--- product_id: 4078823 title: "The Natural Soap Chef: Making Luxurious Delights from Cucumber Melon and Almond Cookie to Chai Tea and Espresso Forte" price: "¥3594" currency: JPY in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/4078823-the-natural-soap-chef-making-luxurious-delights-from-cucumber-melon store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # All-natural moisturizing ingredients Detailed instructive photos Step-by-step cold process soap making The Natural Soap Chef: Making Luxurious Delights from Cucumber Melon and Almond Cookie to Chai Tea and Espresso Forte **Price:** ¥3594 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🧼 Elevate your bath ritual—craft luxury soaps that speak your style! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Natural Soap Chef: Making Luxurious Delights from Cucumber Melon and Almond Cookie to Chai Tea and Espresso Forte - **How much does it cost?** ¥3594 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/4078823-the-natural-soap-chef-making-luxurious-delights-from-cucumber-melon) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Sensory Indulgence:** Create aromatic soaps from unique scents like Espresso Forte and Cucumber Melon. - • **Visual Inspiration:** Follow clear, beautiful photos that make soap crafting approachable and fun. - • **Creative Confidence:** Personalize recipes to craft soaps that reflect your unique style and preferences. - • **Natural & Nourishing:** Formulate soaps that pamper sensitive skin with moisturizing, natural oils. - • **Craft Your Own Luxury:** Master cold-press soap making with easy, stepwise guidance. ## Overview The Natural Soap Chef is a comprehensive guidebook for making all-natural cold process soaps at home. Featuring easy-to-follow recipes and vivid photos, it empowers beginners and hobbyists to create moisturizing, aromatic soaps like Cucumber Melon, Chai Tea, and Espresso Forte. With a 4.6-star rating, this book blends creativity with practical safety tips, helping you transform everyday ingredients into stunning, skin-friendly bath essentials. ## Description Learn how to make amazing soap right at home with this step-by-step guide to crafting all-natural cold-press soaps from scratch. Pamper yourself with natural moisturizing lather. Indulge your senses with aromatic fragrances. Beautify your bath with stunning soap that you’ve created. This book shows how to take wonderful ingredients and turn them into amazing soaps like: • Rosemary Olive Oil Soap • Pink Grapefruit Soap • Lemon Verbena Soap • Chocolate Soufflé Soap • Chai Tea Soap • Baby Rose Soap • Guinness Stout Soap • Espresso Forte Soap • Cut Grass Soap • Head-to-Toe Shampoo Bar • Cucumber Melon Soap • Pumpkin Spice Soap Including easy step-by-step directions and helpful instructive photos, The Natural Soap Chef is chockfull of inventive recipes and techniques that will teach you basic cold process soap making. Make your own luxurious bars and unique soaps right in your own kitchen that will please even the most sensitive skin. Review: Delightful! - Discovered some wonderful smelling soap at my local grocer, and was shocked to find it cost $6.00 a bar. I splurged, hurried home to indulge myself with this heavenly bar of soap only to discover that it dried my skin out....and was gone in two weeks (my husband loved it). So, after being disappointed with my purchase, I came to desertcart to see exactly how hard it was to make my own soap. I bought this book, worried that I'd read it and discover I was much too inept to attempt soap making. When the book arrived I sat down and read it...all of it. Every soap 'recipe'...everything. Here's what I discovered: Soap can be dangerous so follow all safety precautions and do as much research as possible to avoid dying (that's always my first concern lol). Also, soap can be more fun than baking (which I love) because your finished project will not force you to buy bigger clothes. I loved the recipes in this book, and Ms. Barto does a wonderful job of making them simple and providing fabulous directions. Another bonus? She tells you how to personalize the recipe, so you can make the soap YOU want. I would like to say that I felt this book was made for crafty folks who already have a basic understanding of soap making, not for someone like me who knew absolutely NOTHING about it. Of course, it is such a wonderful book that I don't mind getting something more in-depth and keeping this one for when I'm ready to make fabulous soaps! Review: Great Beginner Book, Great Recipes - The Natural Soap Chef covers all the basics and shares some great recipes and ideas for making soap. It also has wonderful photography. The content is organized, and the recipes are easy to follow. I'd recommend it to anyone beginning to make soap. Experienced soapers should be warned: most of the recipes are based on one oil recipe, so there is not a lot of variety, but if you are learning to make soap and want to try different things while you master an oil recipe, this is a good book to read. Also, this book does not cover how to create recipes of your own, which some reviewers didn't like, so if you are looking to learn how to do that, you probably don't want to check this book out. However, if you are looking for creative ideas and basic information, this book is excellent. ## Features - Ulysses Press natural soap chef bk ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (94) | ## Images ![The Natural Soap Chef: Making Luxurious Delights from Cucumber Melon and Almond Cookie to Chai Tea and Espresso Forte - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71o1uNLue-L.