Not sure about you, but I love hand made soap. I have never tried making soap myself, but I have found a wonderful soap maker on eBay, which I want to share with you. We are living in a time when we can help one another immensely by just promotion and good reviews.
It has been about twenty years since I stopped using shop bought shampoos, conditioners, skin creams, fluoridated toothpaste, antiperspirants, and instead started using plain old soap, while also making my own deodorant from shea butter, coconut oil, bicarbonate of soda, and orange essential oil, and bicarbonate of soda for cleaning teeth. I was using Ghanian black soap for a while from Akoma Skincare, which I would highly recommend, but this soap, although luxurious and a wonderful shampoo bar, is soft and will not last long. You can buy Akoma Skincare Ghanian black soap in bulk for about £12, plus shipping. I am also a sucker for natural deodorants and have tried many in my time. Read my review of The Natural Deodorant Co, Lemon & Geranium.
This hand made soap maker, who I have been buying from for about two years now, and purchased soap gifts for others too, makes a lovely shea butter soap that is wonderful to use as a shampoo. It lathers very quickly and leaves the hair squeaky clean.
Some hand made soap can cost over £5 PER bar. Soap will not go off, and you can wrap it in fancy paper and gift it to others to encourage them to stop using chemical products. Here you can get 13 bars of soap for £13.50 plus postage and packaging. These bars of soap will last you months and can be used to clean the face, hair, and body. Also, they smell lovely too, as another batch of soaps that I recently purchased were far too perfumed and I had to give them to the charity shop. I am sticking with the hand made soap maker that I love.
I highly recommend these soaps. Treat yourself, or buy in bulk and gift to your friends and family. When a shampoo bar by LUSH can cost over £8, you can get all of the above for just £13. This soap maker also makes off cuts (wonky ends) of soaps in bulk, also at a great price.