Soap Archives - PlayJunkie PlayJunkie Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:23:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 From Cooking to Washing: Jared Simons Acquired the Science of Soap https://playjunkie.com/from-cooking-to-washing-jared-simons-acquired-the-science-of-soap/ Sat, 28 Mar 2020 06:01:00 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=37529 Jared Simons describes himself as a humble soapmaker. After working as a chef and cooking professionally for over 20 years, he came to soap as an additional creative outlet. According to his website, years of experience sourcing ingredients in the kitchen led him to the finest natural and sustainable oils. Batch by batch he began to perfect […]

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Jared Simons describes himself as a humble soapmaker. After working as a chef and cooking professionally for over 20 years, he came to soap as an additional creative outlet. According to his website, years of experience sourcing ingredients in the kitchen led him to the finest natural and sustainable oils. Batch by batch he began to perfect his recipe. 

It all culminated in Whitechapel Soap — a handcrafted soap brand based in Los Angeles, California. “I was fascinated by the movie Fight Club and I really wanted to make bar soap,” Simons further relayed in an interview with Matter of Hand. “I find it to be all-purpose.”

The soap is made by Simons himself in small batches using the cold process soap method. Each batch is hand-mixed, poured, and cut. The bars are then left to cure for four weeks. “I think there’s something unique about it, because for me everything is handmade, hand-cut, and hand-finished,” notes Simons. “I actually finish each bar with a boot brush to kind of knock off the rough edge and give it a tumbled look. So each bar has a little character.”

According to Simons, both cooking and soap making rely on science. “If you don’t understand what’s happening when you’re cooking, it’s never going to make sense,” he says. “With that, the cooking translates to the soapmaking. I wasn’t that interested in chemistry, I just needed to understand what was going on so I spent a lot of time just looking on the internet.”

His ingredients include water, sodium hydroxide, olive oil, coconut oil, and shea butter. Take a look at some of his collection:

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Artist Uses Soap Jars Instead of Plastic Packaging https://playjunkie.com/artist-uses-soap-jars-instead-of-plastic-packaging/ Tue, 10 Dec 2019 06:00:17 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=31423 Do you ever think about the amount of plastic you throw away after you’re done with regular hygiene products? Shampoo, shower gel, deodorant, and similar products you use for daily hygiene often come in plastic containers that you simply discard when they’re empty. But all that plastic ends up polluting our planet for thousands of […]

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Do you ever think about the amount of plastic you throw away after you’re done with regular hygiene products? Shampoo, shower gel, deodorant, and similar products you use for daily hygiene often come in plastic containers that you simply discard when they’re empty. But all that plastic ends up polluting our planet for thousands of years to come, so many people have started asking the question: is it worth it?

Mi Zhou is one of them. He’s enrolled in the Master’s degree program of Central Saint Martins Material Futures and he came up with a creative idea to change the plastic toiletry containers into usable products. He makes jars and bottles using soap and his idea is that they can be used just like the plastic ones.

Would you buy something like this if it was available in the stores?

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Check Out The Most Hilarious Soaps Ever https://playjunkie.com/check-out-the-most-hilarious-soaps-ever/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:00:43 +0000 https://playjunkie.wpengine.com/?p=827 There should be a soap for everything, including writer’s block and morning people! Whiskey River Soap Co is a company that understands this and makes products people can actually relate to. Their products are perfect as gifts too, if you want to specifically address your weird teacher, creepy uncle, or crazy ex. One thing is sure […]

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There should be a soap for everything, including writer’s block and morning people!

Whiskey River Soap Co is a company that understands this and makes products people can actually relate to. Their products are perfect as gifts too, if you want to specifically address your weird teacher, creepy uncle, or crazy ex.

One thing is sure – the hilarious packages will make you laugh. Scroll and enjoy.

