Soap Recipe Templates

A forgiving, easy-to-make recipe with a balanced bar. Great lather, decent hardness, and gentle on skin. The go-to for your first batch.

A solid everyday recipe without palm oil. Uses cocoa butter for hardness instead. Good for soap makers who want a sustainable, palm-free option.

Traditional Castile soap using only olive oil. Extremely gentle with a creamy, lotion-like lather. Requires extended cure time but produces a luxurious bar.

Mostly olive oil with a touch of coconut for better lather and hardness. Gentle enough for sensitive skin while still producing nice bubbles.

An ultra-mild, unscented bar safe for delicate skin. High olive and low coconut content with extra superfat for maximum gentleness.

A hard, long-lasting bar with sea salt added at trace. High coconut oil content compensates for salt reducing lather. Feels like a spa treatment.

A soothing, gentle bar with colloidal oatmeal and honey. Popular at craft fairs. Honey accelerates trace, so work quickly and soap cool.

Old-fashioned soap using beef tallow as the main fat. Produces a hard, white bar with dense, creamy lather. The way soap was made for centuries.

A conditioning, creamy bar featuring shea butter for skin-loving richness. Produces a stable, creamy lather with excellent moisturizing properties.

A plant-based luxury bar with no animal-derived ingredients. Mango butter and avocado oil give it a rich, conditioning feel.

A hard, bubbly bar that lathers in any water including salt water. Very cleansing, so a high superfat is essential to keep it from being too stripping.

A heavy-duty cleansing bar with pumice or coffee grounds for scrubbing dirt and garden grime. Slightly lower superfat for better cleaning power.