Soap cannot be made without lye, but you can make soap with a premade melt and pour base that already had the lye reaction in it. The article in the link you provided reiterates what’s in Katie’s article about making soap without handling lye.

Soap recipes use very specific calculations in order to work a certain way so it’s not quite as easy to sub ingredients. If you’re not very familiar with soapmaking it’s usually best to stick to a recipe you like until you’re comfortable knowing how to change out ingredients. Shea butter is much thicker than goat milk and also more shelf stable so they wouldn’t work the same here.

The recipe instructions should say sunflower oil (not jojoba) which is 100 grams.

Your recipe calls for jojoba oil.
How much of this oil is needed as it does not clarify..?

Exfoliants are best added when the mixture has cooled slightly and right before going into molds so there is less falling, but some is inevitable. As a general rule, soaps containing flowers and solids can keep for as long as the individual added ingredient can keep, as long as all are thoroughly dried first.

Hello Katie and thanks for your informative website!

Would you be so kind as to address some answers from previous posters, please?

Most importantly:

– How should exfoliants like coffee grinds, chi seeds and/or oats be addded to soaps so that they don’t all sink to the bottom of the bar?

– How long can soap containing flowers or other added solids be kept?

Many many many many MANY THANKS!!!

Best regards,
TC

For soap making, it is recommended to get a scale and actually weigh to the gram for accuracy and not measure by volume.

Hi there. You should DEFINITELY try Crafter’s Choice. They have detergent free soap bases, a great variety, and also they use in the making pal oil from sustainable resources, also have palm free base. Good luck!

That’s awesome and congrats.

Hello Im wondering if there is a replacement for lye