The Soap Opera was created by Dallas Wheatley. If you liked what you heard, please rate and review the show in Apple Podcasts, or tell your friends and family about it! Spreading the word makes all the difference.

If you have any questions about soap, tools, or ingredients, you can contact me on Patreon, on Twitter @ShireSuds, on Instagram @ShireSuds, or you can email me at shiresuds@gmail.com!

Many thanks to Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com for the music (Licensed under Creative Commons 4.0). The tracks used in this episode are "Ripples", “White Lotus”, and "Finding Movement".

If you want to challenge your soapmaking skills some more, I recommend checking out Humblebee and Me, a wonderful website with tons of science-based soap, skincare, and makeup recipes!

If you want to purchase any of the soap I made for this show, you can find it at shiresuds.com. I hope you enjoyed this episode of the Soap Opera! Happy Sudsing!

References

• Soap History (and references therein)

• Soap - Wikipedia (and references therein)

• African Black Soap - Wikipedia (and references therein)

**Please note this is by no means an extensive history of soapmaking. There are many soap traditions that were not covered in the episode. If I have made an error in this episode, please feel free to reach out via email and I will be happy to issue a correction in future episodes of the show.

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