Hydrosol as lye water?

[KiwiMoose]

I've been offered some free manuka hydrosol. Has anyone used hydrofoil as the water content in their soap? I don't make lotions for anything else where I would use it as an ingredient.

 

[glendam]

I have not, too expensive for me to use them as that and I would think their properties would be lost that way. You could use it straight as a sprayer for refreshing bed linens, or even your skin during your skincare routine. Or you could resell it.

 

[AliOop]

Oooo are you sure you don’t want to make a wee batch of lotion? Since you make shampoo bars and conditioner bars, you probably have everything else you need for it, including some e-wax or the like. I have a super simple recipe that I can share as a gateway drug beginner batch.

 

[lsg]

If you have access to flowers and plant material, it is pretty easy to make your own hydrosol.

 

[TheGecko]

I've been offered some free manuka hydrosol. Has anyone used hydrofoil as the water content in their soap? I don't make lotions for anything else where I would use it as an ingredient.

It would be a waste to use it for soap.

 

[KiwiMoose]

I won't use it for anything else and it's free, so it will get wasted if I don't put it in soap
Does anyone foresee any problems using it to mix the lye in?

 

[paradisi]

I won't use it for anything else and it's free, so it will get wasted if I don't put it in soap
Does anyone foresee any problems using it to mix the lye in?

If you like the smell, do use it for something else as it won't survive the process. It won't cause problems, but the scent will disappear.

I've used hydrosols to scent bathwater, for example.

 

[lsg]

Here is a link to another discussion on the subject
https://www.soapmakingforum.com/thr...our best bet would be,Stir well then mold it.

 

[KiwiMoose]

If you like the smell, do use it for something else as it won't survive the process. It won't cause problems, but the scent will disappear.

I've used hydrosols to scent bathwater, for example.

I’m not a fan of Manuka fragrance.

 

[AliOop]

I’m not a fan of Manuka fragrance.

Same - it's smells just like Tea Tree oil to me, and I'm not a fan of that, either.

I won't use it for anything else and it's free, so it will get wasted if I don't put it in soap
Does anyone foresee any problems using it to mix the lye in?

Nope.

 

[dibbles]

If you don’t care for the smell, you could try using it in a charcoal soap. It might have label appeal even if the benefits likely won’t really survive the lye. Better to use it for something than to let it go to waste.

 

[NewlyCreative]

I used neroli hydrosol (frozen cubes) and it basically acted the same as water in the lye solution (except for the bits of orange precipitating out. I poured the lye solution through a strainer to strain the orange bits out.