I know that sounds strange. I intended to try them all, but I usually pick a soap that appeals to me and then I like it a lot and use it until its gone. And then I pick another one. I have finally learned to make little balls of soap out of the spills and use those, or off cuts to test the soaps for feel (and PH) but some I haven't tried at all. Especially the first ones that I made. So now I am spoilt for choise.
One that I haven't tried before, but just pulled out is the coffee soap. I got the idea when I had made a coffee face cream. I had originally thought that the caffein could be a great astringent and would work well in a cream. Either a body lotion or a face cream and then... Eureka! Coffee soap. That must be great for cellulite, I thought. Of course Google told me that everybody else had already made coffee soaps (so not that original - ok!) but I also found out that Coffee soap was considered a great neutralizer of odors and therefore best used in the kitchen. I guess that is one of the reasons I haven't tried it already. I have a steel soap (no! no lye in that) that I use in the kitchen and that works great!
The recipe is pretty simple. Just use coffee as a liquid for the lye in your favorite recipe. It gives the soap a nice neutral brown colour and a wonderful smokey coffee scent. I didn't add anything to it, not fragrance, not colour but some may want to embellish the coffee scent with some vanilla or orange or mint. I think those would all go well with coffee. I did put in some ground coffee (unused) to a part of the soap. I intended that to work as a scrub on those thighs, but I guess they also serve to change my cellulite soap into a gritty gardeners soap too.
However I haven't given up the idea that Coffee soap should be a great wake up shower soap AND could do wonders for those lumpy thighs! I have a lot to look forward to.
And I promise that if the thighs turn out to be photo worthy I'll post a picture :) - (I wouldn't hold your breath, though. As much as I believe in my soaps I don't think they'll perform minor miracles (or should that be major?).)
Oh well, here is to hoping!
The photo: That metal dish is one of my flea market finds. I usually pay about 1-3 dollars for each piece. The pine cones I collect from the two large pines that grow in front of the house.
Wonderful soap! Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteI tried to use the coffee soap in the kitchen, it's really removes odors very well.