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Extremely thorough and beautifully designed,Melt&Pour Soapmakingfeatures dozens of luscious soap projects, with directions explicit enough for the novice and ideas sophisticated enough for the practiced soap maker. Accomplished craft designer Marie Browning (author ofBeautiful Handmade Natural Soaps) explores a wide variety of technique variations, from chunk style and layered to additives, embeds, embossing, and hand milling. Slice a marbled soap at angles for the look of rock crystal; make delicate petal slivers using a silk rose petal as a mold; blend fragrance oils to yield the scent of sea mist or the power of Zen spice. Besides all the tempting bars, balls, and molded shapes, there are recipes for bath salts, massage oils, sachets, potpourris, and dusting powder. Pamper yourself with these indulgent creations, or if you can bear to give some away, follow the lovely packaging ideas or assemble gift-giving collections of related items.--Amy Handy
A Definate Must Have! This is one of the first books I purchased on this subject and I thought it was the best. Besides having some good receipes the book goes over equipment, moods of color and other topics. I have purchased her natural soapmaking book and her designer soapmaking book. I see that she has an updated soapmaking book which I am planning to purchase in the near future. I wish I found about this books earlier. Anyone teaching melt and pour soap making should recommend these books to your students. Now that I am teaching, I will be recommending these books to my students! All of her books are great for beginners in this subject. I recommend this books to anyone who is on the fence.
This is a Great Start! Melt and Pour Soapmaking is a great book for beginners like myself. The directions were incredibly easy for me to follow and my finished products exceeded my expectations. I really got into making the chunk soaps and layered ones. Once I got the hang of it (good thing about soapmaking is that even the ones that didn't turn out were still useable!), I went out and purchased some candy molds from the thrift store and made some super cute little "guest soaps".
The packaging and gift giving sections of the book gave me great ideas on putting together really customized gift sets.
All in all, I would say that Melt and Pour Soapmaking is a great starting point if you are looking to make some great soaps!
Great book! The instructions are easy to follow. There are great tips for beginners that only experts have learned after years of soapmaking. The pictures are gorgeous.
