February 2025 SMF Challenge: Scrub-a-dub-dub!

[Shirley-D]

To enter the February 2025 SMF Challenge, copy and paste these instructions and the entire list into a new post, adding your name and the next number at the bottom.

Sign-up list:
1. Kiwimoose - Three men in a tub!
2. Justsomeguy - my first scrubby soap
3. Mobjack - sounds like a scrub-tacular challenge!
4. Ackosel
5. Bookworm42
6. MissChief - might be a good time to try a specific soap I've had my eye on for some time.
7. Vicki C - oo oo oo I have an idea
8. 2lilboots exfoliate 9
9. ScentimentallyYours - my first scrubby soap, too!
10. Shirley-D I'll give it a try

 

[Firefly24]

To enter the February 2025 SMF Challenge, copy and paste these instructions and the entire list into a new post, adding your name and the next number at the bottom.

Sign-up list:
1. Kiwimoose - Three men in a tub!
2. Justsomeguy - my first scrubby soap
3. Mobjack - sounds like a scrub-tacular challenge!
4. Ackosel
5. Bookworm42
6. MissChief - might be a good time to try a specific soap I've had my eye on for some time.
7. Vicki C - oo oo oo I have an idea
8. 2lilboots exfoliate 9
9. ScentimentallyYours - my first scrubby soap, too!
10. Shirley-D I'll give it a try
11. Firefly24~this is perfect for my recent soapy adventures, I'm in.

 

[VikingChick]

To enter the February 2025 SMF Challenge, copy and paste these instructions and the entire list into a new post, adding your name and the next number at the bottom.

Sign-up list:
1. Kiwimoose - Three men in a tub!
2. Justsomeguy - my first scrubby soap
3. Mobjack - sounds like a scrub-tacular challenge!
4. Ackosel
5. Bookworm42
6. MissChief - might be a good time to try a specific soap I've had my eye on for some time.
7. Vicki C - oo oo oo I have an idea
8. 2lilboots exfoliate 9
9. ScentimentallyYours - my first scrubby soap, too!
10. Shirley-D I'll give it a try
11. Firefly24~this is perfect for my recent soapy adventures, I'm in.
12. VikingChick- I need to make more scrubby soap anyway…..good timing!
13.

 

[akseattle]

Welcome to the February 2025 SMF Soap Challenge: Scrub-a-Dub-Dub! ​

This month we will be making scrubby soaps, aka gardener soap, blacksmith soap, painter’s soap, mechanic soap, and “tradies” soap. It’s always great to have some cured and ready to use whenever you start doing all the messy things.

To get your creative juices flowing, let’s start with pictures of our own @Misschief's Lemon Poppyseed soap. Did you have any idea that scrubby soaps could be so pretty? These look good enough to eat! I love how one part of the bar is scrubby, and the other part is non-scrubby.

@AliOop ,
Does this scrubby soap have to include something like borax that makes it super cleansing for dirty activities like gardening, mechanics, etc. or can it be normal soap that just has a scrubby exfoliant?
I've been wanting to make my older son an exfoliating soap with sand I brought home from Celestun, Mexico last year. But, this would be for his face. It would be a Dupe for something he had been buying at LUSH that contains brazilian sand.

 

[AliOop]

@akseattle the minimum requirement is just one exfoliant, so your soap sounds just fine.

 

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To enter the February 2025 SMF Challenge, copy and paste these instructions and the entire list into a new post, adding your name and the next number at the bottom.

Sign-up list:
1. Kiwimoose - Three men in a tub!
2. Justsomeguy - my first scrubby soap
3. Mobjack - sounds like a scrub-tacular challenge!
4. Ackosel
5. Bookworm42
6. MissChief - might be a good time to try a specific soap I've had my eye on for some time.
7. Vicki C - oo oo oo I have an idea
8. 2lilboots exfoliate 9
9. ScentimentallyYours - my first scrubby soap, too!
10. Shirley-D I'll give it a try
11. Firefly24~this is perfect for my recent soapy adventures, I'm in.
12. VikingChick- I need to make more scrubby soap anyway…..good timing!
13.akseattle- no excuse now not to try to use this sand! can't wait!

 

[Tammyfarms]

To enter the February 2025 SMF Challenge, copy and paste these instructions and the entire list into a new post, adding your name and the next number at the bottom.

Sign-up list:
1. Kiwimoose - Three men in a tub!
2. Justsomeguy - my first scrubby soap
3. Mobjack - sounds like a scrub-tacular challenge!
4. Ackosel
5. Bookworm42
6. MissChief - might be a good time to try a specific soap I've had my eye on for some time.
7. Vicki C - oo oo oo I have an idea
8. 2lilboots exfoliate 9
9. ScentimentallyYours - my first scrubby soap, too!
10. Shirley-D I'll give it a try
11. Firefly24~this is perfect for my recent soapy adventures, I'm in.
12. VikingChick- I need to make more scrubby soap anyway…..good timing!
13.akseattle- no excuse now not to try to use this sand! can't wait!
14. Tammyfarms - my coffee soap is a year and a half old and is lovely. Time to get some more curing.

