Strawberry Shea Butter Soap

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INGREDIENTS

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½ pound fresh strawberries

1 teaspoon red mica powder

2 tablespoons isopropyl alcohol

1 pounds shea butter soap base

1 teaspoon strawberry fragrance oil

isopropyl alcohol or butter to coat molding

isopropyl alcohol to spray away bubbles forming on soap

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SPECIAL UTENSILS

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soap mold

spray bottle

microwave

soap slicer (optional)

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Makes 10½ bars, 1″ wide. Takes 3 hours 30 minutes.

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PREPARATION

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Remove stems from strawberries. Puree strawberries and set aside. Add red mica powder and 2 tablespoons isopropyl alcohol to small mixing bowl. Mix with fork until well blended.

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Cut shea butter base into 1″ cubes. Add shea butter base to large glass measuring cups. Melt base in microwave with timer set at 30 seconds. Stir after every time. Add red mica powder/ isopropyl mix and strawberry fragrance oil. Stir with knife until well blended. Let sit for 2 minutes.. (This inhibits strawberry bits from settling to the bottom of the soap mold.) Add pureed strawberry. Mix with knife until well blended.

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Spray silicon mold with isopropyl alcohol or rub with butter. Pour into soap mold. If desired, lightly spray bubbles with isopropyl alcohol to make them disappear. Let soap sit for 3 hours. Use soap slicer to cut soap into slices 1″ wide.

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TIDBITS

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1) What if you need to compete in Olympic weightlifting and then go right away to a fancy dinner where you’re going to propose to your true love? You really don’t want to show up sweaty and stinking. You truly want to shower and scrub yourself all over with Strawberry Shea Butter Soap. You’d be clean and smell like happiness. But what if you don’t have the time for a shower? What to do? May I suggest ditching your cast-iron weights in favor of ones made from Strawberry Shea Butter? The heat generated from you workout will make the strawberry soap melt all over you. You’ll be getting squeaky clean while you compete for the gold.

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– Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.