Fight Club and Soapmaking.
Shea Butter and Cocoa Butter Soap
I was given a great gift for Christmas – new soapmaking ingredients I haven’t used before. Among them were Cocoa Butter, Clary Sage Oil, Avocado Oil and Ginger Root Powder. Since then, I’ve been wanting to experiment with some new soap mixtures but haven’t had much time until this last week.
As a hobby, making soap is a great stress reliever. It’s a mixture of science, art and aromatherapy all in one. I had a pretty busy week and by Thursday night, I was ready to “degauss” (as my coworker and friend, Noah, likes to say!).
So I popped open a beer (gasp!), laid out all my supplies and spent an hour on the following creations. Click on the picture of the soap for notes on the ingredients.
Shea and cocoa butter homemade soap
I finally watched “Fight Club“.
Fight Club DVD cover art (C) 1999
Have you seen the 1999 movie “Fight Club”? I love watching movies but apparently I missed that one. A couple of months ago, after mentioning I make soap, people were asking if I had seen the movie. Everyone was surprised that I hadn’t. I think the actual response was “WHAT? You make soap and you haven’t seen Fight Club?? That movie’s awesome! Tyler Durden makes soap!”
Another friend at work, Michelle, loaned me her “Fight Club” DVD before Christmas. After a bit of prodding, I finally watched it yesterday. All in all, I liked it and thought it was a decent movie. The movie has a large following of fans that can probably add more to this analysis. For me, I now understand the Tyler Durden/soapmaking references. I’d say more but I’d be breaking the first rule of Fight Club.
Want a bar of soap?
Want a bar of soap? Leave a comment and be entered into my drawing!
I don’t sell my soap. It make it, give some away and use most myself. I’m not making soap in large enough quantities to supply a lot of people but I’m going to try something new with this batch.
Comment on this post by 7:00pm (Arizona time), Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 on why you want a bar of soap. The names of those who comment by this time will go into in a hat. After that, I will draw one name from that hat and award one of the bars of soap pictured above to the person whose name I draw. Comment all you like, but I’ll only put your name once in the hat. (Gotta be fair, right?) Make sure you put an email address I can get back to you with. I’ll only use that so I can ship you your free bar of soap – I’ll even pay for the postage!
I’ll post the winner’s name by Friday, January 30th. Good luck!
I want a bar of soap because I love, love, love cocoa butter. I use cocoa butter lotion every morning after the shower. I love the smell…so gentle and yummy!
I want a bar of soap because I’m hygenic. I mean, doesn’t EVERYONE want a bar of soap? No? Stinky bastards…
I want a bar of soap because I am really tempted to start making it but want to try some homemade first. And – no shipping…just walk it down the hall!!
I’ll throw my name into the hat. I don’t really use soap—my body naturally repels dust, dirt, and grime—but I’m sure someone will buy it off me on eBay.
Is this official GD Soap?
Can I regift it to Cedar?
Well I sit outside your office now. Isn’t it a good idea to give me a bar of soap???
If you didn’t see my announcement on Twitter, http://twitter.com/flyingg/statuses/1158550519 we have a winner! Actually – four winners! I had four bars of soap and decided to draw four names from a hat instead of just one. Here they are, in the order I picked them:
#1 – Matthew
#2 – Denise
#3 – Erica
#4 – Evo
Thanks to each of you for participating in the first flyinggalindo soap lottery. I’ve already given Matthew and Denise their bars of soap. Erica and Evo…I’ll get yours to you soon.
I’m glad Matt won a bar of soap since he sits outside my office too!
When she is here that is…
And David the soap is wonderful.
I think I may have to make a special accommodation for Bill Brown – his above comment was very “Chuck Norris-esque”!
Although I only had 4 bars of soap for the drawing, I’m going to check out the flyinggalindo soap archives… I think I have a couple from an earlier vintage that he might like.
I don’t know if I should be excited or worried about past vintages.
I think I may have internalized those Chuck Norris Facts. It’s eerie how much they inform many of my statements. To wit:
“My only vices, which I have a hard time calling vices are Diet Mountain Dew, lack of sleep, and being too awesome.”
Do you have any soap that can clean that out?