OMG! There's lye in handmade soap! - SubEarthan Cottage

For those unfamiliar with making soap, seeing lye, aka sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide as an ingredient in handmade soap can be a little scary. Today I thought I’d share why it’s in there and why it’s nothing to scare you away from handmade soap. The basic chemistry of soapmaking From the Wikipedia page on

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