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Ethical Ingredients · Ghana
Which DIY Soap Should You Make?
Five quick questions match you to a soap you can make: a traditional bar from Baraka black soap crumbs with no lye, liquid black soap, or a shea butter, shea oil or kombo butter bar from scratch. Each result comes with the recipe, the ingredients and a free recipe book.
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How does your skin usually feel?
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What scent do you like?
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How much soap have you made before?
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Bar or liquid?
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From scratch, or from black soap crumbs?
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What's the easiest soap to make at home?
Bars remade from African black soap crumbs: no lye, no curing chemistry, just water, heat and a mould. Baraka's Black Soap Base (crumbs) is traditional African black soap from the Konjeihi Women's Enterprise Centre in Ghana.
Can you make soap without lye?
Yes, if you start from soap that is already made. Black soap crumbs are already soap, so you can remould them into bars or dissolve them into liquid soap without handling lye.
How do you make liquid black soap?
Dissolve black soap crumbs in hot distilled water, stir until smooth and let it settle. The basic liquid black soap recipe gives the amounts.