Thanks to Joanna over at The Soap Bar blog, I am now $35 lighter in the wallet but oh so enticed by this super cool cold process FLOAP soap!FLOAP soap appears to be a traditional cold process soap recipe with a lot of air whipped into it. The bars feel a bit like a light, fluffy marshmallow. It’s odd to pick up a bar of soap that has 4 ounces in volume, only to have it be as light as a feather in your hands.
The soaps all came wrapped in individual gift wrapped paper. It was like Christmas opening all the pretty wrapping. The care taken in wrapping definitely enhanced my FLOAP experience.
The Neapolitan Shaving Soap is a denser bar of soap with light to no whip. It is the only bar that I purchased that may last longer than 2 weeks in the shower. The bar just feels heartier. The layers are crisply done and the scent is strong and sweet.
Cow-Ma-Flage is a marvel of layering and sophistication. It is a gorgeous bar of soap up close. And, it smells delish! Gudonya just came out with another bar that is done in the same design, only with purple and white colors, reminiscent of a purple cow. It’s quite beguiling.
Chocolate Truffle soap is very intriguing upon first inspection. It’s a great idea but in reality, the using of the bar wasn’t as mind boggling cool as the first look at this innovative marvel. In the shower, little bits of the bar kept coming off and the marshmallows mostly ended up in the drain. My husband actually begged me to put another bar in the shower since he was tired of this bar breaking apart. So far, the other bars are staying quite put which is good. The breaking-apart must be an aberration for just this soap type.
Bubble Cola smells like a hot summer day on the playground, right after someone has spilled their pop! It’s a fun smell that kids will appreciate.
The soaps all came wrapped in individual gift wrapped paper. It was like Christmas opening all the pretty wrapping. The care taken in wrapping definitely enhanced my FLOAP experience.
Each bar seemed more pretty than the last. The green soap above is Peony Paradise. While not my most favorite scent, the soap is an artist marvel. The green is a shockingly bright green.
The Neapolitan Shaving Soap is a denser bar of soap with light to no whip. It is the only bar that I purchased that may last longer than 2 weeks in the shower. The bar just feels heartier. The layers are crisply done and the scent is strong and sweet.
Cow-Ma-Flage is a marvel of layering and sophistication. It is a gorgeous bar of soap up close. And, it smells delish! Gudonya just came out with another bar that is done in the same design, only with purple and white colors, reminiscent of a purple cow. It’s quite beguiling.
Chocolate Truffle soap is very intriguing upon first inspection. It’s a great idea but in reality, the using of the bar wasn’t as mind boggling cool as the first look at this innovative marvel. In the shower, little bits of the bar kept coming off and the marshmallows mostly ended up in the drain. My husband actually begged me to put another bar in the shower since he was tired of this bar breaking apart. So far, the other bars are staying quite put which is good. The breaking-apart must be an aberration for just this soap type.
Bubble Cola smells like a hot summer day on the playground, right after someone has spilled their pop! It’s a fun smell that kids will appreciate.
Overall, this was a wonderful present! Of course, I bought this present myself but it still felt like a present with all the bars wrapped individually. The soap is light, airy and fluffy, like nothing I’ve felt or touched before. I am trying not to get obsessed about figuring out the secret of their light, fluffy, cold process floating bars.
Hi Linda –
Sorry, my tongue was firmly in cheek when I used the term “rampant.” I do normally stick with easier, beginner’s type recipes on the blog because of safety considerations but I agree that CP is totally easy and fun to make if you have enough common sense. My first soap batches were also CP – I moved onto MP after I had learned CP =)
A-M
Rampant use of lye? UH? This is the great soap to make, and if you’ve never made it, then I’d watch my words. Advanced for some of your blog readers? This is the first soaps I made. This soap is the creation of Nizzy in Oz. Children love this soap since it floats. I’ve not had a problem with rampant lye flying here or there when making this soap. It only takes common sense just as in making CP soaps. Linda in Mobile, Alabama
Hubby does like the other bars more! Thanks for checking.
A FLOAP tutorial on Soap Queen, eh? That might be a bit advanced for some of our readers. I’ve tried to stay away from advocating rampant use of lye without proper research and safety precautions.
But, I’ll admit that I’m intrigued about this soap as well …
Thanks for the link.
http://nizzymoulds.com/Whipped/index.htm – The original creator of the technique
http://candleandsoap.about.com/od/coldprocesssoapmaking/ss/whippedsoap.htm – great tutorial.
I tried this (and flubbed) twice. Nothing wrong with the technique though. If you use a hard oil (like palm kernel or cocoa butter) melt them down completely and then whip them like crazy as they start to cool. I didn’t and ended up with unsaponified PKO lumps throughout my bars…and since the PKO didn’t saponify, the rest of the bar was lye heavy.
I’m so looking forward to trying it again now that I know my downfall!
They are so beautiful!! It sounds like your Razz soap disintegrated a bit like mine did. I will have to get back to them and buy some of these soaps for gifts this year. Quite the unusual find!
Did hubby like the other bars at all??