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This is our first soap with nothing scratchy in it. It's a nice, smooth, cool bar that does not exfoliate. About time, right? We've been so nutty about putting all sorts of things in our soaps, trying new recipes, that I finally had to step back and suggest a smooth bar. It worked!
We were both exhausted when we got to soapmaking, having worked all day. And Eric got slightly wounded when the unadulterated sodium hydroxide hit his arm, but it was just a few specks, and he's fine. It's amazing that making soap can cause injury and yet the soap itself is so innocuous, even helpful.
The funniest part was the "zap test." I generally leave that part to Eric, since I'm not keen on some of the soap to my tongue to see if it tingles and therefore isn't ready yet. Well, it's not like any of the soaps we've made actually ever taste good, but this one was hilarious. Either it tastes worse than our other soaps or Eric was expecting it to taste a little better from the cukes, but I've never seen him make faces this funny.
It was worth it, though. The Cool as a Cuke soap is this amazing shade of light green, our first soap with a real, funky color to it.
Eric is going crazy over it, because of the lather. When I got home the other day, tired and wanting to sit, he dragged me to the bathroom to try it. He'd just taken the "extra" off of our equipment, smushed it all together into a blob, and used it, even before it's completely cured. It's safe to use, just still very soft at that point. So I tried it, and it didn't disappoint. We found a mix of oils that gives a huge lather, instantaneously. He, of course, had to use it again and started blowing bubbles between his hands from it. He's like a kid! But he's right, it's pretty kickin'.
He actually risked shaving with the lather from this soap and ended up, happily, nick-free and incredibly smooth.
This one will be available soon, once it finishes curing. It's on the racks now, getting ready!
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