Old-Fashioned Lye Soap

Just our simple soap base, nothing added.

“I just wanted to say 'thanks' for your amazing soap. I love handmade soap but don't have the time to make it. It means a lot to me that you take the time to make such awesome soap that are also good for people and the planet. I wish more people knew why they should use soap like yours. I will definitely be a customer for life!”

Erika Thompson, Silverdale, WA

herbaria makes its all natural handmade soaps the old-fashioned way

“I still use lye soap to clean clothes. It gets out grease the best. I rub a grease stain with lard, set it a while, then clean with the soap. I don’t shave up the soap. That’s too much work. I put a few pieces of soap in a mesh bag, like oranges come in, and let them dissolve a few minutes in the washing machine until it dissolves, then take the bag out.”

Betty Streck, Jefferson City, MO

people of all ages love herbaria all natural old fashioned lye soap

There’s old time goodness in this all-vegetable Castile soap. Old Fashioned Lye Soap is great for bathing, shampooing and washing clothes. Its only scent is the pure, clean soap smell. The old soap making process we use retains natural glycerin as a moisturizer.

We don't want to brag, but this is probably a finer soap than Grandma used to make. We start with fresh food-grade oils in our bars—olive oil, soy oil and palm kernel oils. Together they make a bar that is moisturizing, that lathers well and is long-lasting.

old fashioned cakes of soap

Folk claims
about lye soap:

It keeps kids from swearing.
It’s great for removing laundry stains.
It helps relieve psoriasis, eczema, dry skin and acne.
Wash right after exposure to remove poison ivy. Wash and rinse affected area three times a day. Leave the lather on the spot to dry it up.
It sucks the heat out of sunburn. Get relief in minutes from the lather left on.
The lather relieves the itching of mosquito and chigger bites and also repels mosquitoes.
Hang lye soap on trees to keep away insects that bore.
Put it under your bottom sheet at the bottom of your bed to alleviate leg cramps.
A bar under the sink keeps ants away.
A bit on a hook is good catfish bait.