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These two ingredients -Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate called SCI and Disodium Lauryl Sulfosuccinate are surfactants and can be purchased and made into a body whip by adding things like glycerin, water, some oils and your exfoliants and fragrance, etc. Or there is creamed soap made by using both...

Just a suggestion that might help make bar soap made with KOH harder. :)

You can also look up how to make glycerin, which is basically the same ingredients - water, lye, oil and salt. After the soap comes to trace stir in salt while still hot and then let the mixture set off heat. The soap rises to the top and the glycerin settles to the bottom. Scoop off the soap...

Richard thanks for the experimenting and feed back. It reminded me of Grandma's explanation to me of how they made their own soap when she was little. They used lye made from wood ashes which is potash or potassium hydroxide. To harden it into bars she said they added table salt after it all...