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I was pondering the same thing today, different brand of whiskey.
My late FIL kept these two small bottles of unopened "Old Taylor" (our last name) and I was wanting to use them in something..

I have tequila too, hmm...
 
it wouldn't be illegal for personal use - I would never sell something with alcohol in it. it's just a memory thing for me.
I make MP, btw.. maybe just drops of it in mine..
 
I would never have thought to do it. But since you're talking mp, and you seem to want to try, why not make a 3 oz bar and tell us the outcome?
 
Illegal? There are no less than 251 items for sale on etsy containing beer soap and someone is selling blueberry vodka soap, and an acne bar containing vodka.

Doesn't it cease to be beer when the soap is complete? Like beer bread, for example.

Can you boil the alcohol out of liquor?

If anyone tries this soon, please let us know how it does. :wink:
 
Illegal? There are no less than 251 items for sale on etsy containing beer soap and someone is selling blueberry vodka soap, and an acne bar containing vodka.
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Just because it's on etsy, doesn't mean it's legal. There are all sorts of animal parts (feathers, skins, bones, etc) that are illegal to sell too...

I know it is illegal to sell alcohol in liquid form, like in a body mist, but I would think the lye would cook the alcohol out like when you add it to a cake before baking. I don't know for sure, never looked it up.
 
I'm sure there is a government agency out there willing to take your money for the appropriate permit to sell most anything.
 
well as far as the MP goes, I'll make up a small bar in a little while and see how it turns out..
 
Lil Outlaws said:
well as far as the MP goes, I'll make up a small bar in a little while and see how it turns out..
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hmmmm.....that was hours ago..........maybe she decided to taste test her ingredients and never got around to putting them in her soap..... :?:
 
LOL it was like 45m ago ;)
stupid forum clock isn't right..

but it is a thought - I may need to be sure everything is still nice and tasty before I waste it in soap..
 
ok I finally went and did it.. it's setting up now. I can tell it's going to take a little longer than usual, b/c of the alcohol but I think it'll come out nice. So far it has a nice FO scent with a faint undertone of tequila. (didn't wanna waste the whiskey if it wasn't going to work)

I used
3oz shea/silk MP base
1/8 oz grapeseed oil
2 drops liquid lanolin
1/4 tsp Margaritaville FO
1/4 tsp Cuervo
lime green mica

I'll LYK how it turns out as soon as I know anything ;)
 
Okay so far so good - I didn't use too much tequila since I was afraid it would make it not set.
It's set up and unmolded now, and I love it! It could stand a little more Cuervo next time, but still very nice.

I thought the bar would be soft because of the liquor, but it's actually quite hard and smells great. Mostly lemon-limey with a touch of tequila in the background.
My DH is very picky about soap, he hates frou-frou smelling soaps and in general prefers storebought.. but I'll see if he'll try it tomorrow, and I'll try it tomorrow night.. we'll see how it goes ;)
 
ilovedoxies said:
Illegal? There are no less than 251 items for sale on etsy containing beer soap and someone is selling blueberry vodka soap, and an acne bar containing vodka.

Doesn't it cease to be beer when the soap is complete? Like beer bread, for example.

Can you boil the alcohol out of liquor?

If anyone tries this soon, please let us know how it does. :wink:
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I think all soap makers and body products makers, already know this

The US Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms forbids the resale of drinking or beverage alcohol in perfumes and related products, regardless of whether you add essential oils, absolutes or other scenting materials. Adding beverage alcohols, such as vodka, to perfumes and then selling them is against the law because it is considered serving alcohol. Permits are required to serve alcohol. In order to stay within the law, you must use the formulas specified by US ATF for cosmetic applications. Local liquor control rules may also apply to beverage alcohol use in cosmetics and perfumes.
 
kallista said:
ilovedoxies said:
Illegal? There are no less than 251 items for sale on etsy containing beer soap and someone is selling blueberry vodka soap, and an acne bar containing vodka.

Doesn't it cease to be beer when the soap is complete? Like beer bread, for example.

Can you boil the alcohol out of liquor?

If anyone tries this soon, please let us know how it does. :wink:
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I think all soap makers and body products makers, already know this

The US Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms forbids the resale of drinking or beverage alcohol in perfumes and related products, regardless of whether you add essential oils, absolutes or other scenting materials. Adding beverage alcohols, such as vodka, to perfumes and then selling them is against the law because it is considered serving alcohol. Permits are required to serve alcohol. In order to stay within the law, you must use the formulas specified by US ATF for cosmetic applications. Local liquor control rules may also apply to beverage alcohol use in cosmetics and perfumes.
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Forgive my ignorance, but if you boil the alcohol would this be okay? I guess for a beer soap there is non-alcoholic beer, but hard to find a good dark beer w/o alcohol.
 
i think most of them who make soap, like the ladies from the soap dish, some use hops and things like that, or the beer fo they sell... more then using real beer...but it is still beer and therefore falls under the rules.. it might be a good thing to read up on it, i really do not know alot, soapbuddy did some reading and she came to ...

http://www.jdcandlesupply.com/index.php ... cts_id=324
 

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