Authentic African Black Soap can be rebatched to incorporate it into other products.  Here are a couple of recipes to get you started:

1)  Using a double boiler over low heat, melt your soft African Black Soap, stirring frequently.  Does not work well in the microwave.  Add up to 20% of your favorite oils, etc.  Stir until well blended and pour into soap molds.  The best fixed oils to use, of course, will be those with skin softening / moisturizing properties, such as Safflower Oil, Soybean Oil, Apricot Kernel Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, etc., such as those found in our eBay store.  There are several essential oils that work small miracles for your skin as well, like lavender, chamomile, and so on.  Remember to only add 2 parts oils / additives to 8 parts African Black Soap or you may find the finished product will not mold / demold properly.

2)  For a liquid black soap, fill a container with the soft African Black Soap, crumbled or broken into smaller, more easily dissolved pieces.  Add 20% purified or distilled water; again, that's 2 parts water to 8 parts black soap.  Seal the container and set aside for several hours.  This makes an excellent shampoo or shower gel as is or can be thickened by adding a shower gel base.  Use this with a back brush in the shower and you just may find that you no longer need that back scratcher.

African Black Soap contains a whopping 48% unrefined shea butter!  The commercial soaps and lotions only add 1% to 4% ultra refined, which is too little shea and it has the healing properties removed; it most likely was refined using a chemical process that leaves trace chemicals in the shea butter.  The average homemade shea soap can only handle 10% shea butter.  How will I know the difference?  Oh, you'll know!

Keep in mind, if you are making these products to sell or if you are making a large batch in advance, it is best to use a mild preservative, such as those sold by madhatterswholesale, to keep from losing your product to yeast, mold, or bacterial growth.  These are not things you can see or smell, but can lead to many illnesses if it is present.  Anytime you add water to a cosmetic, bath, or body product you set the stage.  Even if this sort of thing is accidentally introduced during use by the consumer, it can cause a problem for you.  The only time a preservative is not necessary is in a bar soap, because of the lye saponification.  African Black Soap is made using a natural lye saponification with no preservatives added or needed.  However, it will have a shelf life of only a couple of weeks once water is added unless you use a preservative.