Alcohol in soap

[SoapAddict415]

Hi everyone!
I've made beer soaps, I want to try making wine soap, but I'm curious as to what other adult beverages can be used in soaps? Has anyone experimented with anything besides beer & wine? If so, how did it turn out? And remember, we all love pics here!

 

[thefarmerdaughter]

I've been wondering the same thing! Does it do anything for the end product? or is it just a waste of good booze?

 

[SoapAddict415]

I saw a fo called whiskey angel & I thought a whiskey soap would be good, but like you said farmerdaughter, I don't want to waste good booze!

 

[Bubbleluxe]

I love beer bars but only use the keg leftovers....nice and flat lol!

I want to experiment with wine.... only the ones I don't want to drink

Whiskey sounds fun too! Let me know how they turn out!

 

[CaliChan]

i just made soap with red wine a couple days ago, i had to boil it down to half to get most of the alcohol out of it i added it with the lye solution which i dont recommend. Turned it brown so if your gonna add it do so at trace. Its supposed to make the soap more bubbly.

 

[LovelyMalia]

I've heard of people using champagne for soaping, but I imagine the sugars in a regular ol champagne ruining it...so if you go that route, I'm assuming you'd need a high-end product and who wants to spend lots of money on an alcohol you aren't going to drink?!

 

[AlchemyandAshes]

Actually, its the sugars in the alcohol that you WANT...they help produce lots of bubbles. You don't want the alcohol or the carbonation though.
I have read the results of someone using whiskey in their soap and that it seized terribly. I don't know if you can boil off enough of the alcohol that it won't cause seizing. But hey...its worth a try! Just simmer it down to at least half of its volume and reconstitute it with distilled water. I wouldn't add it to my lye solution, but that's just me. I would add it at trace like I do when I soap beer or wine.

CaliChan - it depends on your wine (and your base oils and FO or EO) as to what color you get...I use Cabernet Sauvignon and add Madder Root to boost the natural color.

 

[CaliChan]

alchemyandashes- surprisingly enough i just pulled my bottle out of the fridge and that is the kind i used

 

[paillo]

i soaped this fall with hard cider -- loved it, will definitely do again!

 

[AlchemyandAshes]

i soaped this fall with hard cider -- loved it, will definitely do again!

Yes! Hard cider makes awesome soap

 

[SoapAddict415]

Thanks Shawnee. Paillo, I think I'll try the hard cider after I experiment with the whiskey! I love experimenting, it makes my inner mad scientist happy!

 

[thefarmerdaughter]

soapaddict, have you chosen a brand, of whiskey, yet? I'm so curious about this.