Crazy Soap End Results

And it's still organic everybody !!!

Crazy Soap

These are a mix of soap shavings that I never throw out.  I mix them up in a bag and daughter in law Jasmine  says make "crazy soap" I said good idea so that's what I did today.  It's a mix of everything.  Just like hand grated soap in the crock pot I heated it up with cup of distill water stirred it till is was wonky lol and chunky pushed in some curls of soap shavings and it's sitting in the fridge cooling off.  Stay tuned. 

Morning Bar

Took my soap out of fridge this morning and couldn't wait to show it off! These so smell like coffee everyone.  I got five bars out of it I have one more batch to make  so the end result should be 10 bars.  French Milled Soap.  Love it

French Milled Coffee Soap

I've got left over soap that I've made and sold and some that sold but not all I don't like to see it just sitting here.  I'm in aw of this technique to revamp my cold processed soap and give it new life !! French Milled Soap which is such an alluring name for grated soap (soap base) is the answer to what to do with left over soap or to fix a soap batch that you've forgotten an ingredient or for a batch your not happy with.  Here I took some coffee bars I made sold a few and got left with quite a bit just sitting here.  Grated it up (I grate it right into my crock pot) until the pot is full.  Then I added cooled brewed coffee 1 cup and two tbsp brewed coffee grounds.  Turned on the crock pot and let it heat up.  My crock pot is awesome.  I've read from other soapers it takes a couple hours to melt not mine.  Maybe because I grate it real fine.  In any case let it melt.  I stir it constant to keep it from burning on the bottom.  In no time you will see itliquify.  This is where you know whether to add more liquid to it or not.  I didn't have to. Once it's like a pudding you can add other ingredients whether it's the one you forgot or others to vamp it into something new and fun.  I've added coconut milk to some recipes I love coconut milk instead of just plain water it makes your soap silky and smooth and it's good for your skin.  I also am a fan of castor oil it's pure vegetable oil it seems to add that nice bubbly lather to the soap. With all that said once the grated soap and coffee with the grounds became melted I added a good dab if castor oil I didn't measure it but probably tbsp and a half I then added some chocolate and hazelnut fragrance oil probably about tbsp of that I just poured in a dab.  We don't want it overpowering so I guesstimate it.  Poured it into a milk carton  ( I use the 1/2 pint ones ) gave it a good tap on the counter covered it with plastic wrap secured with a rubber band and stuck it in the fridge to cool off and get hard.  Enjoy the pictures. 

Wild Blueberry Amethyst Soap

Beautiful they are soft so these will have to cure. I give them a week . 

Wild Blueberry Rock Soap!

Hand milled wild blueberry soap 

Rebatched looks like a granite amethyst rock ! Lightly scented with wild blueberry and a hint of licorice. I'm loving this technique !!!  

Hand milled soap

My blog is supposed to be about how to make handcrafted soap so I suppose I should write about some things I do.  I have always looked at rebatching soap and never tried it until I had a batch of soap that went wrong.  So instead of throwing it away I hand grated it down into a crock pot and added my missing ingredient.(coconut oil)   I wasn't sure how that was going to turn out so I was skeptical.  I had fun doing this and it was easy and a good arm workout lol.  Here is the result I call it a rock.  I added pumice and pink clay to the mix and voila 

               So cool !!! To the grated soap I added coconut water to the crock pot of grated soap I wasn't sure how much at first so I added it slowly in. Then as it melted I added my coconut then I added in activated charcoal and the pink clay.  When it was melted to like a thick sauce I said it's gotta be ready and I poured it into milk containers ( I love the half pint size ones) they are already waxed lined, I'm repurposing them, and they make a nice squarish bar of soap.  Rustic. 

I let these sit in the molds for almost a week I had to remove them to see the result.  They were pretty soft I thought oh no good but thought maybe if I cut them they will cure faster to get the extra moisture out of them and after two weeks they hardened right up.  Bubbly, soft and scrubby.  I got so excited about this that I'm doing it again with some older bars of soap that I just didn't like and revamping them up.  The new batch is wild blueberry I can't wait to see the result of this one !  

Stay tuned . 

Surprise

This is the long awaited lavender rosemary sage organic cp soap omg smells divine and turned out spectacular 

Ingredients here as follows:  organic beet juice, distill water, sodium hydroxide, olive oil , coconut oil , pure vegetable oil with palm, neon purple mica white titanium oxide, lavender sage rosemary essential oil. This was a total surprise folks.  Funnel poured cold processed soap.  I'm so excited about this batch ! 

Samples anyone?

My girls Jasmine and Ashley cut up some bug b gone bars ( my left over end pieces) and pkgd them on my biz card to bring to the Port Arthur Health Ctr.  They are going into the staff lounge for staff to try!  Hope I get orders!

Sold out and more in the way!

My Black Spruce Motel and Restaurant Soap Collection.  Gone on consignment to Upsala Ontario I'm so happy to have my soap in retail now!! :))

Pumice Stone Scrub