Solar Sherbet

Remember the sherbet stand on a hot afternoon? This is that, in soap. Pink grapefruit pops first, then berries and guava come in sweet and juicy as it lathers. It’s cheerful and fruity without tipping over into candy.

It’s a plant-based bar, half olive oil, with shea butter, coconut and a little castor for a steady, bubbly lather. Milk takes the place of half the water, a spoonful of sugar helps the bubbles, and silk and kaolin clay add slip. Mica and titanium dioxide give it its color.

Solar Sherbet is a scoop of summer you can take into the shower, any time of year.