Pinaud Lilac Vegetal Shaving Soap

**luvmysuper** · 04-15-2010, 06:03 PM

Ok, it isn't commercially available, so I took things into my own hands and made a batch.

Simple melt and pour soap from the Hobby Store.

Ingredients;

5 ounces of Lilac Vegetal heated in a microwave to boil off the alcohol and water without scorching the "essence" like you might on a stove top.
Wound up with about 3 tablespoons of dark green soup.

4 ounces Shea Butter unscented and 4 ounces Goats Milk unscented melt and pour glycerin soap.

Melted soap and added the LV soup and;

1/2 teaspoon of Bentonite Clay

1 Tablespoon of Glycerin

3 tablespoons of Castor Oil

2 ounces of LV right out of the bottle

Yellow and Blue soap dye (from the same hobby shop).

Poured into molds and cooled.

Results:

Great!
Did a test lather and it lathers just superbly, the clay makes it very slippery. It smells perfect. Not the "out of the plastic bottle smell" but out of the Glass Bottle and into your hands smell. I just keep wanting to go back in there and smell it.

Pics are worth a thousand words.

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**jkenton** · 04-15-2010, 06:27 PM

Great googly moogly!

That looks awesome.

**Fougère** · 04-15-2010, 06:33 PM

Two questions:

Do you take PayPal?
How soon can you ship?

**brianw** · 04-15-2010, 06:34 PM

Soaps look great and good lather.... but where are the straights..... THERE ARE ONLY 4

**rummwa** · 04-15-2010, 06:35 PM

OOOOOOH! AAAAAAAH! It's even the right color! How many cakes did it make? You could quit your job and become rich!

**luvmysuper** · 04-15-2010, 06:58 PM

Originally Posted by brianw

Soaps look great and good lather.... but where are the straights..... THERE ARE ONLY 4

Only 4 on the counter....

Originally Posted by rummwa

OOOOOOH! AAAAAAAH! It's even the right color! How many cakes did it make? You could quit your job and become rich!

I made 4 VDH size pucks, and promptly put 2 in the Mug!!

2 spares.

Easy to do - took me all of 30 minutes start to finish once I had all the stuff in one place.

**markb** · 04-15-2010, 07:39 PM

Awesome!! Gonna follow your example and make myself some regular Clubman soap!!

**Defcon5** · 04-15-2010, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by fougère

two questions:

Do you take paypal?
How soon can you ship?

+1

**Topgumby** · 04-15-2010, 08:07 PM

Phil,

That soap looks great, but do you think this is wise?

Does Lilac Vegesoap cross the line and enter the realm of things that mere mortals were not meant to tamper with?

I am hopeful and concerned all at once...

**coolbluewater** · 04-15-2010, 11:03 PM

Nice going Phil

You've got me looking forward to the "bowl o' cannon smoke".

+2 re: Paypal

**Defcon5** · 04-15-2010, 11:41 PM

Pm me when you start selling them. I'll take three.

Shaving with raw courage.

**DFrancis** · 04-15-2010, 11:43 PM

Very nice looking lather, add "vintage" to the soap and you can make a mint on the bay.

**thunderball** · 04-15-2010, 11:50 PM

I think I just felt the Earth wobble on its axis.

**rummwa** · 04-16-2010, 03:04 AM

**The Nid Hog** · 04-16-2010, 03:40 AM

That's so great! I think that the label makes it look like something from an alternate history too.

**Shave Cat** · 04-16-2010, 06:14 AM

Why the LV "soup" and also LV straight from the bottle? Also, how long did you heat the LV in the microwave to create the "soup"?

**luvmysuper** · 04-16-2010, 06:36 AM

Originally Posted by Shave Cat

Why the LV "soup" and also LV straight from the bottle? Also, how long did you heat the LV in the microwave to create the "soup"?

I originally used the "soup" but after stirring things up, I just wanted a little more smell, so I doped it with the additional Veg.

The boiling I did in intervals to try to avoid over heating, it boiled much faster than water would. I boiled in 30 second intervals, and total time was probably about 2 minutes.

**bythbook** · 04-16-2010, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by Topgumby

Phil,

That soap looks great, but do you think this is wise?

Does Lilac Vegesoap cross the line and enter the realm of things that mere mortals were not meant to tamper with?

I am hopeful and concerned all at once...

...I'm with TG here.

What with the recent increase in earthquakes & volcanism... fireballs... extraordinary weather events... I really wish you hadn't done this.

(At least we know the Large Hadron Collider isn't to blame....)

**luvmysuper** · 04-16-2010, 06:49 AM

Originally Posted by Topgumby

Phil,

That soap looks great, but do you think this is wise?

Does Lilac Vegesoap cross the line and enter the realm of things that mere mortals were not meant to tamper with?

I am hopeful and concerned all at once...

Originally Posted by bythbook

...I'm with TG here.

What with the recent increase in earthquakes & volcanism... fireballs... extraordinary weather events... I really wish you hadn't done this.

(At least we know the Large Hadron Collider isn't to blame....)

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