To make a bar of soap, you only need two ingredients: an alkaline and a fat. But what's the fun in keeping things simple? In recent years, the time-honored craft of soap making has gone through a ...

If you’re a fan of liquid soap for hand-washing and prefer to use body wash in the tub and shower, bars of soap may seem quite old-fashioned. And you may be surprised to learn that good old bar soap ...

Bar soap has a rich, alluring history — the earliest recorded recipe was found on a tablet in ancient Babylon, dating from 2200 BC, which consisted of three basic ingredients: water, an alkali (also ...

Spreading like a mosaic across my desk are bars of soap. For the last few days, that mosaic—which is fighting for space with a copy of Butt magazine (thanks, Bottega Veneta), a precariously balanced ...