I Adore Hazelnut Coffee!

 *waves* Good to see y'all again!
A few of my readers know how much I love hazelnut decaf coffee, so what did I do but make some soap with it! lol I had originally planned to do a cucumber soap, but I had gotten this new hazelnut coffee blend and the other day while enjoying a cup I thought to myself "I bet this would be divine in some soap." So the wheels started churning. I only had a little bit of Palm Oil left so I went on ahead and formulated a new recipe. There are two parts to this batch..here's the first one. (this post is heavy with pictures so please give it time to load.)

Lye and Coffee mixture :))

After adding the lye to the oils.

In the small mold. It didn't take me long to do this batch because I mainly wanted to use scraps of it as decoration on the loaf that I made.

After it hardened it was alot lighter than I expected it to be. I had thought it would stay the same color.

So shortly after grating it I began making the loaf. Yayyy for more pictures! LoL!

I not only used coffee but goats milk as well to do a coffee with cream sort of thing.

Pour time!! Right at trace I added coffee grounds and added just a small amount of dark colorant. I then added a dark layer over this to separate it from the top. I didn't get a chance to take a picture of it..sowwies.

I had separated the soap batter into 3 parts and did what looked similar to a whipped topping.

Spreading it out

I took the shaved soap and topped it over the "whipped topping"

I then drizzled the dark soap batter over the shavings. I expected it to look like a dark chocolate but it didn't come out that way.

After unmolding it today.

First cut

Can you see the dark layer separating the bottom from the whipped topping layer?

Close up look

Top view. Yup I cut these thicker than I normally do. :)

While I was disappointed that the drizzle didn't really look chocolately I was pleased with the overall results. Fyi: For those who aren't aware, coffee soap is a good kitchen soap. Not only does it exfoliate, but removes hard to remove scents from your hands, such as garlic, or fish etc. It is very handy to have around. I am looking forward to trying this soap and sampling it out when cure time is done. The scent is wonderful by the way, and I used no fragrance oils with this. We'll see how it looks and smells in a few weeks. :)
Suds & Bubbles,
Soapy