I recently made my own soap. I rendered tallow from beef suet, mixed in some coconut and olive oils, then saponified it with plain old lye from the hardware sto

I recently made my own soap. I rendered tallow from beef suet, mixed in some coconut and olive oils, then saponified it with plain old lye from the hardware store. It's a magical process and it made me appreciate soap a lot more. Now I use it in the shower instead of my trusty old bars of Irish Spring. I wouldn't say it's any better for my skin than the store-bought bars I used before, but it's quite satisfying to use soap I made myself.