Making Soap from Scratch: Complete Beginner's Guide to Natural Handmade Soaps

by Summer Vautierc

“From start to finish, this guide makes natural, cold process soaping easy to master at any level. Thank you, Summer, for sharing your experience and recipes.” – Praise for Making Soap from Scratch

Cold process handmade soap is a surprisingly simple craft and art…when you’ve got the right guide. Look no further, Making Soap from Scratch is it!

With easy-to-follow instructions and straight-forward advice, soaping professional and instructor, Summer Vautier, will help you make natural soap at home from start to finish.

With this complete guide, you’ll easily master making natural soap for friends, family and for profit. This book includes:

• Step-by-step instructions for making cold process and hot process soap
• Equipment and ingredient checklists
• How to use molds, plus cutting and curing your soap
• Small and large batch soap recipes, from the luxurious to economical
• A guide to using essential oils and fragrances
• How to meet labeling requirements, plus getting creative with packaging for selling and gifting soap

This guide also includes swirling colors, making expensive-looking layers, incorporating embeds, and more! You’ll soon be making delicious-looking and smelling soaps, like:
Sweet Baby Chamomile Soap
Tough Guy Mahogany Soap
Chai Tea Latte Soap
Chocolate Peppermint Patty Soap
The Perfect Face Bar
Hawaiian Sunrise Soap
Fresh Cut Grass Soap
Spiced Holiday Pumpkin Pie Soap
Vanilla-Cherry Chip Soap
Lavender Sprig Soap
Lemon Crème Soap
Orange Sherbet Soap
Espresso Roast Soap
And more!

Grab your copy of "Making Soap from Scratch" to start cold process soap making for fun and even profit.

120 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 3, 2012

Reviews

[Kyrana Jones · Rating 3 out of 5]

Making Soap from Scratch: Complete Beginner's Guide to Natural Handmade Soaps by Summer Vautierc is a well-organized and clearly written handbook. The author walks the reader through each step of the process while providing background and safety information. The experience of reading this book was equivalent to having the writer available to demonstrate the process in a workshop setting. This guide would likely benefit those who have never attempted to make soap as well as veteran crafters. The treasure trove of recipes included adds great value to this resource.

I received a complimentary copy of this book in order to provide a review. The author was able to communicate her knowledge and expertise to this novice in a pleasant manner while pointing out potential dangers and pitfalls of the process. A great find for adult crafters and gift makers.

[Snarky Mom · Rating 5 out of 5]

A TRIP TO THE CRAFT STORE IS IN MY FUTURE!
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Why, you might ask? Well it would be because I recently read the book below in order to review it!

“MAKING SOAP FROM SCRATCH – THE COMPLETE BEGINNER’S GUIDE” is just that – a COMPLETE guide for BEGINNERS. I’ve always seen all the soap making supplies at Michaels and thought it would be cool, but I’ve just never known enough about it to try it out. Now I think I can! Summer Vautier gives concise, Mom Brain-proof instructions, along with pictures (yay!) that are easy to read & understand… and most importantly, FOLLOW. If you are thinking of trying out soap making, this is a great guide for those new to the craft & process!

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

As someone who is interested in soap-making, but has not actually made any soap yet, this book seems like a good place to get started. It emphasizes safety in the beginning, which was something I worried about. The materials needed were also spelled out and tips on where to purchase certain hard-to-find items were included. The process of soap-making was presented in steps that were easy to understand and beginner recipes were included.