 

[Servant4Christ]

To enter the February 2025 SMF Challenge, copy and paste these instructions and the entire list into a new post, adding your name and the next number at the bottom.

Sign-up list:
1. Kiwimoose - Three men in a tub!
2. Justsomeguy - my first scrubby soap
3. Mobjack - sounds like a scrub-tacular challenge!
4. Ackosel
5. Bookworm42
6. MissChief - might be a good time to try a specific soap I've had my eye on for some time.
7. Vicki C - oo oo oo I have an idea
8. 2lilboots exfoliate 9
9. ScentimentallyYours - my first scrubby soap, too!
10. Shirley-D I'll give it a try
11. Firefly24~this is perfect for my recent soapy adventures, I'm in.
12. VikingChick- I need to make more scrubby soap anyway…..good timing!
13.akseattle- no excuse now not to try to use this sand! can't wait!
14. Tammyfarms - my coffee soap is a year and a half old and is lovely. Time to get some more curing.
15. Servant4Christ - time to make more, time to get creative
16.

 

[artemis]

To enter the February 2025 SMF Challenge, copy and paste these instructions and the entire list into a new post, adding your name and the next number at the bottom.

Sign-up list:
1. Kiwimoose - Three men in a tub!
2. Justsomeguy - my first scrubby soap
3. Mobjack - sounds like a scrub-tacular challenge!
4. Ackosel
5. Bookworm42
6. MissChief - might be a good time to try a specific soap I've had my eye on for some time.
7. Vicki C - oo oo oo I have an idea
8. 2lilboots exfoliate 9
9. ScentimentallyYours - my first scrubby soap, too!
10. Shirley-D I'll give it a try
11. Firefly24~this is perfect for my recent soapy adventures, I'm in.
12. VikingChick- I need to make more scrubby soap anyway…..good timing!
13.akseattle- no excuse now not to try to use this sand! can't wait!
14. Tammyfarms - my coffee soap is a year and a half old and is lovely. Time to get some more curing.
15. Servant4Christ - time to make more, time to get creative
16. Artemis - My "head landscaper" will need this when summer break starts!

 

[AliOop]

16. Artemis - My "head landscaper" will need this when summer break starts!

hahaha, yasss! My head cook, landscaper, and housecleaner all need these, too!

 

[artemis]

hahaha, yasss! My head cook, landscaper, and housecleaner all need these, too!

My landscaper is already making plans. This will be his last summer working on the yard before heading off to college!

 

[AliOop]

My landscaper is already making plans. This will be his last summer working on the yard before heading off to college!

Awww where is the happy/sad emoji?

 

[artemis]

Awww where is the happy/sad emoji?

I know! He's the baby, so I will be completely done with high school.

 

[Barefoot Farm Girl]

To enter the February 2025 SMF Challenge, copy and paste these instructions and the entire list into a new post, adding your name and the next number at the bottom.

Sign-up list:
1. Kiwimoose - Three men in a tub!
2. Justsomeguy - my first scrubby soap
3. Mobjack - sounds like a scrub-tacular challenge!
4. Ackosel
5. Bookworm42
6. MissChief - might be a good time to try a specific soap I've had my eye on for some time.
7. Vicki C - oo oo oo I have an idea
8. 2lilboots exfoliate 9
9. ScentimentallyYours - my first scrubby soap, too!
10. Shirley-D I'll give it a try
11. Firefly24~this is perfect for my recent soapy adventures, I'm in.
12. VikingChick- I need to make more scrubby soap anyway…..good timing!
13.akseattle- no excuse now not to try to use this sand! can't wait!
14. Tammyfarms - my coffee soap is a year and a half old and is lovely. Time to get some more curing.
15. Servant4Christ - time to make more, time to get creative
16. Artemis - My "head landscaper" will need this when summer break starts!
17: Barefoot Farm Girl - Now I have a good reason to try a blacksmith’s soap or do another coffee soap

 

[KiwiMoose]

Ok, call me keen but mine’s made and I want to know when the entry thread opens?

Actually I’ve changed my mind and I’m going to make another one. I’ve just ordered a surprise ingredient!

 

[Relle]

Actually I’ve changed my mind and I’m going to make another one. I’ve just ordered a surprise ingredient!

NZ mandala rocks ?

 

[KiwiMoose]

NZ mandala rocks ?

I could paint them on pumice I guess?