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"If you purchase only one book....."

Written By: L. Hastings

Make your book this one. The Everything Soap Book was included in the 3 books that I purchased, out of them all, this is the book that I'd tell a beginner to purchase. This book grows with you. It assumes you know nothing and by the end teaches you various methods of soapmaking. It's also easy to read and understand and covers a lot of ground. It is very thorough and answers a lot of your questions, provides a lot of soapmaking resources. I will keep an eye out for updated editions of this book.

"Great book"

Written By: Douglas Vossbrink

I am a fairly experienced soap maker, and the lavender soap recipe in this book made the best Lavender soap I've ever made! The recipes are simple enough that even a novice soap maker can do this with confidence. Would recommend this book to novice and experienced soap makers.

"Just "meh""

Written By: Nymeria

Some people really, really love Alicia Grosso's style and other books. I do not fall into that category, apparently. I ordered this book because of the reviews here and the promise of wonderful recipes and I was pretty disappointed. I would not recommend this book to others, but if pressed I would say it is definitely more for fans of Alicia Grosso. My problems with the book boil down to three key issues:

1) Grosso tries to fit too much into one book. She tries to cover cold process, hot process and melt & pour in ONE book which makes it a jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none sort of thing. Because she tries to fit so much in one book, it feels like she is leaving things out. I feel a lot of her descriptions and explanations have a "Well you know what I mean" sense to them. Therefore I wouldn't recommend this book to a beginner soapmaker.

2) It is poorly laid out. I like to have information in one section and recipes in another. This book flows like a stream of conscience which makes it hard when you just want to flip to find a recipe.

3)(and most importantly) The recipes are paltry at best. For instance in the CP section she gives you ONE base recipe and then just sort of builds off of that, and not in a meaningful manner. She adds lavender oil in one. In the next she adds lavender and something else. To me that means she put in ONE recipe and then offers suggestions for variations. The HP section is similar. I'm not sure how a book that really only contains 1 or 2 distinct recipes per section gets such high ratings.

Personally when it comes to soapmaking I recommend Anne Watson's "Smart Soapmaking" or Susan Miller Cavitch's "The Soapmaker's Companion." They are just better all around.

"Excellent Resource for a newbie soap maker"

Written By: Lady J

I am new to soap from scratch and I found this book to be a great resource for me. My first batch of cold process was from the basic recipe in this book and I had great success. It filled in missing information from other books I had purchased, as well.

"Best Book on the Topic "

Written By: Capricorn

I love this book. In our house it is considered the Soap Bible. Everything you need to know and more is between these two covers. Recipes, step by step instructions on the actual soapmaking process, a list of common essential oils to use along with medicinal and other propeties (including approx. price ranges for each), tips on packing, wrappers, and making gift sets.

This is the only book you'll need.