This illustrated guide to making over 40 specialty soaps through clear, step-by-step instructions. Susan Miller Cavitch, Master Soap Maker, leads you through every step of the soapmaking process. Learn how to craft exotic and practical soaps in your home, blend and use essential oils and natural colorants, desigh multi-color, marbled and imprinted soaps as well as the chemistry of soapmaking. Plus a section on how to start your own soapmaking business. 250 pages. Paperback.