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Wendy's Soap Recipe

Wendy's BEATNIK POETRY SOAP (Body Poetry)

18 oz oil blend of Calendula/Lavender Infused Oils & Sweet Almond Oil
24 oz Coconut Oil
38 oz Solid Vegetable Oil
32 oz Distilled H20
12 oz Sodium Hydroxide (Lye)
(light green color) 6 oz Olive Oil infused with Kelp & Home-grown Lemongrass (strained)

ADDITIVES:

Powdered Kelp, Calendula,Chamomile, Lemongrass, Marjoram & Sage

ESSENTIAL OIL BLEND (4 OZ)

Lemongrass, Grapefruit, Rosemary, Lavender, Cedarwood & Patchouli

METHOD

First infuse the Calendula, Lavender & Lemongrass/Kelp Oils. Strain with Cheese cloth.

Prepare all Additives, EO's etc, Measure out H20 & Sodium Hydroxide, protect countertop, crack a window to vent & use protective clothing/safety glasses & gloves.

Mix H20/Sodium Hydroxide (Always LYE to H20) Mix well and stick thermometer in it and let it reach 100F in meantime get molds & supplies organized and heat oils on low temp, when Lye & Oil reach 100, Slowly pour Lye into Oil, stirring as you do.

Continue to stir for about 15 minutes then switch to stick blender. Go back & forth with crutch (Large wooden spoon with slots) & stick blender in 15/20 min intervals.

Add Herbs at light trace, continue stirring til it begins to t race. Add EO's, stir and pour into freezer paper lined molds. Cover & Insulate at least 18 hrs, cut & cure.

ISS6 2004 Theme: INSPIRATION

(All Natural, Vegetable Cold Process Soap)

INSPIRATION: The infusion or imparting of an idea, emotion or mental/spiritual influence, Stimulus to creativity in thought or action.

BEATNIK: (First appeared-1958) One who rejects the mores of established society dressing & behaving unconventionally. Indulges in exotic philosophizing & self expression.

AVANT-GARDE: Artists, writers, musicians and the like with new ideas & methods, whose work is innovative, experimental or unconventional. Belonging to the artistically innovative.

Hence, the Beatnik Poetry Soap is born!

In 1974, My father's job transfer ripped me out of the only culture I had know & transplanted me into the soil of the south, so foreign!....& so culturally different... I began writing daily, exposing myself to a whole new concept of coping. Through my interest of poetry & spontaneous prose I accidentally met up with a particular group of "fellaheens" aka "Beatnik Poets" & that's when I began to explore the "Avant-Garde'"........

My new friends...Kerouac, Ginsberg, DiPrima, Rexroth, Snyder, Lamantia, McClure, Whalen, Orvlosky, Cassidy, Welch, Corso, Burroughs & Ferlinghetti introduced me to a renewed INSPIRATION, Eastern Spirituality, & a passion for the arts, literature, & the Avant-garde' each & every time I opened one of their "Pocket Series" books. My first edition of "The Beatitude Anthology" continues to be a source of inspiration for me.

My Beatnik Poetry Soap is a token for those "Beats" that so inspired me to appreciate the "innovative spirit" within..

Funny... how a group of literary outcasts help shape our history. Certainly by changing the form of poetry......

SO!.. run your bath, tap into some jazz, grab a cup of espresso & "HOWL" (*)..... with Bohemian's Beatnik Body Poetry!!!

Bohemian Soap
TEXAS USA

(*)HOWL - By Allen Ginsberg

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Shelley Bordeleau, ISS6 Central Co-ordinator [ www.bordeleausbubbles.com ]
Roger McPherson, Photographs [ M & M Soapworks ]

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