wine soap?

[starduster]

You have a great idea there Corrie

:shock: What's wrong with drinking it? Whilst I will soap beer, soft drinks etc, wine is mine (all mine -hic - mad cackle)

I am thinking a few of us could do some serious bonding over 'hic' sharing making a batch of wine soap.
How many bottles would be needed for the soapers and how many for the soap?
:wink:

 

[Lindy]

Well let's see if each soaper had a bottle of wine to test to make sure it was appropriate to go in the soap those would be considered soap wines - then we each would require the working wine bottle - yup one each for that and then well I think it would be appropriate to have a bottle each for celebration upon completion.....oh yeah and then one for the road that wuold add up to 3 or 4 bottle each I'm thinking........hic

 

[surf girl]

Hey, have we got an idea for the next soap swap? (Hic)

 

[Miss_Melissa]

Hi, I’m thinking about my first wine soap and I wonder, what concrete advantages has this soap over soap without a wine? :roll:

 

[amanda131]

If this whole process really works, I think Huckleberry Wine would be AMAZING!!!!! Clearly I'm not in any position to be making this yet, but some day I just might!!! What an awesome idea-wine in soap....you guys amaze me with the endless possibilities!!!

 

[Miss_Melissa]

Huckleberry? :roll: It's really interesting, will huckleberry or huckleberry wine added into a soap leave its colour on the skin? :roll:

I'm sorry for a lot.. a lot of questions...

 

[amanda131]

I have NO idea, I havn't even made soap yet, I'm just learning and will be taking a class next weekend. I'm just doing a lot of reading and thought this wine idea was GREAT! I just know huckleberry wine smells GREAT! (and taste amazing!) If they use red wine and it doesn't leave any color on you I figure it's worth a try, but Like I said, I have NO CLUE! I'm basically talking out my you know what!!!!

 

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[valor]

Hi guys,
I've tried to soap wine both ways: without reducing and replacing the water as liquid in my lye solution and reducing it into a syrup and drizzling.

The first thing is that replacing the water in the lye solution with wine STINKS!!! Then, as soon as the lye sol. hit my oils, I had a full seize in like 2 seconds...it turned this dirty brown and I shoved it into a lined box where it promptly gelled.It turned this creamy off white color as it sat and stank for about 5 weeks. It has since become on of my favorite soaps. I use it as my kitchen soap and wash my dishes in it. I actually think that I would do it again...if I can stomach the stench.

The second way I made with fresh strawberry puree and cocoa powder. It came out this pearly pink with brown swirls and these dollops of the wine redux all over it. I also use it in the kitchen and am really happy with it. I gives this splendid brown froth and smells like chocolate!

Both ways have their hazards and rewards...but it's sure fun to create the leftovers to experiment with!

Cheers!

 

[Deb]

irn bru soap...i'm so going to have to try that. Doctor peppers soap too.

 

[Deb]

Valor, I've had trouble with fruit in soap going moldy. May I ask how you added strawbs and if yo had any trouble?

Cheers
Deb

Hi guys,
I've tried to soap wine both ways: without reducing and replacing the water as liquid in my lye solution and reducing it into a syrup and drizzling.

The first thing is that replacing the water in the lye solution with wine STINKS!!! Then, as soon as the lye sol. hit my oils, I had a full seize in like 2 seconds...it turned this dirty brown and I shoved it into a lined box where it promptly gelled.It turned this creamy off white color as it sat and stank for about 5 weeks. It has since become on of my favorite soaps. I use it as my kitchen soap and wash my dishes in it. I actually think that I would do it again...if I can stomach the stench.

The second way I made with fresh strawberry puree and cocoa powder. It came out this pearly pink with brown swirls and these dollops of the wine redux all over it. I also use it in the kitchen and am really happy with it. I gives this splendid brown froth and smells like chocolate!

Both ways have their hazards and rewards...but it's sure fun to create the leftovers to experiment with!

Cheers!

 

[valor]

Hi Deb,
I used the pulp that was left in my juicer. I juiced just strawberries and plopped it into the base and haven't had any issues yet. But cocoa powder is an antioxidant, so that could be why. I've also done it with kiwi and strawberry. No pics, but it was very nice.
HTH!
If there is anything else I can do let me know!

 

[Miss_Melissa]

valor, thanks for your experience!
I've tried to soap wine yesterday too whith a hot process. I used very cold wine instead of water. It boiled and stinks when I adedd a lye in it (I added a lye in small parts in wine to reduce this boiling). Besides I used a wine discount (28%) to add a cognac (10%) after gel.

Now it smells very good. I adedd a red colourant, so the soap has a wine red colour. :roll:

But I still don't understand, what concreat advantages has the wine soap over usual soap! What beneficial things remain from the wine after adding a lye in it?[/b]

 

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[Miss_Melissa]

thanks, artisan soaps!
It seems, that grape wine contains antioxidants, minerals, polyphenols, vitamins, amino acids, glycerine, glucose, fructose etc. I suppose minerals, glycerine, glucose, fructose remain from the wine after adding a lye in it. But the rest of components doesn't remain?