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So I'm using a recipe from a little book titled "Goats" that is in the style of a magazine. It's produced by the publishers of Hobby Farms magazine.
The recipe calls for 2 oz. of glycerin. I work at a craft store, so I get a big discount. I went ahead and bought a 2 pound block of glycerin. I get it home, and it says it is "clear glycerin soap". It is made by Life of the Party, and has other ingredients in it like proplyne glycol. You are supposed to be able to melt it in the microwave and then shape it, scent it, dye it, etc...and then it re-hardens to pre-made soap. IE, you don't need any other ingredients. Its not traditional soap in the sense that it required lye, etc. to make it.....at least I don't think so. If I melt some and use it in place of straight glycerin will it ruin my soap? It doesn't look or feel like any sort of soap I've ever used.
According to what I've read online, it fits the description of pure glycerin in look and feel. As far as I know it is simply added to soap to soften skin and isn't really a part of the chemical process so adding it is just like putting an additive in that has an extra effect right? (Benefit to you skin.)
The recipe calls for 2 oz. of glycerin. I work at a craft store, so I get a big discount. I went ahead and bought a 2 pound block of glycerin. I get it home, and it says it is "clear glycerin soap". It is made by Life of the Party, and has other ingredients in it like proplyne glycol. You are supposed to be able to melt it in the microwave and then shape it, scent it, dye it, etc...and then it re-hardens to pre-made soap. IE, you don't need any other ingredients. Its not traditional soap in the sense that it required lye, etc. to make it.....at least I don't think so. If I melt some and use it in place of straight glycerin will it ruin my soap? It doesn't look or feel like any sort of soap I've ever used.
According to what I've read online, it fits the description of pure glycerin in look and feel. As far as I know it is simply added to soap to soften skin and isn't really a part of the chemical process so adding it is just like putting an additive in that has an extra effect right? (Benefit to you skin.)