So: each new year I make my mug that lasts all year. I have a big Java mug that I use. This year it’s 4 sticks of Arko arranged in a log cabin- and 4 layered melted glycerine pucks. You can use all the same type or layer it.
This is 4 sticks of Arko- which plays swimmingly with glycerine and makes a hell of a lather, the type you’d get if you added a cream to the mix. The lather is superior and all it is is cheapo Arko and cheapo grocery store glycerin or colonel conk- or whatever you like.
By spring, I should have worked through the bay rum layer- and begin seeing the lime layer- while will give me a bay rum and lime mix for a while- which will later yield a lime and VDH luxury mix by summer, then a VDH luxury / colonel conk almond mix by fall- etc.
I let each layer cool- and it lasts all year. Awesome way to Chuck in 7 or 8 soaps at once- and it’s like a candy that changes flavor as you go. Or you can pick a favorite and go with that. It’s what I do. Back in the day I’d use 2 pucks of Williams *sniff* and stack them in the mug & melt VDH 4 pucks- and pour it in. Sometimes I’d have to add a puck of glycerine as I went to even it out-
So- does anyone else do this? This may anger the clergy among the purists- I’d never do this with tabac, lol- but yeah- it’s my year-long mug. I photographed after the bottom two sticks were submerged because I thought- ah hell, this could be a fun one on B&B & give me an excuse to post. Anyhow- happy new year!!!
This is 4 sticks of Arko- which plays swimmingly with glycerine and makes a hell of a lather, the type you’d get if you added a cream to the mix. The lather is superior and all it is is cheapo Arko and cheapo grocery store glycerin or colonel conk- or whatever you like.
By spring, I should have worked through the bay rum layer- and begin seeing the lime layer- while will give me a bay rum and lime mix for a while- which will later yield a lime and VDH luxury mix by summer, then a VDH luxury / colonel conk almond mix by fall- etc.
I let each layer cool- and it lasts all year. Awesome way to Chuck in 7 or 8 soaps at once- and it’s like a candy that changes flavor as you go. Or you can pick a favorite and go with that. It’s what I do. Back in the day I’d use 2 pucks of Williams *sniff* and stack them in the mug & melt VDH 4 pucks- and pour it in. Sometimes I’d have to add a puck of glycerine as I went to even it out-
So- does anyone else do this? This may anger the clergy among the purists- I’d never do this with tabac, lol- but yeah- it’s my year-long mug. I photographed after the bottom two sticks were submerged because I thought- ah hell, this could be a fun one on B&B & give me an excuse to post. Anyhow- happy new year!!!