{"id":6656,"date":"2011-08-12T20:43:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T02:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/?p=6656"},"modified":"2017-09-25T09:59:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T15:59:10","slug":"the-great-shampoo-bar-exchange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatcakessoapworks.com\/handmade-soap-blog\/index.php\/the-great-shampoo-bar-exchange\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Shampoo Bar Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am participating in a shampoo bar exchange with three other soapmakers:
\nMichele of Tierre Verde Soaps in Texas
\nBecky of Heirloom Soapworks in Illinois, and
\nJennifer of Naturalmente Mediterraneo<\/a> in Spain<\/p>\n

Jennifer instigated this exchange at the beginning of the summer when several of us were trying out shampoo bars for the first time. The goal is to compare recipes and experiences and come up with the best possible shampoo bar. I was the first one to send out my package, so my shampoo bar is the first one to be reviewed. I sent the Original Opus recipe<\/a>, plus one more “modified” Opus bar which I hadn’t tried myself when I sent it (now that I’ve tried it, I don’t like it as well as the original, so the original is the one that has been reviewed).<\/p>\n

The other soapmakers have all shared their insights with me, both the good and the bad. Becky & I both have soft water and similar hair types, but Michele and Jennifer have both had issues with this soap. The shampoo bars they have formulated for themselves seem to work well for their hair, so now the task is to figure out if there is a way to make “one shampoo bar fits all”, or accept the fact that there are too many competing factors. <\/p>\n

We are putting our heads together on this, but welcome your input as well if you have any!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am participating in a shampoo bar exchange with three other soapmakers: Michele of Tierre Verde Soaps in Texas Becky of Heirloom Soapworks in Illinois, and Jennifer of Naturalmente Mediterraneo in Spain Jennifer instigated this exchange at the beginning of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[601],"tags":[639],"class_list":["post-6656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shampoo-bars","tag-shampoo-bar-review"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t