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Ready to ship! #whiskeyriversoap #reorders #soap

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ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Soap Archives - PlayJunkie PlayJunkie Tue, 24 Mar 2020 12:23:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 From Cooking to Washing: Jared Simons Acquired the Science of Soap https://playjunkie.com/from-cooking-to-washing-jared-simons-acquired-the-science-of-soap/ Sat, 28 Mar 2020 06:01:00 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=37529 Jared Simons describes himself as a humble soapmaker. After working as a chef and cooking professionally for over 20 years, he came to soap as an additional creative outlet. According to his website, years of experience sourcing ingredients in the kitchen led him to the finest natural and sustainable oils. Batch by batch he began to perfect […]

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Jared Simons describes himself as a humble soapmaker. After working as a chef and cooking professionally for over 20 years, he came to soap as an additional creative outlet. According to his website, years of experience sourcing ingredients in the kitchen led him to the finest natural and sustainable oils. Batch by batch he began to perfect his recipe. 

It all culminated in Whitechapel Soap — a handcrafted soap brand based in Los Angeles, California. “I was fascinated by the movie Fight Club and I really wanted to make bar soap,” Simons further relayed in an interview with Matter of Hand. “I find it to be all-purpose.”

The soap is made by Simons himself in small batches using the cold process soap method. Each batch is hand-mixed, poured, and cut. The bars are then left to cure for four weeks. “I think there’s something unique about it, because for me everything is handmade, hand-cut, and hand-finished,” notes Simons. “I actually finish each bar with a boot brush to kind of knock off the rough edge and give it a tumbled look. So each bar has a little character.”

According to Simons, both cooking and soap making rely on science. “If you don’t understand what’s happening when you’re cooking, it’s never going to make sense,” he says. “With that, the cooking translates to the soapmaking. I wasn’t that interested in chemistry, I just needed to understand what was going on so I spent a lot of time just looking on the internet.”

His ingredients include water, sodium hydroxide, olive oil, coconut oil, and shea butter. Take a look at some of his collection:

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Artist Uses Soap Jars Instead of Plastic Packaging https://playjunkie.com/artist-uses-soap-jars-instead-of-plastic-packaging/ Tue, 10 Dec 2019 06:00:17 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=31423 Do you ever think about the amount of plastic you throw away after you’re done with regular hygiene products? Shampoo, shower gel, deodorant, and similar products you use for daily hygiene often come in plastic containers that you simply discard when they’re empty. But all that plastic ends up polluting our planet for thousands of […]

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Do you ever think about the amount of plastic you throw away after you’re done with regular hygiene products? Shampoo, shower gel, deodorant, and similar products you use for daily hygiene often come in plastic containers that you simply discard when they’re empty. But all that plastic ends up polluting our planet for thousands of years to come, so many people have started asking the question: is it worth it?

Mi Zhou is one of them. He’s enrolled in the Master’s degree program of Central Saint Martins Material Futures and he came up with a creative idea to change the plastic toiletry containers into usable products. He makes jars and bottles using soap and his idea is that they can be used just like the plastic ones.

Would you buy something like this if it was available in the stores?

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Check Out The Most Hilarious Soaps Ever https://playjunkie.com/check-out-the-most-hilarious-soaps-ever/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 17:00:43 +0000 https://playjunkie.wpengine.com/?p=827 There should be a soap for everything, including writer’s block and morning people! Whiskey River Soap Co is a company that understands this and makes products people can actually relate to. Their products are perfect as gifts too, if you want to specifically address your weird teacher, creepy uncle, or crazy ex. One thing is sure […]

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There should be a soap for everything, including writer’s block and morning people!

Whiskey River Soap Co is a company that understands this and makes products people can actually relate to. Their products are perfect as gifts too, if you want to specifically address your weird teacher, creepy uncle, or crazy ex.

One thing is sure – the hilarious packages will make you laugh. Scroll and enjoy.

View this post on Instagram

Ready to ship! #whiskeyriversoap #reorders #soap

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