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Best Guides to Wet Shaving
I do it every morning...one reference I found said the average man will shave 20,000 times over the course of his life. If you're involved in shaving - either for yourself, or someone else - enough to make your own shaving soap, then you should definitely be using that carefully crafted soap in the best way possible…

Soap Making Kits
Many of the items you need can already be found in your kitchen...and the rest can easily be found online. Here are some vendors that have put together soap making kits with quality items to get you started right.

Kits for Candle Makers
Whether you're looking to get started in candle making yourself, or you have a budding candle maker on your gift list, here is a compilation of some great kits that vendors have put together for candle makers.

Candle Makers Reading List
A list of recommended candle-related books to inspire candle makers

Christmas at the Candle Factory by Barbara L. Johns
Review of Christmas at the Candle Factory by Barbara L. Johns

Cat in the Candle Factory
Review of Cat in the Candle Factory by Barbara L. Johns

Soap Making Books for Kids
Whether you're a soap maker looking to inspire/groom the little soap makers in your house - or just a parent with an inquisitive child, these books will give your kids great information, projects, science lessons, experiments, and overall soapy fun.

Best Melt and Pour Soap Making Books
Many people get their first taste of soap making with melt and pour soap. It's easy, inexpensive, and you can make a good basic bar of custom soap in under and hour with equipment you probably already have around the house. But melt and pour soap making doesn't have to be just "basic" - some of the most beautifual soaps I've ever seen have been crafted out of melt and pour soap base. Here are som…

Milk-Based Soaps by Casey Makela
Review of Milk-Based Soaps by Casey Makela

Smart Soapmaking by Anne L. Watson
Review of Smart Soapmaking by Anne L. Watson - Soap Making Book

Soap & Cosmetic Labeling by Marie Gale
Review of Soap and Cosmetic Labeling by Marie Gale

Complete Candlemaker by Norma Coney
Review of Complete Candlemaker by Norma Coney

300 Handcrafted Soaps by Marie Browning
Review of 300 Handcrafted Soaps by Marie Browning.

Blissful Bath by Dawn Anderson
Review of Blissful Bath compiled by Dawn Anderson

Soap by Ann Bramson
Review of Soap by Ann Bramson

SoapMaker Software
Review of SoapMaker Software

Complete Book of Candles and Candlemaking
Review of Complete Book of Candles and Candlemaking by Gloria Nicol

Candlemaker's Companion Review
Book Review of Candlemaker's Companion by Betty Oppenheimer