After testing several books I place it first for those like me start in soap home with the cold saponification method. Clear, well illustrated, and especially recipes that begin with the simplest and then worked propose more variants. About half of the book explains the process and all the technical details, the other part is devoted to recipes, with a double-page, one page photo that makes you want to put it. I want to try them all because they seem affordable, and besides I started yesterday, I made my first soap with the basic recipe. It is clear and everything nickel market! One regret: the proposed recipes are spending lots of essential oils.