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A review by ichigoluvah
Handmade Soap Book, Updated Second Edition: Easy Soapmaking with Natural Ingredients by Melinda Coss
3.0
2.5 stars. This is a small book that tries to have a little bit of everything, and fine detail in nothing.
What it does have:
- recipes with a variety of ingredients. Some use animal fat, some are vegan. Some use essential oils, some use fragrance oils. There are recipes with honey and recipes with milk.
-Small, vague sections on the basics, possible materials and soap shapes, and choosing scents and colorants.
-Detailed lists of oils and their use, a recipe for rebatching soap, a decent essential oil list with potential uses, and a list of natural fillers/texture additives.
What it lacks:
- there are no scent amounts or ratio ideas for those looking to adapt their own recipe.
- The scent and colorant sections are almost not helpful at all.
-The recipes are organized by scent, not ingredients. It's a pain to search for ones with no animal fat, or no palm oil, or no fragrance oil. Not to mention all the different materials you'd need to buy to make even a couple of these soaps, since they're all so different.
I would not recommend this book, and I'm glad I didn't purchase it (my library did). The internet has better information that's easy to find.
I would only recommend this book for someone looking for a collection of varied recipes all in one place, and has no ingredients they are looking to avoid.
What it does have:
- recipes with a variety of ingredients. Some use animal fat, some are vegan. Some use essential oils, some use fragrance oils. There are recipes with honey and recipes with milk.
-Small, vague sections on the basics, possible materials and soap shapes, and choosing scents and colorants.
-Detailed lists of oils and their use, a recipe for rebatching soap, a decent essential oil list with potential uses, and a list of natural fillers/texture additives.
What it lacks:
- there are no scent amounts or ratio ideas for those looking to adapt their own recipe.
- The scent and colorant sections are almost not helpful at all.
-The recipes are organized by scent, not ingredients. It's a pain to search for ones with no animal fat, or no palm oil, or no fragrance oil. Not to mention all the different materials you'd need to buy to make even a couple of these soaps, since they're all so different.
I would not recommend this book, and I'm glad I didn't purchase it (my library did). The internet has better information that's easy to find.
I would only recommend this book for someone looking for a collection of varied recipes all in one place, and has no ingredients they are looking to avoid.