Did you know you can take your Nettlesome soap camping?
This past weekend we went camping for the 4th of July. We went to a remote location with lots of kids. That meant we needed a hand and face washing station. I brought a small animal water trough and several bars of soap. My friend brought a 7 gallon water cube and few old hand towels.
This worked great! My handmade soap doesn’t have SLS or any other synthetics in it so it’s safe to throw out the wash water onto the base of plants or grass. I took “The Herbalist”, “The Traveler” and “The Charmer” with us. The Charmer was really great for washing faces at the end of the day or to freshen up in the morning.
Just stick your bar of soap in a water proof container and bring it along! Having this set up on hand kept everyone happy from the adults doing food prep to the pre-teens who didn’t want dirty faces. Oh, and for cleaning up the littles who wanted to make mud pies out of the dog water…
In other news, I just made a new big batch of “The Herbalist”. I cut it today and it should be up in the shop in by August. The picture above shows the step before mixing the lye water and oils together. It’s still magical to think that through the chemical process of saponification, these two liquids become soap!
As you can see the soap batter is quite yellow after blending the oils and lye together. Over time as the chemical process happens it changes to a mellow creamy white.
Do try using your Nettlesome soap on your next outing! And if you do leave me a comment and let me know it went for you.
