Soap testing Jan. 2nd 2025
Location Ottawa Ontario Canada
Water used: city treated water
Current Weather: Winter
Temperature outside: -6⁰C or 21.2⁰F
Humidity outside: 73%
Temperature inside the house: 19⁰C
Humidity insure the house: 45%
Way more than I expected or would have thought to ask
Smell of soap in the box it came in:
Very Mild, like anise or a sweet herbal smell. Scents usually bother me. The smell of this bar is very mild and does not bother me at all
EOs not used for scent. You might have caught a bit of the little bar? It had eucalyptus. Otherwise, they were common with Frank and Myrrh
Looks:
Soap has a yellow single tone, typical look of hot process soap, minor bubbles in the bar, some dry patches mainly on top and these have lighter spots on them that are a little flaky on the top of the bar.
Bar was somewhat flattered after pouring into the mold. Soap bar has moderate translucency to it.
Slightly soft/rubbery in texture, it dents easily if I push it with my nails,
Sounds hollow when I hit the counter with it.
"minor bubbles" Thank you for being kind lol
Using soap:
Soap lathered readily and easily. It did form big bubbles at first. Then, as I worked it in my hands without water, the bubbles kept a good volume and were small in size.
I find the suds feel creamy the more work they get.
Soap felt sticky during use. It had no slime, just some stickiness, similar in stickiness, like when you touch a silicone stretchy lid, even was sticky when the soap was dry in soap dish about an hour late after use. Stickiness was accentuate when soap was wet.
I like the characteristic that it's not easy to drop.
Soap rinses well. It did not leave residue.
My hands felt very clean.
My hands felt dry, and I needed some moisturizer afterward.
I found my hands seemed whiter, as if some of my tan got washed away. Had that happen when I got rid of the psoriasis damage earlier this year. I also notice my skin
looks dry. Whitish around the edged of the infividual cells, like they're about to start flaking if scratched, but no flaking for me.
Does your skin feel any
different otherwise?
I could not notice any scent from the soap while I was using it to wash my hands. And no scent on my hands after having used the soap to wash my hands with it.
Good news. Not
scented. EOs used for skin benefits.
Overall, I would give this soap a 6 out of 10.
Aside from obvious adjustments.. Consider it was meant for low water consumption use. Washing your hands with the last drops of water in a bottle. Camping/hiking use. A bar to keep by the laundry/garage sink?
For looks 7
Because it looks like a nice bar of soap. Nothing fancy.
Looks like soap! I'm happy lol
Bubbles: 8
Because it instantly and readily bubbled up. Also, my hands felt really clean
I tried going small. Wet my hands and wiped dry bar with fewer and fewer wipes. About 1 second, 2 wipes (forth, then back) and was able to get a nice creamy lather that almost dissipeared with the mere thought of rinse water. I did notice the dryness in my hands at first use, however that was also less than a week into cure.
Feel of bar on my hands while soap is being used: 5
Because soap felt sticky, and it did not glide smoothly on my hands.
bar be thirsty? Will it absorb moisture? I did turn the water down a bit for the sake of hardness.
Also, it seems like this bar will not last long.
It's hard to say for sure after a couple of uses on my hands. I'm mainly mentioning this from the look of the edges of the bar after 2 uses and the sticky feel on the hands. I did not rate this because I did not use the soap long enough to confirm the longevity.
Area for tweaking the recipe.
Next day,I decided to weigh the bar before and after using it, to see if it dissolves too quickly. It was used only once to wash my hands. I held it under water for a short period of time, to get soap on my hands.
Soap was left to dry in between uses.
Weigh before: 66.02gr
Weight after: 65.89gr
Overall, feel on hands after using the test soap: 4
My hands were too dry after using it. And I needed some moisturizer right away.
If you wouldn't mind trying what I did with using less and less soap. This might be durability suffering due to water's affinity for K soap. Not enough water in the bar. I found my hands felt less dry when I did this. Even creaming the lather didn't seem to dry my skin AS bad. It is winter too lol 20% hunidity in our house.
In summary:
Would I buy this soap? Yes. Would I be a repeat customer and buy this soap again? No.
I hope I got everything lol
GREAT JOB!! I think
