Hey guys..
chunked soap for making liquid solution
while im on a blogging spree - i thought this would be a good topic to cover as i can do it quickly..
did you know any bar of bg soap can be turned into liquid soap? now, there is an actual way to MAKE liquid soap from scratch, which, someday i will probably get into a bit just to see the process, and if it is worthwhile to spend the efforts on bringing a liquid into the company. Basically instead of sodium hydroxide, we would use potassium hydroxide. However, the process is time consuming and not as exciting to me as making cold process soaps, so i wont be doing it any time soon.
But customers come in and ask all the time if i have liquid soap. i always respond with no - but you can turn this soap into liquid by simply adding it to water. yep. its that easy. it doesnt even need to be hot water. just water. The nice thing is, you can continue to add the soap chunks to the water until you get the desired consistency. a thinner mixture would work well in foaming dispensers, but a thicker consistency would be perfect for any average liquid hand soap pump container.
its convenient due to the fact that you can keep bottles of liquid BG around at all of your sinks without having to have bar soap and soap dishes everywhere. also, there is no soap turning to slop by sitting in dishes that arent well drained enough. or for those of you who are spoiled by bodygoodies soap and can no longer fathom using anything else… you can take a bottle of bg soap turned liquid into work …. or keep a small bottle of it in your purse, for when youre in public restrooms, etc.
Sooooo if you have any little slivers sitting around that youd like to turn into liquid, simply chop them up and add them to water. granted, hot water will make them dissolve faster, but they will completely dissolve regardless of the water temperature. isnt that nice? i personally use distilled water to make my solutions, but i would recommend spring water as well.
the ratio i use in my home is about 1/2 ounce of chunks for 8 oz water. But i would use about a half that for foaming dispensers. You can play around with your mixtures to get the consistency youd prefer.
a lot of people who have been doing this have also experimented with using it as laundry soap once it is turned to liquid, it makes great laundry soap and leaves clothes incredibly soft. I also personally use bar none as a stain stick ;) it works great!
you can go online and research home made all purpose clearer recipes, or if you feel like you need to add more to your detergent for laundry, there are recipes that call for washing soda or borax, which can also be added to your solutions.
in the shop we have been selling 2 and 3 oz bags of cut up bits of soap and so far they have been a big hit. So, we will be making some available on the website as well :) currently we have bar 21 due to its antibacterial and medicinal properties ( sans any blue dots) and rooibos tea - as so many people use this for eczema .. its really convenient to have at all of the sinks in the house for the person suffering with eczema.
soap is so cool. heh.
-heidi
Thats right.
formulating.
im talking about cologne. The best mens fragrance ive ever smelled. not only is it the best scent ive ever smelled… but it comes with a bonus… it didnt bother my ever so sensitive allergies WHATsoEVER! wooo! and when i say didnt bother my allergies, it wasnt just a little sniff i took, i had this stuff all over my arms and sheets of paper for nearly two months straight as i custom formulated a soap, to be perfectly paired with the raddest cologne ever - moonshine.
a few months back - boodygoodies took on an enormous task. the biggest most challenging task i had ever personally had to attempt to tackle regarding soap making. to somehow sniff out the amazing scents in this perfectly blended cologne called moonshine, and develop a soap that would emulate the scent. talk about difficult! the chemistry of soap does not allow one to simply add cologne to soap, and have it work. ha.. wouldnt that be nice! nope - i had to sniff out what i believed would work in a soap, using only essential oils - and try my best to make it happen.
the tricky part - well, aside from all of it .. haha.. one of the trickiest parts of formulating it was that the cologne changes over the first few minutes after application. as all scents do, the higher notes will fade and the base notes will linger. I could smell the top notes off the bat - and knew what i was smelling, but in a soap they would not burn off as quickly, still somewhat - but how much? i had to trial and error this one. The base notes ended up being the scent i chased after. as i figured, after showering, the scents if any that would be left to linger, would match the base notes of the cologne that would linger after application.
tricky-er? i was formulating in the middle of winter. my nose was taking a beating as it was from the weather. on top of that, right in prototype phase 2 i got smacked with the worst cold i had in years. i couldnt smell a thing. my nose was already half burned out just from weeks of endless sniffing to try to formulate the first round! haha.. i am not exaggerating here .. when i say, i had at LEAST 200 test strips laying around the table as i continued to formulate. test 1 … test 1.a test 1.b… test 1.c lol.. etc etc.. omg it was madness. pure madness! getting the base oils right to do the least amount of pH changing was a task in itself.. to hope the end result didnt change much from what i had mixed up in my little sciency beakers. haa….
anyhow - long story short - i got the bar. i chased and chased and finally got it. ….. we sent out a few prototypes and the awesome guys over at moonshine all decided on one of the prototypes and we put it into production. bodygoodies does not sell the moonshine soap - but if youre curious to what the heck i was so busy busting my behind doing for two months - you might wanna hop over to their website and pick up an awesome bar for yourself :) oh yeah, and while youre there —- you REALLY may want to pick up some cologne too — in all seriousness …. ive got an extremely picky nose and i am telling you flat out, this is the best mens cologne ive ever smelled. If youre a chick, pick one up for the man in your life ( or the one you want lol) and if youre a dude, pick one up for yourself!
the scent of moonshine is wow - just awesome. its SO SO masculine and earthy. Id go into a description of it here … but id rather you check out the moonshine website for yourself and read about it there. good stuff. real good stuff.
