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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  • Introduction to the Art of Soap Making 1
  • Basic Soap – Making Techniques 2
  • Pros and Cons of Soap – Making Methods 4
  • Method #1: Melt and Pour Soap – Making 4
  • Pros and Cons of Melt & Pour Soap 6
  • Method #2: Cold Process Soap – Making 7
  • Pros and Cons of Cold – Process Soap 9
  • Chapter One: Basic Ingredients Used in Soap Making 11
  • Basic Melt & Pour Method 12
  • Fragrance Oils vs. Essential Oils 14
  • Using Herbs and Colorants 18
  • Oxides 18
  • Mica 19
  • Labcolor 20
  • Chapter Two: Swirled Layers and Embedding with Melt and Pour Soap Base 25
  • Swirling Using Melt and Pour Soap 26
  • Embedding Objects in Melt & Pour Soap 31
  • Embedding Soap Objects in Melt & Pour Soap 36
  • Chapter Three: Double – Pour, Four – Pour, Morphing and Fading Techniques 39
  • The Double Pour 40
  • Tie – Dyed Soap and Four Pour Soap 45
  • Morphing and Fading Technique for Melt and Pour Soap 48
  • UV Inhibitor 48
  • Vanilla – Color Stabilizer 49
  • Chapter Four: Advanced Melt and Pour Techniques: Clam Shell Soap and Candy Soap 55
  • How to Make Melt and Pour Clam Shell Soaps 56
  • How to Make Melt and Pour Candy Soaps 62
  • Chapter Five: Cold – Process Soap Making Basics: Ingredients, Lye Water and Saponification Process 69
  • Basic Ingredients for Cold – Process Soaps 70
  • Different Types of Oil Ingredients 71
  • Soap Butters 73
  • Essential Oils and Fragrance Oils 74
  • Lye (Sodium Hydroxide) 74
  • Lye Safety Tips and Considerations 75
  • Tips and Tricks in Creating Lye Water 76
  • Saponification 78
  • Saponification Value (SAP Value) 80
  • Chapter Six: Cold – Process Soap Making: Fragrance Oils and Colorants 85
  • Using Fragrances in Cold – Process Soaps 86
  • Ricing, Seizing, and Acceleration 87
  • Using Colorants in Cold – Process Soaps 93
  • Colorants for Cold – Process Soaps 94
  • Chapter Seven: Packaging and Selling Your Soaps! 101
  • Tips and Tricks for Packaging Soap 102
  • Other Ways of Packaging Soap 104
  • Branding, Marketing, and Selling Your Soaps 105
  • Photo Credits 111
  • References 112

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