Is It Possible To Make Soap Without Lye?

Yikes!  I cannot believe how much misinformation is out there about this topic.  I'm writing an article about this and in my research (google) I found so many articles, blog posts, etc. about this that are completly false.  Some seem to think that if you buy a premade base, ie. melt and pour or rebatch, the end product is soap made without lye.  This is not true.  These bases were all manufactured using lye at some point, its all there in the ingredient list.  When you see words such as "saponified oils of..." or "sodium cocoate", etc. These words mean oils that have been mixed with lye (sodium hydroxide) and gone through the saponification (chemical reaction) process to create soap.  Now, once this process is complete there is NO lye left in the finished product.  But, that does not mean none was used, as we already discussed.
I think what needs to be clarified is if you use a premade base YOU do not need to add the lye, since it has already been done.  It all goes back to not fully understanding what soap IS. 
From Wikipedia:  Soap consists of sodium or potassium salts of fatty acids and is obtained by reacting common oils or fats with a strong alkaline solution (the base, popularly referred to as lye) in a process known as saponification. The fats are hydrolyzed by the base, yielding alkali salts of fatty acids (crude soap) and glycerol.

FINALLY! A New Post

Wow!  Has it really been that long since I last posted.  I guess, like everyone else, I have been busy.  I HAVE been busy, but not too busy to try out some new soap recipes.  I've been trying to perfect my Goat Milk recipe, I'm not totally satisfied with the way its been turning out.  I tried Oatmeal, Milk & Honey and just Milk & Honey.  I can't smell the honey as much as I would like but I want to keep them as natural as possible so I don't really want to add a Honey Fragrant Oil.  Maybe I should just make a Oatmeal & Milk one and call it 'GoatMeal' ;) Oops I think that name is already taken!  How about 'Gooney' for Goat Milk and Honey?  Hmmmm apparently it is some type of bird.  Oh well, I'm sure I'll figure something out.