claudep
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Hello,
I have been making soap for a couple of months, some whipped shea butter, shaving soap, and aftershave is coming soon. I have read 10+ books, about 200 articles and countless threads on soapmaking. Read a number of book on perfume creation, lotion making, etc.
I have a passion for making things. I built my coffee roaster last year, and now am and expert roaster. Roast for friends and family. Even learned programming and arduino to fine tune the roasting process. I build an electric bike 4 years ago, and it is now still running smooth at 5000 km. I also collect fountain pen, where i leanred to repair and resell pens.
From studies, i am a lawyer and biochemist. Spent 4 years in labs doing scientific experiment, from cloning gene, to grow bacteria for development of a vaccine.
Soap making/ and cosmetic making is a way to reunite with my passion for creating and my scientific background. I hav e upwards of 70 pounds of soap all in great shape except for three. Coffee odor, which smells like leather, amber and sandalwood which had just too much fragrance, and my latest salt soap which crumbled (to be expected from a new recipe). All my recipe were custom made and I am learning what I like from a soap from the cleaning factor to bubbles and hydration.
I am having a blast doing two soap/cosmetic night per week.
I am happy to be part of this great community!
Cheers
Claude
I have been making soap for a couple of months, some whipped shea butter, shaving soap, and aftershave is coming soon. I have read 10+ books, about 200 articles and countless threads on soapmaking. Read a number of book on perfume creation, lotion making, etc.
I have a passion for making things. I built my coffee roaster last year, and now am and expert roaster. Roast for friends and family. Even learned programming and arduino to fine tune the roasting process. I build an electric bike 4 years ago, and it is now still running smooth at 5000 km. I also collect fountain pen, where i leanred to repair and resell pens.
From studies, i am a lawyer and biochemist. Spent 4 years in labs doing scientific experiment, from cloning gene, to grow bacteria for development of a vaccine.
Soap making/ and cosmetic making is a way to reunite with my passion for creating and my scientific background. I hav e upwards of 70 pounds of soap all in great shape except for three. Coffee odor, which smells like leather, amber and sandalwood which had just too much fragrance, and my latest salt soap which crumbled (to be expected from a new recipe). All my recipe were custom made and I am learning what I like from a soap from the cleaning factor to bubbles and hydration.
I am having a blast doing two soap/cosmetic night per week.
I am happy to be part of this great community!
Cheers
Claude