Making your own liquid soap by using up the soap leftovers is easy and a great way to avoid wasting perfectly good soap. If you want to try something fancier, however, you can make real liquid soap using lye and scraps of old soap. Once you know the basics of making liquid soap, you can even experiment with your own additions and combinations!

If you want to delve into the world of soap making, but are too afraid to work with lye, consider making a new bar of soap using old bars of soap. This is a great way to learn the basics of soap making and experiment with additions, such as oatmeal and essential oil. You can also use this method to salvaged botched batches of homemade soap. This process is called hand-milling and