; from layered and swirled soaps to composite soaps and embeds.

Clear instructions for reclaiming, reshaping and rebatching all kinds of soap complement the authors' super-accurate troubleshooting guide to making the most of every batch.

As precious gems scattered along the book, you will be able to discover the truth on soda ash, lye-free soap and other common misconceptions in crisp "Soap myth buster" sections.