Maybe you've made melt-and-pour soap and want to move on to
something more challenging and rewarding. Maybe traditional
soapmaking appeals to you, but you figure that working with lye is
too difficult or dangerous. Or maybe you're already doing it, but
outmoded ideas and methods are complicating the process and slowing
you down.


No matter which of these fits you, you'll find "Smart Soapmaking"
practical, helpful, and refreshing. Written by a former professional
soapmaker, this book explodes the myths about soapmaking and shows
you how to make luxurious soap with the least fuss and bother.


With both customary and metric measurements, plus a list of
suppliers in five countries, "Smart Soapmaking" is the first truly
international book on the craft!


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Anne L. Watson is the author of the wildly popular and widely
acclaimed beginners book "Smart Soapmaking" and its companions, "Milk
Soapmaking" and "Smart Lotionmaking." She has made soap
professionally under the company name Soap Tree, and before her
retirement was a historic preservation architecture consultant.
Anne's other published books include "Baking with Cookie Molds" and
several novels. Anne, her husband, Aaron, and their cat, Skeeter,
live in Friday Harbor, Washington.


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"Should become THE book for soapmaking. . . . It's about time
someone wrote a book like this. Most are idealistic and inaccurate.
This book has a wonderful common sense approach that is SO long
overdue. . . . I can recommend it with 100% confidence." -- Susan
Kennedy, Oregon Trail Soaps, Rogue River, Oregon


"Smart it is . . . . A simple, no-nonsense book that cuts through
the curmudgery of stifling soap bibles like no other." -- Shellie
Humphries, Harstine Island, Washington


"Way overdue. . . . A gift of common sense caution, proven
methods, tried-and-true shortcuts, and some excellent recipes as
well, for both the professional/experienced soapmaker and the eager
beginner." -- Deb Petersen, Shepherd's Soap Co., Shelton, Washington



"A great book for beginners, with clear and easy instructions." --
Anne-Marie Faiola, Bramble Berry Inc., Bellingham, Washington


"I learned more from Smart Soapmaking than from any other soaping
book, and I have read quite a few. . . . It's written with the
average person in mind, not a chemistry major. Directions are very
simple and easy to understand. It really takes the mystery out of
making soap." -- Jackie Pack, Stuart, Virginia


"Groundbreaking . . . . Anne L. Watson [is the] universally
respected and loved author/crafter/curator of this lost art for
thousands of aspiring soapers . . . . Unquestionably the best book
with which to begin. To be precise, it's probably the most
accessible, most reader-friendly, and most immediately useful
container of information a first-time soapmaker could hope to find."
-- Wishing Willow (blog)


"'Smart Soapmaking' finally got me over the hump [of fearing lye].
. . . I think Anne Watson is the Elizabeth Zimmermann of the soap
world -- a frugal, common sense gal, who says, 'Don't overcomplicate
things. Just make