When I first heard of adding silk to soap, I raided my girlfriend's fibre storage and made a few batches with silk.
But then I started thinking, ya know, there's all this other fiber around, too. I wonder if that will work? So I took some of the alpaca fibre (we have four of them and one llama) and made a batch with it just like I had with the silk.
I didn't scent the alpaca fibre batch, or the first silk batch. It is really difficult to tell them apart! I kept them on separate shelves, and that's the only way that I'm able to tell them apart.
I've been using the alpaca for a shaving soap (face and head) and other than a desire to spit when I'm agitated, it's a really nice soap.
Jamie