soap & a funny story

[golden06]

I just did my first fair of the season & it's my favorite. It's local & very busy & just a lot of fun, great vendors & customers. I had one funny customer story though so I thought I'd share. There was this older gentleman who stopped by & picked up one of my brochures. He stood to the side & read my brochure for a while. Then when nobody was around he came up to me & said "you know, I havent used any soap since ahhhh, let's see....1980.....no wait......1972.....& I'm fine! It's because of the chemicals that I quit usin' the stuff". Then he politely tipped his hat & put my brochure back & walked away. I didn't really think anything of it at the time but now that that I've had a chance to digest his comments I laugh every time I think of it!!!! Just thought you all would appreciate the story.

Now my soap....after a really good fair I decided to spoil myself with a batch of 100% olive oil soap infused w/ chamomile. I added ground & whole oatmeal & scented it w/ lavender & patchouli. It was rock hard after 12 hrs & I unmolded it this morning. I can't wait to use it!!!!!! I'm sooo excited!!!!! I've never posted a picture of my soaps on the forum but have been inspired by others courage so here goes!
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[heyjude]

That customer really needed to try your soap and see what real soap is all about!

Your soap looks wonderful and I bet it will feel lovely on your skin too.

Thanks for sharing!

Jude

 

[alwaysme07]

Some people are too funny, and nice looking soap.

 

[honor435]

eeks what does he use then?
i though all oo took forever to get hard?

 

[BluebirdMama]

oh they look great!!

 

[golden06]

thanks for the replies! I don't know what that man uses, I don't think I acutally took a breath until he left the table :shock:

I think 100% OO soaps get hard quickly it's just that they go rather quickly in the shower, I could be mistaken though as this was my first 100% OO soap that I made. I was surprised as to how hard it was when I unmolded it. I can't wait to use it!

 

[jennikate]

My understanding is OO really needs at least a 6-8 week cure. The longer cure the better.

 

[andreja]

I bet your oatmeal drank up your water, that's why it got so hard. My bars with added oatmeal seem harder too. Nice soap!
I don't know what to say about the gentleman. :roll:

 

[Bubbles Galore]

Your soap looks great. :wink:

So, did the bloke stink?

Soap is just a bonus to wash with. If you had to, just warm water and a flannel will do the job quite nicely. Don't tell anyone I said that though. :wink:

 

[golden06]

It must have been the oatmeal that soaked up all the water as these babies are like hockey pucks!!!!

No the bloke didn't stink, of course I had all my soaps under my nose so I don't think I could have smelled much else anyway!

thank for the compliments...counting down the days till I can try it!