From David Fisher,
Your Guide to Candle & Soap Making.
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All the soap recipes - all in one place!

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.

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. So many recipes to try!

Basic Recipes

• Basic Olive Oil (Castille) Soap
• Grocery Store Soap – (made using ingredients you can get at the grocery store)
• Plain Old Fashioned Hard White Soap

Recipes with Botanical Additives

• Lavender-Mint Layered Soap
• Cucumber Soap
• Carrot Juice Soap
• Tomato Basil Soap
• Pumpkin Soap
• Coffee Soap

Recipes Made with Milk

• Goat’s Milk Soap
• Coconut Milk Soap

Specialty Soaps

• Shaving Soaps
• Fisherman’s Soap
• Gardener’s Soap
• Dog Soaps
• Clay Soaps
• Loofah Soaps
• Felted Soaps

Soap Techniques

• Confetti or Shred Soaps
• Soap on a Rope
• Chunk Soaps