Homemade soap recipes make a wonderful gift for friends and family. DIY soap can be easy to make, and it makes a fun weekend project. To make soap completely from scratch (as opposed to melt and pour with premade soap bases), you’ll need to use lye, which is a caustic salt known as sodium hydroxide. The chemical reaction between lye and oil ingredients is called saponification, which creates soap (and leaves no lye in the finished product). Happy soap-making!

1. SUSHI SOAP

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2. ROSEWATER PINK CLAY SOAP

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3. DIY PEPPERMINT SOAP

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4. DIY PEACHES CREAM SOAP

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5. DIY LOOFAH SOAP

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6. SUMMER DIY BOMB POP SOAPS

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7. DIY SCENTED BEE SOAPS

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8. MERMAID SOAP

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9. DIY GRADIENT SOAP BARS

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10. LAVENDER HONEY LEMON SOAP

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11. FRENCH GREEN CLAY SOAP

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12. CANDYCANE SOAP

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13. MINTY POPPY SEED SCRUBBY SOAP

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14. DIY WATERMELON SOAP

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15. DIY GEMSTONE SOAP

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