{"id":925,"date":"2018-06-24T04:49:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T04:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essn.us\/?p=925"},"modified":"2018-06-24T04:49:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-24T04:49:13","slug":"shampoo-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essn.us\/?p=925","title":{"rendered":"Shampoo bars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Re-purposing used soap is an intriguing hobby of mine. I&#8217;m enjoying do-it-yourself coffee scrub bars. The latest batch, shampoo balls, used glycerin soap, coconut, almond and vanilla &#8216;<em>Dead Sea&#8217;<\/em> bath salt. A bit of tinkering; this turned out better using stove top simmering heat and a portable mixer. Instead of alcohol, I used witch hazel spray. A week later, shampoo balls ready for take off.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1900 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essn.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shamboo-soap-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/>Watching YouTube people and images of soap in magazines inspires. So, I&#8217;m excited to tinker with store bought left-overs for cheap thrills. I&#8217;ve used the blender to chop soap remnants and the microwave to keep it simple. The slow cooker bean pot crock serves the purpose well.<\/p>\n<p>Grandchildren are expected to visit. If I ever get tired of these shampoo balls, we can transform &#8217;em into golf balls. Time will tell. The coffee bar is a lotion bar with oils for the skin. Makes the hands soft and helps remove sticky glue well. subtle cost-free skin bronzer. Oil makes hair shiny so I prefer a fresh brew of coffee oil.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure our grandson appreciates hands-on learning with crayons and finger paint. Perhaps we can brew up a crayon experiment using scented wax. He&#8217;s rough on my favorite ink pens.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1899 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.essn.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/shampoo-balls_1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Re-purposing used soap is an intriguing hobby of mine. I&#8217;m enjoying do-it-yourself coffee scrub bars. The latest batch, shampoo balls, used glycerin soap, coconut, almond and vanilla &#8216;Dead Sea&#8217; bath salt. A bit of tinkering; this turned out better using stove top simmering heat and a portable mixer. Instead of alcohol, I used witch hazel&nbsp;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,19],"tags":[64],"class_list":["post-925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grooming","category-therapies","tag-soap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essn.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}