This CD/Book is totally useless. The small amount of information that is on it, plus a whole lot more, can be found online for FREE! ([...] is a wealth of free infomation) Not even beginners can benefit from this CD. All it contains are some bad photos of molded pieces that have been painted (polymer clay is seldom painted by people who us it because the clay comes in a rainbow of colors so it's not necessary) There are no secrets in this book as the title implies. However, among the questionable tips you'll find some miss-information. Forget it! Look through Amazon.com for a legitimate polymer clay book, or get the wonderful "Tips and Techniques" booklet from the National Polymer Clay Guild, or go online to [...], a non commercial site. Don't throw your money away on this dreadful publication.