Homemade Soap!!!!

So, I just made my first homemade soap. Well, I more or less scented it, but for all intents and purposes I will call it homemade.

What I did, melted down 2 pucks of VDH deluxe soap(found them for 1 dollar a piece at Walmart, I though, what the heck!) in a large mug. Then, I added about 15 drops of Peppermint Oil into the mix and let it sit in the fridge for about an hour.

I was pleasantly surprised!!! It had a distinct smell(which was good BTW,) and made my face tingle a little bit. I really did like it!!!

Any other suggestions for future DIY soaps would be appreciated!!!!

Thanks,
Parker

I've been around pucks my whole life -- never occurred to me to try and melt one (although they are made of vulcanized rubber). See, we freeze them so they don't bounce so much. Maybe I'd have been a 50-goal scorer if I scented them before the game!

Hockey joke, eh:D

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Hockey joke, eh:D

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I see what you did there-_-

I made it big enough for you in case of myopia.

Thank you Maple:D

So, is this going to be your new job? 14 year-old Senior Member entrepreneur?

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Any other suggestions for future DIY soaps would be appreciated!!!!

Thanks,
Parker

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Maple syrup. Aqua Velva (then aftershave is not needed). BACON!

Not even! Unless I come up with a breakthrough way of making the most tricked out VDH soap, then probably not. But hey, you never know:confused:

I WANT BACON!!!

Here's one I've tried and it works really well!!!
How to Make a Shaving Cream for Men: 9 steps - wikiHow

Im sure bacon fat melted in VDH soap would be great for the skin! I dont know about the smell though... I may actually try aqua velva.. Will let you know if you have a cut for sure:D

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Here's one I've tried and it works really well!!!
How to Make a Shaving Cream for Men: 9 steps - wikiHow

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That looks promising. May try that, I think I have a dove bar of soap laying around somewhere.....

Thanks, rodb!

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Im sure bacon fat melted in VDH soap would be great for the skin! I dont know about the smell though...

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I'm quite certain my dog would love it!

He might be the only one:D

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Here's one I've tried and it works really well!!!
How to Make a Shaving Cream for Men: 9 steps - wikiHow

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REAL MEN use LAVA!

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He might be the only one:D

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Probably dogs and hobo's, not exactly what I would want to attract!! lol!!

What other scents do you think would be good, I'm gonna try aqua velva next time Im at the store!

If you have a Family Dollar store near you, they have a really good Old Spice clone for under $2

Can I just mix it in? I LOOVVVEEE Old Spice Scents.

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Can I just mix it in? I LOOVVVEEE Old Spice Scents.

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I would do that with VDH when I melted it, it was there in the background and not intense

Cool. May also try that with my current Cologne

Another thing to try is "Clearly Natural" soap bars that you can get at a Whole Foods store or other natural food stores, it's a melt-able glycerine soap and comes in many scents and also unsented, I added 1/4 tsp Bentonite clay for added slip, it worked well as shave soap.


Clearly Natural | Moisturizing Bar Soaps - Clearly Natural

I may try this one as well. UBERLATHER TIME!!!!!

Well, if you really want to know...

Most people "making" glycerine based soap and selling it online are using melt and pour base, something like this SFIC Shaving Soap Base

and then adding essential fragrance oils like these in various amounts Essential Oils - Wholesale Supplies Plus.com

and then calling them their own formula and setting a huge mark up. Some will tweak the base by adding bentonite clay or lanolin or Shea butter. Those are better. cold process hot process (rendering fat and using lye and what not) are superior but are a lot more work and take a lot more know how and space to make.

I found this out when a cold process soap maker friend of mine looked into reproducing some popular shaving soaps at my request. She's too busy filling orders for what she already makes to go into shaving soaps but she pointed me to some wholesalers in case I wanted to do it myself. I frankly don't have the funds necessary for the initial investment or I would.

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I WANT BACON!!!

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If I'm not mistaken, Mama Bear Soaps already has a Bacon scented shave soap.:)

You can use a mouliner I think they're called. Those things that you use for grinding meat. They make a nice grated heap. You can then mix them together easily and add oils and stuff. I started researching the base for soaps, and found out a bit about tallow, lanolin, etc. .

For now I'm sticking to buying my natural soaps, so far I've used Madame Scodioli, Mike's and Edwin Jagger (Edwin Jagger's not handmade, just 99% natural).

Once I ground up Windsor soap and added a heap of Proraso Musgo Real and Glycerine to it and squished it into my scuttle. Worked a treat! (pictures)...

I love a nice Überlather too made in a bowl.

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Hmmm good I ideas good ideas.. Will have to try some of these out!

I plan on making some soap, if it all goes well and I can get a really nice scent, I'm thinking of perhaps selling some!

Good luck! In the beginning start small, you can scale up later. I'm not sure I'd say saturated, but the market is definitely headed that way.

shaving soap on Etsy, a global handmade and vintage marketplace.

In terms of product I would say it's very saturated, especially from looking at Etsy, but there is a lack of advertising, If you sold it in the street or a market I'm sure it would really sell. (especially in a natural products market)

Come to find our it's actually illegal in my state to make and sell soap containing any ingredient classified by the FDA as being a drug without a license. And you can't get a license for a residential address. So, for instance, that melt & pour soap base above would be off limits because it contains sorbitol, without a dedicated lab to produce it in. It seems Lye based soaps would be ok due to its classification.

Check your state laws. If its legal in your state don't forget liability insurance in case someone has a reaction to one of your products and sues.

I will check the legality of it before I go ahead, luckily though I live in the UK where less ingredients are banned and people aren't sue-happy.