Teach Soap

Hi! I'm having fun with MP sugar/salt scrubs but I'm somehow stuck in between the two for these reasons:
- with sugar scrubs (mp base, sweet almond oil & sugar), I get a soap that is hard enough (I'm not looking for a "single use" soap), it doesn't lather (and in my opinion that's good, for a scrub) but it's too gentle on the skin. When I use it, I don't feel exfoliated at all.
- with sea salt scrubs, when I use shea butter I get a soft and crumbly soap that's barely usable and when I try to use cocoa butter to get a harder bar I get a concrete-hard soap that's good only to build walls.

Did this ever happened to you?

I add tons of sugar to my sugar soaps - I don't really pour it, I have to kinda spoon it out a tad - and I get good scrubby soaps. Also, I've had sugars melt into the soap if the soap is too hot when I add the sugar. I add it right at about 130 degrees and then mix and pour quickly.

I don't have much experience with salt bars. The best one I made was one where I put the salt into the mold, and then poured the soap over it. The top was obviously not flat and smooth, but the soap was perfect for exfoliating, and the salts dissolved as I used it.

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Jeannine

~the journey is everything~

Honestly, I don't measure, I just mix it is until I get the consistency I want - usually more the thickness of frosting.

iuno, have you tried making the bars without the added almond oil or butters? Just use the MP base and sugar or salt and see how you like it.

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Linda
I know the voices in my head aren't real, but they sure have some great ideas!