Joe's been experimenting with homemade soap for awhile now. His enthusiasm has sucked me in and I assist him most of the time. With ongoing experimentation, each batch gets better and better. He has tried many different oils and fats, molds, liquids and lye sources. The last few batches have resulted in better suds and scent. Most likely the change has been due to finding a better lye source. It has created quite an excitement in our house!
The most recent batches include a green bar with a scent of eucalyptus and exfoliate. Then Joe made a pink and white swirl bar that is unscented. Since he made it close the Christmas, we named it "candy cane". The latest large batch is a layered bar; the first layer is orange with white speckles and is apple scented, the other layer is white and unscented. It looks like cake so of course we call it "apple cake".
As a birthday present last year, my Mom and Dad gave Joe some soap making supplies. Among them was cocoa butter. We made a small batch combining the cocoa butter with peanut oil. Our hope is that it is soft, moisturizing and smells slightly of chocolate. It is still curing so we have to wait and see.
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