The Natural Soap Book: Making Herbal and Vegetable-Based Soaps

by Susan Miller Cavitch

Book Overview

Making your own soap is fun, easy, and rewarding. In this introductory guide, Susan Miller Cavitch shows you how to craft your own all-natural, wonderfully smelling soaps. Illustrated directions take you through the whole process, from buying supplies to cutting the final bars. With easy-to-follow recipes that range from classics like oatmeal and honey soap to more adventurous combinations using goat milk and borage, you'll be inspired to make uniquely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882668889
• ISBN13: 9780882668888
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

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Cavitch's book is clear, complete and easy to use.

Cavitch provides the beginning soapmaker with an excellent chemical and historical explanation of soap and the soapmaking process. She includes clear, step-by-step instructions for making basic soap recipes, as well as giving the amateur soapmaker tips on customized soaps. She includes an excellent section on trouble-shooting, and other practical suggestions for successful soapmaking. Her reference section is especially helpful, offering a range of soapmaking suppliers and a soapmaking bibliography. Her recipes work, and the soap is great