Does CP soap need to be wrapped?

[paillo]

ditto about the cats (and dog). i cure and then store mine in plastic bins with loose-fitting lids in a room where the animals are not allowed.

 

[Genny]

Cat hair....the new exfoliant indgredient! lol!

I once received some soy melts in a clamshell package that right through the package you could see lots of small black hairs and dirt. :sick:
I'm going to assume they were dog and/or cat hairs since I found out that the maker has both. I was too icked out so I threw them away. I did let the person know. Although I have no idea how they wouldn't have noticed. It was like there were hairballs in them. They offered to send me some soap as consolation, I politely declined.

 

[MaitriBB]

I've only done some minor selling, but IMO customers buy my soaps based on the scent, not the appearance of the bar. I tend to show people that they can just pop the cigar band off if they want to see what the bar looks like before they buy it, and very few of them do. They just smell the soap and then buy their preferred one without looking at it further. So I wouldn't shrink wrap my soap for fear that people wouldn't be able to smell it.

 

[SpellboundSoaps]

Need Vs Want

As you've gathered it's kind of up to you, your preference, if you are selling them and then at that point the trend with you customers.

I have read about one lady who used shrink bands to wrap her soap because depending on how she positioned it, it left part open to breath and for people to smell but also had a film so there weren't finger prints on it.

There was another person who wrapped all their soaps but one from each as a "tester" but put it in an organza bag so that fingers wouldn't touch it, you could still smell it, still see all the wrapped ones and it looked pretty.

There's tons of ideas floating around you just need to pick one that works best for you and yours. To flat out answer your question; No it's doesn't need to be wrapped but you could if you want to.

 

[hoegarden]

It's kind of a personal preference but I think the environment that you are living in that makes a difference as well.

I notice that my soap that are high in OO contents tend to go rancid if I did not wrap them. But will be totally fine if they are wrapped up nicely after curing for 1 month.

My country is a humid place, and I noticed that if I did not wrap my soaps, the glycerin in the soap will tend to attract the water from the air, meaning after the excess water in the soap evaporated, the glycerin attract water and trap them on the soap surface.

 

[paillo]

The grossest soap I ever received (a trade at a market) was a really nicely packaged glycerine soap shrinkwrapped and tied with artsy knots.

got it home, opened it, and the smell of stale cigarette smoke about knocked me over. who in their right mind would smoke in their house and hope to sell soap? gross. i threw it out.

 

[Genny]

The grossest soap I ever received (a trade at a market) was a really nicely packaged glycerine soap shrinkwrapped and tied with artsy knots.

got it home, opened it, and the smell of stale cigarette smoke about knocked me over. who in their right mind would smoke in their house and hope to sell soap? gross. i threw it out.

Oh I hate that.

 

[MaitriBB]

The grossest soap I ever received (a trade at a market) was a really nicely packaged glycerine soap shrinkwrapped and tied with artsy knots.

got it home, opened it, and the smell of stale cigarette smoke about knocked me over. who in their right mind would smoke in their house and hope to sell soap? gross. i threw it out.

TBH I doubt that he/she even knew that it smelled like smoke. Smokers often can't smell it on them or on their belongings. I smoked for 15 years or so, and quit 10 years ago (yay me!) After I quit, I found an old coat in the closet and it REEKED. I never knew. Now, when a smoker comes back from a smoke break at work, I can totally tell.