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Armi

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Armi

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Armi

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The true measure of a man is not the color of his skin but, his talent and what he has to offer.

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~Shell

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The true measure of a man is not the color of his skin but, his talent and what he has to offer.

Hi Jo! Hi everyone! Sorry if I haven't posted any updates for a few days - I'm really sick right now and only my being stubborn and bored made me get out of bed to make some soap.

Jo, you are a godsend! The solid brown sugar scrub recipe works! At first I was skeptical because of all the oil the recipe calls for, but the mixture solidified pretty good. I used a combination of regular brown sugar and raw sugar for my experiment, no honey, same amounts of oil, sugar and MP base as called for in the recipe and everything solidified into this toffee looking mass and it's almost as hard as toffee too. I wasn't able to "mix together with hands" like the recipe says you can do but otherwise I'm very pleased with the results.

I used a silicone ice cube tray which makes square cubes for my experiment and so my solid scrub looks just like toffee candy, but smells more vanilla-y because I used BB's vanilla select. I melted my base, mixed in the oil and waited until the oil was fully incorporated and the mix was starting to get thick before I added the brown sugar and FO, then I poured everything into my tray/mold while still constantly stirring to make sure that the heavier raw sugar crystals remained well-suspended all throughout. I then spritzed everything with alcohol to get rid of bubbles.

I tried one of the cubes once it was solid enough and the raw sugar isn't too gritty in this recipe as almost all the regular brown sugar melted with the base-oil mix. It is very moisturizing like you would expect a sugar scrub to be, so this is another definite plus.

I think my search is pretty much over for the perfect sugar bar eventhough I haven't tried this out yet with table/white sugar and I don't know yet if it'll last in the shower if you make it into a regular sized bar. I would probably stick to making this in a one-time use cube or guest size form though just to avoid the issue of melting and stickiness in the shower.

The recipe can be found here under the title "solid brown sugar scrub", just like Jo and Shell said. Hope this helps anyone who might be interested in trying out sugar bars.

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Armi

Congratulations Armi on feeling better enough to get up and soap!! True persistence and I am delighted that you are happy with the result.

You have done a wonderful job and I would love to have a go at the recipe! Actually I would rather have the toffee looking mini bars that you have but I will have to make my own as you arent just around the corner

That is great news. I looked at that recipe and as I said wasnt sure about the contents - the oil amount definitely was a lot more than I had thought I would use.

Sounds great, a big tick for another one of your supplies can now be made by you at home, just how you like it!

Hope you are feeling better soon, poor you, take care and back to bed now you know it works! However, leave it close enough that you can smell it. It sounds great.

Take care
Jo

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The true measure of a man is not the color of his skin but, his talent and what he has to offer.

Thanks Jo for both the recipe and for caring!

Hope you try this recipe too and tell us what you think about it, but you're right - the amount of oil called for in the recipe really threw me off at first. It really works though, so "Yay!" you solved my problem.

I'm going back to bed now because I'm starting to get chills again. But I'll be back as soon as I feel a lot better. Take care too.

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Armi

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Armi