I know what Castile soap is as well as Bastile, but what do you name all the others? or is it needed at all? I made this soap the other day. Its 50% lard,25% OO,15% Cocoanut oil, and 10 % caster oil. What kind of soap would one call this?
I know what Castile soap is as well as Bastile, but what do you name all the others? or is it needed at all? I made this soap the other day. Its 50% lard,25% OO,15% Cocoanut oil, and 10 % caster oil. What kind of soap would one call this?
You can name it whatever you desire. The only soap that has an 'official' name (as far as I know) is Castile soap. The term, 'Bastile' that you mentioned was actually a Dish forum member's tongue-in-cheek nickname for their handmade Castile-type soap. Everyone loved the nickname and it wasn't long before everyone else throughout soapdom started using it, but it's not a legally recognized name like Castile is or anything like that.
I'm kinda boring- I just call my own soap 'Handmade Olive Oil Soap', or 'Handmade Tallow/Lard Soap', or 'Handmade Salt Soap', etc., depending on the predominant ingredients in the soap.
IrishLass
Truth!Naming by locale sounds cool, although I'm thinking that some names probably wouldn't get used. I'd be unlikely to use a soap named "Newark," for instance, having been there several times.
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