NUTMEG GLYCERIN SOAP
INGREDIENTS
1 tablespoon nutmeg
3 tablespoons isopropyl alcohol
isopropyl alcohol or butter to coat molding
2 pounds glycerin soap base
½ teaspoon nutmeg essential oil
isopropyl alcohol to spray away bubbles forming on soap
SPECIAL UTENSILS
soap molding
spray bottle
soap slicer (optional)
Makes 10½ bars, 1″ wide. Takes 3 hours.
PREPARATION
Add nutmeg and 3 tablespoons alcohol to mixing bowl. Mix with fork until well blended.
Spray silicon mold with isopropyl alcohol or rub with butter.
Cut glycerin base into 1″ cubes. Add glycerin to large glass measuring cups. Use microwave to melt base in 30 second intervals. Stir after every time. Let sit for 15 minutes or until well blended. (This inhibits nutmeg from settling to the bottom of the soap molding.) Add nutmeg/isopropyl mix and nutmeg essential oil. Mix with knife until well blended.
Pour into soap mold. If desired, lightly spray bubbles with isopropyl alcohol to make them disappear. Let sit for 3 hours. Use soap slicer to cut soap into slices 1″ wide.
TIDBITS
1) Nutmeg and nitro sound the same.
2) But they are not. This recipe, nutmeg glycerin, produces a nice scent. You can safely make nutmeg glycerin. You can ever safely shower with it.
3) Nitroglycerin, however, possess explosive tendencies. Making nitroglycerin in your kitchen will likely blow a hole in a wall. On the plus, the nitro blast passed over because you bent down to pick up a dime. You now have easy access from the kitchen to the dining room. And you’re ten cents richer.
3) Strange to say, no soap recipe enjoins us not to use nitroglycerin. Let me be the first to do so.
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