Monday, February 25, 2013

Sharon's "Keep the Peace Beer Soap"

Today I made beer soap again, however, this time I used a Irish ale called Smithwick's.  I thought the decription on the beer was very interesting and since it was Irish, I bought it.

Listen to this:  This brewery in St. Francis Abbey in Kilkenny, Ireland has been in operation since 1710.  Smithwick's is Ireland's oldest ale, inspired by John Smithwick's original recipe.  This ale delivers a distinctive color, full bodied taste and ultra-smooth finish.

I'm counting on that ultra-smooth finish.  :)

I made Sharon's Tranquil Peace but since I used all my shea butter yesterday, I had to use mango butter.  I ran the recipe through the lye calc and the lye and water are the same.

I added 1 t. rose clay, 1/2 t. rose hips powder to one layer, .30 sodium lactate since this is a 30 oz. oil recipe.  And I topped off the top with luffa sponges that I cut in half. 

I used 1.55 total fragrance.  1.1 oz Strawberries and Cream fragrance oil from MMS and .45 oz. Jasmine fragrance oil from Bulk Apothecary.

Recipe:

2.4 oz shea butter
4.8 coconut oil
1.2 avocado oil
12  olive oil
4.8 rice bran
4.8 palm kernel

4.05 lye
9.0  beer

This is superfatted at 5%.

The making video is on Youtube under my name CharityKnitter.  I will do the cutting video probably late tonight or tomorrow. 

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