Hello From Deer Park, Tx.

[brainonbrett38]

Hi Everyone. I just started making soap this week. Three batches in and waiting to see results. I am wanting to make an exfoliating soap. What's a good exfoliant to use and when/how in the recipe do you add it? I have medium ground pumice.

 

[Relle]

Welcome, you can use ground oats or your pumice added at trace, to your soap as an exfoliant Just add it and mix in by hand with a spatula.I'd probably use the pumice in soap to wash hands with and oats in body soap.

 

[KiwiMoose]

Hi and welcome. You can also use ground (dried) orange peel, poppy seeds, dried/ground herbs. Be aware that some things can be scratchy, rather than simply exfoliating. Go for fine grinds until you work out just how much is exfoliating enough for you.

 

[akseattle]

@brainonbrett38 Welcome!
Three batches! You just jumped right in!
I have used poppy seeds, espresso grounds, and luffa powder. I used poppy seeds and espresso grounds in Melt & Pour soap. I've used all three exfoliants in CP soap. I also have some extremely fine sand that I got in Celestun, MX that I intend to put in CP soap as an exfoliant.
Keep us posted on your results!

 

[lsg]

Depending on what the soap is used for, hand soap or facial soap. Colloidal oatmeal for the face, pumice for handsoap or finely ground coffee for hand and body soap.