Just by combining some oils and lye, you make soap. But it’s in the little extras that you add it, and the careful balancing of oils that soap becomes truly incredible. I’ve compiled the many different soap recipes I’ve written over the years and organized them here into a soap cookbook page. Now, a good place to start is Creating A Soap Recipe or my Creating Personalized Soap Recipes video. But if you’re looking for a particular type of recipe, or just want to browse through the many types and possibilities that you can make, this is a good place to start.
Basic Recipes
Basic 4-oil Recipe Ann Bramson’s Castile Soap Sandy Maine’s 3-oil Basic Soap MMS Basic Soap Basic Olive Oil (Castille) Soaps Grocery Store Soap – (made using ingredients you can get at the grocery store) Plain Old Fashioned Hard White Soap
Recipes with Botanical Additives
Lavender Dream Soap Rose Garden Soap Lemon-Poppyseed Soap Lavender-Mint Layered Soap Cucumber Soap Carrot Juice Soap Tomato Basil Soap Pumpkin Soap - version 1 Pumpkin Pie Soap - version 2 Coffee Soap
Recipes Made with Milk
Tres Leches Soap Goat’s Milk Soap Coconut Milk Soap Heavy (or Whipping) Cream Soap
Recipes Made with Essential Oils
Green Tea & Lemongrass Soap Citrus Honey Bock Soap Lavender-Mint Layered Soap Lavender Dream Soap
Recipe for Liquid Soap
Coconut Oil Liquid Soap
Specialty Soaps
Pine Tar Soap Shampoo Soap Bars Salt Soap Hot Process Crock Pot Soap 100% Coconut Oil Soap Beeswax and Honey Soap Shaving Soaps Fisherman’s Soap Gardener’s Soap Dog Soaps Clay Soaps Loofah Soaps Citrus Honey Bock Soap (made with beer) Laundry Soap Recipe (using your own soap) Laundry Soap Recipe (using Fels Naptha soap)
Soap Techniques
Confetti or Shred Soaps Soap on a Rope Chunk Soaps Whipped (Room Temperature) Soap
