Good Manufacturing Practices for Soap and Cosmetic Handcrafters Paperback – April 10, 2013

I thought I had it all together until I read this book. It is a must have for all soap and cosmetic handcrafters. The best thing about this book is Marie tells you it's ok, take your time, it will all come together but make it apart of your routine and daily or weekly activities to put these things in practice. I also like that she says at the beginning to read the entire book before you start anything.

This book tells you, and shows examples of what you should be doing for good manufacturing practices when making Soap & Cosmetics. There are some other minor chapters on Subcontracting, Returns policies and other topics, but the real value of this book is all in you learning the system of the first few chapters.If you are unsure whether you should buy this book, ask yourself: how much do you value improved quality in your products because you followed safety standards and good manufacturing practices. Does your family not care? Do you care if your home operation becomes more efficient? If you are selling your products then a book like this must be mandatory purchase.

These BS SOP's and GMP's made my head spin and your book spells it all out and makes it simple. I will be sharing a link to this book for EVERYONE on my upcoming "Makers" App. Anyone that makes any type of facial, body, herbal type product should have it!

Wow! Although, at this writing, I was living in Florida (and they have a ton of restrictions for bath and body product manufacturing), I thought I was in compliance with my business and kept mind-numbing records. I could not have been more wrong! I actually shut down my business so that I could fine tune everything and create the required Standard Operating Procedures and forms to make sure I was in compliance with government regulations. What a tremendous amount of work went into writing this book! I am so grateful! Thank you, Marie Gale! This is an absolute must have for all bath and body product manufacturers out there...especially made-at-home products!

This is a great book for the small soap or cosmetics business owner. It spells out in clear language the purpose of GMPs and provides detailed guidance on preparing documentation that will stand up to ever growing regulatory oversight.

Labeling is important for any business, while a good book the presentation could have been better.

Informative

Great help for starting to implement GMP on small scale production. A lot of things might seem kinda obvious but for a small handcrafter is pretty sweet to have guidelines to adhere to, so instead of having to think about how should I organize everything I have to think mostly on the content of my documents, which is nice when time is such a precious resource.