Do you have any lye soap?

Yes! All soap is made with lye (What you may find at the large retail stores labeled as soap is often detergent). When customers ask if we make lye soap, most of the time they are looking for traditional lard soap, like early settlers made with wood ash, rainwater, and fat. Many people use it today as a household cleaning product or to remove stains from clothes. I have also seen recipes for homemade laundry soap, using the lard soap.

At Tunetti Natural Soap, we use the cold process method of soapmaking. While we do make the Old Fashioned Lard Soap with locally sourced lard, the remainder of our bar soap is made with sodium hydroxide (lye), distilled water, coconut oil, palm oil, and olive pomace oil. For our liquid soap, we use potassium hydroxide, coconut oil, and olive oil.

We require our bar soap to sit for 4 weeks before selling. During the first 72 hours after pouring into the molds, the lye and oils are fully transformed into soap through the saponification process. We let it sit for three more weeks to harden, which provides a nice lather and makes your soap last longer. When we cut and wrap our bar soap, there’s no lye left in the final product—just gentle, natural soap that’s great for your skin. You’ll feel the difference!