melstan775
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Here are two oatmeal soap bars that I made from a melt & pour soap base. I used the Crafter's Choice Triple Butter Base from Wholesale Supplies Plus. It has cocoa, shea, and mango butter in it, and it sounded yummy so I bought it. I also bought Witches Brew scent and I didn't like it when I tried it in the base, it was way too strong. and the base seemed rubbery, I didn't like it at all. So both sat in a drawer til yesterday.
So, see, how I got these soaps was my mother requested an oatmeal soap. So I made the partial oatmeal one first, with the triple butter soap and some chopped up oatmeal, and sugar for exfoliation, and some nutmeg to give it a more oatmeal cookie smell. I also used a tiny slice of the witch's brew soap that was too strong. The cinnamon really came out in it, so I thought it would be a good scent additive. I only used a tiny slice and it came out perfect.
There's some other oatmeal and sugar in there, but some of it sank to the bottom of the mold, creating that oatmeally top. The rest I poured in small layers throughout, and it's hidden in there. I think it looked great, but my mom wanted a whole oatmeal bar, so I made another one. This time I did it using a ton of oatmeal I had chopped with a steak knife. If I do this again I am definitely using a food processor. This had so much added, I think I only used one or two ounce of soap, the rest is oatmeal with some sugar and nutmeg and cinnamon thrown in. The soap is melting out between the oat flakes, so so it's all crunchy and the soap is melting so it has a real rustic bumpy, almost coarse feel to it. I like it, I can't wait to try one of these in the shower.
Anyway, the bars smell like cinnamon and oatmeal, like a spicy oat cake or cookie. It's a great unisex scent that is fresh and yummy at the same time. Also the bars set up really hard, like a store bought bar. Which is great for me, I don't really like soft bendable bars. Which reminds me, I think I learned something about melt and pour today. I guess from the way these set up, the softness of the melt and pour base is for the addition of additives - if it were a hard base and you added stuff to it, it would probably start cracking from being too hard and heavy, not to mention being too hard to cut. Some things are made that way, though I can't think of any examples now, but some things are different then what you expect because it has built in leeway for whatever you add to it.
So, see, how I got these soaps was my mother requested an oatmeal soap. So I made the partial oatmeal one first, with the triple butter soap and some chopped up oatmeal, and sugar for exfoliation, and some nutmeg to give it a more oatmeal cookie smell. I also used a tiny slice of the witch's brew soap that was too strong. The cinnamon really came out in it, so I thought it would be a good scent additive. I only used a tiny slice and it came out perfect.
There's some other oatmeal and sugar in there, but some of it sank to the bottom of the mold, creating that oatmeally top. The rest I poured in small layers throughout, and it's hidden in there. I think it looked great, but my mom wanted a whole oatmeal bar, so I made another one. This time I did it using a ton of oatmeal I had chopped with a steak knife. If I do this again I am definitely using a food processor. This had so much added, I think I only used one or two ounce of soap, the rest is oatmeal with some sugar and nutmeg and cinnamon thrown in. The soap is melting out between the oat flakes, so so it's all crunchy and the soap is melting so it has a real rustic bumpy, almost coarse feel to it. I like it, I can't wait to try one of these in the shower.
Anyway, the bars smell like cinnamon and oatmeal, like a spicy oat cake or cookie. It's a great unisex scent that is fresh and yummy at the same time. Also the bars set up really hard, like a store bought bar. Which is great for me, I don't really like soft bendable bars. Which reminds me, I think I learned something about melt and pour today. I guess from the way these set up, the softness of the melt and pour base is for the addition of additives - if it were a hard base and you added stuff to it, it would probably start cracking from being too hard and heavy, not to mention being too hard to cut. Some things are made that way, though I can't think of any examples now, but some things are different then what you expect because it has built in leeway for whatever you add to it.
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