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    Making and Selling Soap: A Hacker's Guide
    Making and Selling Soap: A Hacker's Guide
    Making and Selling Soap: A Hacker's Guide
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    Making and Selling Soap: A Hacker's Guide

    By Michele Simmons

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    Ever wanted to learn to make homemade soap? Are you interested in selling it at craft venues or farmer's markets? Making and Selling Soap: A Hacker's Guide explains how to make natural, homemade soap in simple terms with pictures to show you every step of the way. For those interested in turning their hobby into a business, this book explains in simple terms how to keep your costs down, make sure you are charging the right amount for your product and how to maximize sales by "bundling" deals for the buyer. Written by a successful farmers' market hobbyist with a humorous tone, this book includes 15 original recipes, detailed but easy instructions and lots of pictures of hot process soap making. A checklist for easy reference is included.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMichele Simmons
    Release dateJan 29, 2014
    ISBN9781310702358
    Making and Selling Soap: A Hacker's Guide
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    Michele Simmons

    Jill-of-all-trades who is interested in everything from the kitchen chemistry involved in making soap to feeding my family real food and trying to become a servant-hearted Christian in spite of being naturally selfish, yep, that's all me. I have moved half as many times as the years I've been on this planet and no, I'm not telling how many. I love my family more than I fuss at them and that's saying quite a bit. We have settled in the state I was born in whose only flaw is that it doesn't have a beach. I am grateful for this blessing on the work of my hands and I wish you lifelong learning and peace!

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    • 5/5
      Easy Read. Author is down-to-earth, has great sense of humor and her instructions are simple, clear and easy to understand...even her pricing math!!!!
      The recipes are easy, simple and can be individualized/cutsomized in any manner.
      A great, fun read...now off to make soap :)

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    Making and Selling Soap - Michele Simmons

    Making and Selling Soap: A Hacker's Guide

    Michele Simmons

    Smashwords Edition

    Copyright 2014 by Michele Simmons

    This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you are reading this book and did not purchase it, please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting my hard work.

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Chapter 1: How Did I Get Into This?

    Chapter 2: A Farmers' Market Hobby

    Chapter 3: Costs, Profit Margins, and Pricing

    Chapter 4: Calculating Your Costs

    Chapter 5: These Recipes Are MINE, but you can use them

    Chapter 6: Tools of the Trade

    Chapter 7: Buying Supplies

    Chapter 8: Kitchen Chemistry

    Chapter 9: Some of These Oils Are Not Like the Others

    Chapter 10: Safety, the path of wisdom

    Chapter 11: Make Soap Already!

    Chapter 12: When Things Go Wrong

    Chapter 13: Castile and Castor Soap, sold as Kids of All Ages

    Chapter 14: Cinnamint Soap

    Chapter 15: Cinnamon Sweet Orange Soap

    Chapter 16: Classic Lavender Soap

    Chapter 17: Evergreen Woods Soap

    Chapter 18: House Blend Soap

    Chapter 19: Lemongrass or Lemongrass and Grits Soap

    Chapter 20: Oatmeal and Honey Soap

    Chapter 21: Orange Blossom Soap

    Chapter 22: Peppermint Soap

    Chapter 23: Spiced Tea Soap

    Chapter 24: Sweet Summer Sun Soap

    Chapter 25: Wild Berry Tea Soap

    Chapter 26: Body Butter

    Chapter 27: Lotion Cakes

    Chapter 28: Soap Cookin' Checklist

    Chapter 29: Closing and Thanks

    Chapter 1: How Did I Get Into This?

    There I was, standing in the middle of what appeared to be a makeshift lab in my suburban kitchen. Kids were yelling from the other room, If it's peppermint, I'm outta here. My two oldest offspring discussed the merits of House Blend versus Sweet Orange. Even the dog developed preferences, occasionally stealing a bite of lavender soap. I worked at a furious pace toward the goal of hauling 200 bars to the market on Saturday. How did I get into this?

    During one of her visits, my mother surprised me with an ugly yellow bar of slightly odorous soap that she was sure I would love. I promised to try it, all the while wondering if I would smell like an old biscuit. At the time, I had three small children with very dry skin. My plan was to use the ugly soap on them until it was gone. Later, I reached for a kid's

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