This complete guide to recipe building is a valuable resource for makers of bar and liquid soap at any skill level. You no longer need to use recipes from a book or website. Expert Erica D. Pence teaches you how to design your own formulas for truly unique soaps. Gain insight into these topics and more: - Selecting ingredients based on your desired soap properties - Understanding saponification values and fatty acids' role in soapmaking - Tackling the math involved in recipe formulating, step by step - Understanding lye discounts, water amounts, milk and more - Trait Combination Guides(TM) and other useful tools to get you started - 179 Hard-to-find, comprehensive oil profiles in one reference book - Includes reference section filled with tables of information at your fingertips. This easy-to-use book provides everything you need to know about creating your own soap recipes.
