Thursday, April 3, 2008

Review of the Soap Making Fun Video Package

The Pros

This video shows how to make soap using the cold process, which is by far the most popular way for making homemade soap. It consists of easy-to-follow instructions for making soap using this method as demonstrated by soap making expert, Alex Whitehouse The directions given during the various demonstrations are clear and easy to understand. The pace of the video is good, allowing the viewer to absorb each step before it moves on to the next step. It also includes suggestions for finding soap making supplies, such as oils and molds.

The video can be paused at any time and, if necessary, backed up to review a previous step or steps to aid comprehension. Since the video is downloaded and stays on the viewer’s computer it is always there for future reference. The video looks professionally produced, and both picture and sound quality are excellent.

The Cons

The packed size of the video is a bit over 125 MB and, as such, takes a bit of time to download. It is also available in five parts to accommodate dial-up connections but the task of downloading all five segments might take some time Also, it would have be nice if the video came with a printed guide of some kind for future reference.

The Details

The Soap Making Fun video begins with an description of the recipe being used in this demonstration. It then goes into a comprehensive explanation of the equipment required to make soap. This section includes important information one of soap’s main ingredients, lye - which is extremely caustic - and shows how to safely add it to water to create the lye solution

The video then shows how to create the fat solution, which in this case consists of a mixture of coconut oil, palm oil, olive oil and avocado oil.

Step three in the video shows how to bring the lye solution and the fat solution to the same temperature and how to drizzle the lye solution into the oil solution and then mix the two.

One of the best features of this video is that in addition to showing how to make the soap, the expert soap maker, Alex Whitehouse, also gives many good tips, including:

• How to clean up in just a fraction of the normal time
• Where to get high quality supplies
• How to shorten the soap making process without sacrificing quality
• And how to make various kinds of soaps.

Alex also teaches how to know when the mixture reaches “trace,” how to pour the soap into molds, and even what to do with the soap making equipment when you’ve finished..

The Bottom Line

If you are interested in making homemade soap but have no experience, this video is an excellent way to get started. It takes you through the entire process in easy-to-follow steps and can have you making rich, creamy, colorful soap right from the get-go.

The pacing of the video is excellent and it provides a lot of good “show” as well as “tell.” The expert, Alex Whitehouse, provides many helpful tips and clearly knows his subject.

My personal conclusion is that if you watch this video, you’ll become a true soap maker. Plus, there’s a money-back guarantee behind the video that lets you keep it for up to eight weeks risk-free.

So you really have nothing to lose.

If you’re interested in soap making and would like to get started the easy way, just Click Here! for more information and be sure to look for the nice, free bonuses.

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