Coffee Soap

[amanda131]

Ok, So I've made a few batches now, and I decided to get creative. I thought I'de try to make "Coffee Soap". I was using the Basic Olive Oil recipe from the Everything soap book
I just used strong brewed coffee in place of the water with my lye, and Olive Oil, simple right? Well when the Lye hit the coffee it took a turn! It smelled HORRIBLE, but I kept going. It heated up like normal so I was hoping it would mellow out and smell like coffee. I even put a table spoon of coffee grounds in at trace to "exfoliate" and maybe amp up the coffee scent. Well when it was all mixed up it still smelled bad so I added a teaspoon of Sweet Vanilla Sugar FO. It's all hardened up now, but still doesn't smell great. I used plain old Foldger's.

So I guess my question is, Do you think I just used cheap coffee? Or did I do something wrong? I realize I should have quit when it first smelled bad instead of adding coffee grounds and FO but at that point how much worse could it get!?!?!?
Thoughts???

 

[Guest]

If it is brand new , I would give it a chance to cure a while .The scent changes in soap as it cures .

HTH

Kitn

 

[amanda131]

I made it yesterday. We'll see how it goes, as of now, it's still now great. It's still in the mold doing it's "thing"

 

[jarvan]

Amanda, if it's one thing I have learned it's that you can't judge your soap's scent by the first week or two. You have to be patient. Things mellow out a lot with a little time.

 

[amanda131]

Let's hope so!

 

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