When making my soaps I wear gloves, not only to avoid any cross contamination but also to protect myself from raw soap batter. It does mean I go through gloves but as my hands dont actually touch any soap batter I will wash, dry and reuse until there is no life left in them. The spent gloves then get reused around the home - when J sprays his Warhammer minis for example.
The joy is that at the end of the curing time I have a wonderful, gorgeous soap to clean and moisturise my hands.