If you plan on talking to Lisa Miller about soap, you will need to clean out some time from your schedule.

The South Bend, Indiana, woman is obsessed with the stuff, and her passion really comes alive at her new Niles business, Forever Clean Soap Works.

“All of this stuff is so exciting to me,” said Miller. “It’s something I get lost in. I’ll start making soap and then 10 hours later I will wonder where the time went.”

Located in the Majerek’s Professional Building at 1011 Broadway St. Suite 5 (next to Rite Aid), Forever Clean Soap Works offers a variety of handmade bath and body products such as soap, body creams and even baby products.

Miller even customizes the soap to fit a person’s needs. Customers can select from a variety of ingredients, including avocado oil for skin health, babassu oil for anti-itching, goat’s milk for exfoliation and jewelweed for the treatment of minor skin conditions.

“You really can get whatever you want,” she said.

Many of her soaps are designed to look great on a shelf or in the shower. She has fashioned them into flip-flops, motorcycles, cupcakes and watermelons, to name a few. She makes custom soap for special events, like weddings or Mother’s Day celebrations.

The designs look so good that some customers have a hard time using the soap.

“It happens a lot so I just tell them I can make them some more,” she said. “I’ll make it just as pretty.”

About 15 years ago Miller began making soap at home for her family and friends as an alternative to the detergent-based soaps found in most stores.

People liked it so much they began asking for it.

“They couldn’t get enough,” said Miller, a member of the Handcrafted Soap Makers Guild.

Miller sold her wares at a pop-up shop in South Bend over the winter and the response was so overwhelming she decided to get a storefront.

“It went absolutely crazy,” she said. “They said ‘you have to open a store because we have to get your stuff.”

Niles fit the bill because it was conveniently located for her South Bend and St. Joseph area customers and less expensive than selling in South Bend.

“Niles is right in between,” said Miller, who opened up Saturday.

Her husband, Ken, an over-the-road truck driver whose salary is taking care of the bills while she pursues her passion, made the venture possible.

“He’s my biggest backer. He went back over the road so I could do this,” she said.

She even has a quote from him on the wall of the business. It reads, “You are beautiful, strong willed and will survive no matter what.”

They offer “SoapScriptions” where Miller ships soap to people’s homes each month.

The soaps are made with lye water and fats (no animal fats) with no detergents added. She updates her products regularly with new fragrances and new product lines.

They are offering a special discount on motorcycle-shaped soaps this weekend in honor of the Niles Burn Run.

For more information, visit the Facebook page at facebook.com/forevercleansoapworks. The phone number is (269) 449-0542.

The business is open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. It is closed Sunday.