Joesixpack
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I am looking for suggestions and tips-
I was at the end of my puck of shaving soap (I normally get the Van Der Hagan brand at the local Walgreens ) and I needed to shave and didn't feel like making the trip, so I "improvised, adapted, overcame."
Also, I had a soap dish full of the soap ends. I use Ivory soap, so that's all I got there. No built in moisturizer or anything like that.
I crushed up the soap in the bottom of my shaving mug (a repurposed coffee mug) added a little water, and popped it in the microwave. I heated it 30 seconds at a time, checking it and stirring it as I went along. Finally it was pretty melted, so I put a couple of generous glugs of olive oil in there and gave it a final blast in the microwave and stirred it all up into a smooth goo. I let it harden overnight and tried it out the next day.
It actually worked out pretty well. I may do this again when this gets used up. Has anyone else recycled soap this way? Anyone have any tips or ideas? I feel like this works, but it's not as good as it could be. I want to add more oil or maybe figure some way to make it a little creamier.
I was at the end of my puck of shaving soap (I normally get the Van Der Hagan brand at the local Walgreens ) and I needed to shave and didn't feel like making the trip, so I "improvised, adapted, overcame."
Also, I had a soap dish full of the soap ends. I use Ivory soap, so that's all I got there. No built in moisturizer or anything like that.
I crushed up the soap in the bottom of my shaving mug (a repurposed coffee mug) added a little water, and popped it in the microwave. I heated it 30 seconds at a time, checking it and stirring it as I went along. Finally it was pretty melted, so I put a couple of generous glugs of olive oil in there and gave it a final blast in the microwave and stirred it all up into a smooth goo. I let it harden overnight and tried it out the next day.
It actually worked out pretty well. I may do this again when this gets used up. Has anyone else recycled soap this way? Anyone have any tips or ideas? I feel like this works, but it's not as good as it could be. I want to add more oil or maybe figure some way to make it a little creamier.