Coffee Krazy Soap

I love milk carton soaps.  Milk cartons make one of the best soap molds out there, especially for rebatching soap, or for what I do, melt down all my soap shavings and bits n bobs of sampler soaps. In the crock pot I throw my shavings in add additives to them such as milk, oils like sweet almond oil or olive, I add micas or colourants and fragrances too.  This one I added 2% milk about 1/3 cup, sweet almond oil about a tablespoon I just pour it in but not too much.  It's like my grandmother, just little bit. And I added same about a tablespoon of olive oil. I set my timer to 15 mins let it start to cook, then go and stir, timer, go stir.  As I'm timing and stirring, when it starts to melt down I add more shavings to fill the crock pot.  Until I can't stir or add anymore.  This time round I added in some brewed coffee about 1/2 cup. There I go again like grandma, but that's how I measure it with this type of soaping anyway.  Then I added the brewed coffee ground from the coffee I just made, plus you get to drink it too and enjoy a cup while you're doing this! The coffee grounds I measured, I put in 4 teaspoons. Let this cook and melt so it's pretty thin consistency you'll know. I would watch it now and stir every few mins.  If you have soap shavings or bits of soap that haven't melted all the way I wouldn't worry too much because that's what gives this its Krazy Soap name.  When it hardens and you cut it you will have confetti type effect in the soap.  I added no fragrance to this at all. The soap shavings I had are all fragranced and when I clean my soaps I save them in a zip lock bag.  The big freezer bags.  So all the fragrances are just married together. I used a big milk carton for this batch and poured it,then added coffee beans to the top.  With milk carton they bow or wow, so I set it straight with soup cans whatever books even to keep it straight.  It works for me! Coffee and coffee grounds are great odour busters and exfoliaters which makes this a great soap to have at your kitchen sink.  When cutting onions or garlic things like that it seems to remove those odours from your hands. Another good thing this soap would be good for would be as a gardeners soap for removing dirt from your hands.  In any case, it's fun to make. I can't wait to cut this open.  

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Travelling Soap

We are doing a spring fashion show market with a "beachy" theme.  What to make for travelling on an airplane or carry on or gym bag perhaps? We came up with making some soap in clamshells. 

For the women's soaps we did a eucalyptus and peppermint soap made with essential oils, coconut and shea butter. And coral reef mica.  The clam shells I had in hand and were perfect for a travel size one ounce soap bar.  We did the same for men using Bayrum and allspice I love that blend, it's manly.  These bars are all in one.  Shampoo, shaving, body cleansing.  

The clam shells are perfect for this project! 

We are packing them in a soap container along with a solid lotion bar and a freebie lipbalm to throw in your suitcase, gym bag, carry on.  

We got such a great deal on the containers from dollaramma, and they fit perfectly in here! The lip balm, I would have loved to make, but because we got these same,Es free we threw them in. And they're peppermint.  A perfect match for this set! 

Shrink wrapped and a used atlas we whipped these together to be security free.  No liquid and the total pack weighs 4.5 ounces. Small and powerful little travel item. Thanks for tuning in as always! Bye now.