Great Scrubby Experiment

[bookworm42]

I decided that I want a good scrubby soap but wanted something gentler than whole poppyseeds. I also wanted the exfoliants to be something I could semi easily get. So I got some coffee grounds, oat flour, used vanilla beans, and ground poppyseed. I made a 500g batch of soap and got cracking.

I pre-measured my exfoliants and set them aside.

I did 1% and 2% of each and a 5% for the oat flour just because. I labeled the cups to make sure I didn't mess up.

Then I made my batter, mixed in my exfoliants, and poured. The orange is due to some leftover tumeric infused sunflower oil that I had laying around that needed to be used.

I also poured off some batter at the beginning for a control and had enough batter at the end for a 2nd control soap. They are all now hanging out until I unmold them in about a week. I plan to update in a month or so as to my results.

 

[AliOop]

This is so timely... wait till you see the February Challenge!

 

[bookworm42]

This is so timely... wait till you see the February Challenge!

Lol! I had the thought while doing this, "just wait, I'll do all this just for the next challenge to be about exfoliants". Guess I need to listen to my gut better

Although reading your post has given me a few more exfoliant ideas... I might need to make another batch with some more types in it...
Ultimately I just wanted to see the difference between them and find my perfect fit. It also let me test a tallow/lard recipe

 

[Misschief]

Lol! I had the thought while doing this, "just wait, I'll do all this just for the next challenge to be about exfoliants". Guess I need to listen to my gut better

Although reading your post has given me a few more exfoliant ideas... I might need to make another batch with some more types in it...
Ultimately I just wanted to see the difference between them and find my perfect fit. It also let me test a tallow/lard recipe

I used to make a kitchen soap that had coffee grounds as it's only exfoliant. It was VERY scrubby, great for a kitchen soap and cutting the smell of things like garlic.

In my Gardener's Hand soap, I use a combination of poppy seeds (I use whole seeds), lemon peel powder, pumice, and cornmeal. It's very scrubby, too, in a good way.

 

[bookworm42]

Verdict was (drum roll). 5% Oat flour for DH and 1% vanilla for me. We both have sensitive skin so these will work great for us.
We both found the ground coffee and ground poppyseed to be a bit too scrubby for a shower soap. Thanks to the February monthly challenge I now have ideas on what to use next for another experiment in the future.