2-in-1 Shampoo Soap and Body Bar

My dad cracks me up. A while ago, I gave him a bar of shampoo soap to try and asked him to let me know his thoughts. This was his email to me after trying it:

PRODUCT REPORT
Field analysis and Test Facility Findings

Product tested:    Shampoo bar

Results: I found the shampoo effective and left my hair squeaky clean (scientific term)

Pros: Product worked well with good results

Cons: It would take a little getting used to shampoo in a bar form.

He makes a great product tester, don’t you think?! He said he really liked the shampoo bar but found it awkward having two different bars of soap in the shower; one for the body and one for the hair. I explained to him that the shampoo bar makes a very nice body bar too, but he didn’t seem sold.

So about a week later, he sends another email…this time he had an epiphany! Well, this was actually his second epiphany, but I won’t get into the first one (it involved renaming the shampoo bar ‘manpoo’) Anyways, my dad says he had this epiphany because he had the shampoo bar as well as another soap in the shower tray and they stuck together and….voila! A 2-in-1 shampoo and body bar!  He says it made more sense to him to have one side of the bar for the hair and the other side for the skin. I actually thought it was an interesting concept too and definitely worth exploring.

Here is the shampoo layer poured: 

And the camo layer, which is my regular soap recipe:

These are the colors I used for the camo soap:

I prepared both bases simultaneously, because I didn’t want the shampoo layer to set up too quickly and not allow me push the dividers in; as it was, there was a little bit of resistance from the bottom layer when I pushed the dividers through both layers. The shampoo soap was poured at a thicker trace (to support the camo layer) and the camo layer was brought to a medium trace, so the colors would blend but not lose their shape (I spooned in the colors).

So here it is, for my dad: 

I added bentonite clay to both layers. I think this would make a nice Father's Day gift, but would also be really cute in a pink camo soap for girls too!

On a side note, I used turbinado (raw) sugar instead of refined sugar in the lye water for the shampoo layer and it worked just fine; however, I only used 1 tsp b/c the raw sugar did change the color of the lye water. 

Thanks for the cool idea Dad!