Teach Soap

Hi, has anyone ever heard of Avocado Cucumber base? Where can I buy this? Is it nice and creamy? I'm using it for a shaving cream.
Thanks,

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Since you say that you use it as a shaving cream, where did you get it originally?

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

Hi Soapbuddy, I'm planning on using it in a shaving cream. I saw the recipe for the shaving cream in a book, that listed the Avocado-Cucumber as the M&P base to use. Any ideas on what I could use? I haven't made it before.

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http://www.fromnaturewithlove.com/soap/ ... d=mpavocuc

I found it!!! From Nature with Love carries this Avocado-Cucumber base.

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"Soap is to the body what laughter is to the soul!"

I don't think the Avocado Extract & Cucumber Extract will do much since they are the last two ingredients. If the recipe calls for MP soap, I don't see why you couldn't use a good quality MP base and add a very small amount of these two ingredients.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

I agree with soapbuddy. I think you could make it for cheaper also. 9.00 for 2lbs plus shipping? That seems like a lot. It probably would be cheaper in the long run to buy those extracts and add them yourself to a better base, like the ones BB has.

I got some Avacado-Cucumber base at Michael's, Life of the Party brand. It's definitely usable but I probably wouldn't buy it again. (For the record, it was $10 for a 2lb block).

I use Life of the Party brand Avacado and Cucumber base ,the one I get is a suspension formula and I love it.

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Irena
Closed minds are like faulty parachutes; they refuse to open.

The very first bases I used when I first started making M&P soap were from Life of the Party...and I very nearly gave up right then and there. They don't lather well, they had an off odor, and the texture was strange and rubbery. If I hadn't found Brambleberry, I never would have pursued the hobby. I'll stir a Brambleberry base till my arms fall off to suspend an ingredient before I'd go back to those.

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@angielady76 - LOL, I think that speaks for everyone!! Better more work to achieve what you want then to get quicker results with awful quality!! I purchased that when I first started because I was so anxious and couldn't wait patiently for my first batch of soap, made the soap, layered it and all the layers peeled completely apart so you know what I did, took it back to Michaels' for a refund which they gladly gave me!!

Sonya

Yeah ........You are right ,when I do use it I feel quilty. I am starting to feel quilty about useing any M&P base and as soon as the weather gets nicer and i can set up in the basement i am going to venture into CP.....the lye scares me a little but I am excited about giving it a try.