Saponifier’s 2010 Raves-for-Faves “Readers Choice” Awards is now open!  Let your voices be heard! http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/355729/Saponifier-Awards

Don’t delay! Survey closes September 24th.

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& Candle Making Techniques

• Cut and Curl Candle Making – learn how to make these wedding favorites!
• Sunset Soap – An advanced soap tutorial using natural ingredients.
• How to create fun effects by combining melt and pour soap with cold process soapmaking
• Interview with Allegheny Hearth owner Bonnie Klisiewicz Bartley, a gem of a soapmaker whose soap art will astound and amaze you!
• Herb Monographs on Solomon’s Seal and Perilla
• … and MUCH More!

To be published Sept 1, 2010

Please be sure to contact Customer Service with your shipping information so we can ship your package out to you!  Thanks so much everyone for playing along, and for all the tremendous heartfelt comments!

(c) Rob J Brooks

With the release of our July issue, marking our 12th Anniversary, we thought it might be fun to offer prize packages to three lucky winner’s!

Leave a comment below to win one of three prize packages (see below).  Three winners will be randomly chosen next Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. PST.

(Each Prize Package contains $50.00 in Saponifier store credits (to be used towards subscriptions, renewals, back-issues or anthologies), a hard copy of the booklet ‘Swirling with the Best’, and a copy of the 10-year Herb Anthology)

Each prize package is valued at $100!!

What do you need to do to win? Simply post a comment right here on this post.  You have until Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. PST to leave a comment for a chance to win. Just think “happy mail” in a pretty white envelope!

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED

THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED!

Congratulations to the above winners!
Please be sure to contact Customer Service with your shipping information so we can ship your package out to you!  Thanks so much everyone for playing along, and for all the tremendous heartfelt comments!

FOCUS: Rules & Regulations

Grab a cup, get comfy and prepare to be inspired by all the tips & techniques this issue has to offer!

Feature Articles:

• Understanding Good Manufacturing Practices: Using Voluntary Implementation To Improve Your Business, by Marla Bosworth
• Souvenir Soaps, by Tamara Dourney
• Eight Rules for Running An Online Business, by Stacy Reckard
• OSHA Compliance: Guidelines For A Safer Workplace, by Tamara Dourney
• 2010 HSMG Annual Conference a Huge Success, by Erica Pence

The next issue of Saponifier will focus on Rules & Regulations with a wide array of information and tutorials on:

• Guidance, Compliance and Regulatory Information for soap, toiletry and candle makers.
• An explanation of the terms Certified Organic, Fair Trade, and Sustainability  – and how they are regulated by governing bodies.
• Souvenir Soaps – Creative and simple soaps that double as souvenirs
• Everything you need to know about making gel candles, including a Seascape Gel Candle Tutorial that is perfect for summer!

Herbal monographs on Cleavers and Lady’s Mantle

Available on Amazon July 7th

Saponifier’s ‘In The Lab’ writer, Dr Robert McDaniel, just sent word that he received a pre-publication copy of his new book, “Soap Maker’s Workshop” which includes a DVD of him taking you through the process of making soap from ingredient selection to pouring it into the mold. At 160 pages it is a serious expansion of his original book published in 2000. This time he has included hot process soapmaking in most of its iterations.

Dr Bob, states: “It looks good though the publisher did not include several of our special graphics. According to amazon it will officially appear July 7. Note: the cover was changed by their marketing department so it will appear somewhat different from the picture on amazon.”

Book Description
Soap making artisans Dr. Robert and Katherine McDaniel created this workshop to help you on your journey into soap making, whether you’re just starting out and planning to make a few bars for gifts and fundraising events or you are planning to join the hundreds and thousands in the soap cottage industry with plans to expand to a sustainable business. Thirty step-by-step, detailed recipes and photos showcase a variety of soap products including: liquid soaps, mousses, shampoos and African Black Soap, touted for its healing properties for extreme dryness, blemishes, wrinkles, stretch marks and scars. Learn to work with fragrances and discover the benefits of aromatherapy associated with many essential oils; take control of the ingredients and learn to use sustainable resources. A bonus DVD tutorial walks you through the soap-making process.

About the Author
A chemist and teacher, Dr. Robert McDaniel is the holder of 14 U.S. patents and currently writes for The Saponifier e-magazine (a bimonthly publication for the soap- and candle-making industry). Katherine McDaniel is co-manager of their home-based company, Dr. Bob’s Herbal Soap. The McDaniel’s first soap making book, Essentially Soap, sold over 33,000 copies worldwide.

Product Details
* Paperback: 160 pages
* Publisher: Krause Publications (July 7, 2010)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 1440207917
* ISBN-13: 978-1440207914

Saponifier is looking forward to reviewing a copy of “Soap Maker’s Workshop” in an upcoming issue!