How to make lye soap

This is the easiest way to make soap without using lye--and it's safe to do with kids. Customize your homemade soap with any scents or colors you like!

Here's a step by step tutorial for how to make homemade soap, along with a lye soap recipe, pictures, a video tutorial and helpful tips for making homemade lye soap! This soap is a luxurious treat and it's fun and creative to make your own homemade soap! I also sell my homemade lye soap if you like my examples!

If you want to try soap making, this is a very simple, easy-to-use cold process recipe with only three ingredients: lard, lye, and water.

Saponification is the chemical process by which the ingredients that make up the typical bar of soap come together. And you can find out for yourself with our easy recipe for lye soap.

I started my soap making adventure back in the early 1990s. My first batch was plain lye soap. Back then I could make a year's worth of soap for about $8.

Easy recipe for making eco-friendly soap without using lye. This homemade recipe uses a soap base so you don't have to deal with nasty chemicals.

This past school year our family took a deep dive into pioneer life. One fictional pioneer account that we read referred to the making of soap with lye made from wood ash and rain water.

Can you make handmade soap without using lye? Here are the answers: When I first became interested in making soap for our home, I was worried about using lye. It's caustic, extremely poisonous, and very dangerous if it's not used correctly. The biggest question on my mind was, "How c

Want to make soap but worried about working with lye? Here's how to make soap without lye! (aka melt and pour soap)

Learn the reality of creating soap without lye. This post addresses common misconceptions about lye - a key ingredient in true soapmaking. While intimidating to beginners, lye is essential in cp soap, though it's not present in the final product once cured. Alternatively, melt and pour soap uses a pre-made base, eliminating the need for handling lye. Many are led astray by claims of lye-free soap from scratch; however, such products are more akin to detergents than soaps.