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Media Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Delightful! *by A***R on July 13, 2013* Discovered some wonderful smelling soap at my local grocer, and was shocked to find it cost $6.00 a bar. I splurged, hurried home to indulge myself with this heavenly bar of soap only to discover that it dried my skin out....and was gone in two weeks (my husband loved it). So, after being disappointed with my purchase, I came to Amazon to see exactly how hard it was to make my own soap. I bought this book, worried that I'd read it and discover I was much too inept to attempt soap making. When the book arrived I sat down and read it...all of it. Every soap 'recipe'...everything. Here's what I discovered: Soap can be dangerous so follow all safety precautions and do as much research as possible to avoid dying (that's always my first concern lol). Also, soap can be more fun than baking (which I love) because your finished project will not force you to buy bigger clothes. I loved the recipes in this book, and Ms. Barto does a wonderful job of making them simple and providing fabulous directions. Another bonus? She tells you how to personalize the recipe, so you can make the soap YOU want. I would like to say that I felt this book was made for crafty folks who already have a basic understanding of soap making, not for someone like me who knew absolutely NOTHING about it. Of course, it is such a wonderful book that I don't mind getting something more in-depth and keeping this one for when I'm ready to make fabulous soaps! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Beginner Book, Great Recipes *by D***F on September 8, 2012* The Natural Soap Chef covers all the basics and shares some great recipes and ideas for making soap. It also has wonderful photography. The content is organized, and the recipes are easy to follow. I'd recommend it to anyone beginning to make soap. Experienced soapers should be warned: most of the recipes are based on one oil recipe, so there is not a lot of variety, but if you are learning to make soap and want to try different things while you master an oil recipe, this is a good book to read. Also, this book does not cover how to create recipes of your own, which some reviewers didn't like, so if you are looking to learn how to do that, you probably don't want to check this book out. However, if you are looking for creative ideas and basic information, this book is excellent. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Not 100% Natural *by S***S on January 18, 2013* When I purchased this, I was new to soap making. The recipes are relatively simple and the how of it is laid out clearly. The why of it, that being the chemistry of soap making is not so clearly explained. That, however, is not the point of the book and thus does not factor into my review. I state it only to inform those who may be looking for this information. The recipes begin with simple lye and olive oil soap and become more complex from there, allowing one to perfect them at the simplest level and move on as skills improve. Tools and prep methods are clearly defined so that no one who uses the book should be caught without the appropriate tools. It is with the specific ingredients used in the book which present the only real flaw with this book. The title of the book states it is "natural" soap making. This presents two problems with the recipes contained in the book, the first is literal and the other is a result of semantics. First, a few of the recipes call for "scents" which are not essential oils or naturally derived and are instead created in a laboratory. If, like me, you are trying to simplify what you put into and onto your body as well as into and onto the environment, this does little to help in that regard. The second issue is, as I said, semantic. When most people read the word, "natural," they assume that the subject being described is environmentally friendly. It is a term often used with the intent of misleading the consumer and more consumers are learning to be wary of its use. I do not believe the author intended to mislead the reader but it is misleading given the inclusion of palm oil in many of the recipes. The palm oil industry has been connected with damage to the environment as well as numerous human rights violations. Not only is it impossible to find in most stores but it is dubious whether one should even try. The book does, however, offer a solution to this issue by linking to a lye calculator which allows you to enter in what ingredients you are using and adjusting the lye accordingly. I was able to substitute canola oil for the palm oil with a decent result. I am no chemist and have been making soap for less than a year and was able to use the calculator quite easily. Apart from the two problems listed above, the book is useful and contains some decent recipes to get you started. I have yet to find a book which contains every soap recipe although there are a few which will help you learn to experiment with ingredients. This book, however, is a good starting point. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.jp/products/4078823-the-natural-soap-chef-making-luxurious-delights-from-cucumber-melon](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/4078823-the-natural-soap-chef-making-luxurious-delights-from-cucumber-melon) --- *Product available on Desertcart Japan* *Store origin: JP* *Last updated: 2026-09-06*