Recent content by detroitreds

Hi all, I have been playing with different recipes on a shaving soap. I finally have one that I find is great. The end result is a moisturized face feeling that lasts, but it comes at the price of having tightening skin. I'm unfortunately one of those who went with ingredients that I knew would...

I apologize. By force of habit, I clicked on post instead of cancelling. I meant to add more details. I'm on the road this week, but I'm pretty sure the ingredients are: Stearic Acid, Beef Tallow, Coconut Oil, Castor Oil, Shea Butter, Almond Oil, Jojoba Oil, Lanolin and Glycerin (not in order of...

I'm not sure if there's a section for this particular topic, but I've manage to formulate a decent shaving soap. It has a creamy, sustainable, easy to whip up lather. I also have glide and a great post-shave feel. However, I'm lacking in cushion. To attain cushion, would you focus getting the...

Hopefully I don't offend the fellow members here, but I'm hesitant on posting my recipe. It may "some day" become some sort of income generator. I understand that it may be hard to diagnose an issue that you can't fully see. I thought maybe that not having trace means too many oils, for...

About 4 weeks ago, I attempted a new recipe that contains both NaOH and KOH. I ran the recipe though Soap Maker. After 15-20 minutes, the batch wasn't even close to the trace I experienced during other recipes (one of which was 66%KOH and 34% NaOH). This time I decided to go higher on KOH...

I tried Bentonite clay and 10% glycerine as well. judymoody, do you find that your bubbly is too high? One of my issues is that I feel that my bubbly is too low. I can't seem to bowl lather with it, and I think it's do to with it being too much cream and not enough bubbles. Face lather is ok...

Hi, I'm looking at making a great shaving soap. I've got an ok recipe, but it lacks some slickness. I'm wondering if anyone would be willing to share their fatty acids numbers so that I can compare where I can improve. I only ask that you post if you believe you've got a great shaving soap...

Just noticed that I'm in the cold process forum. Sorry.

I thought that I could add raw stearic acid during the saponification process (hot processed). Maybe I'm getting a little ahead of myself. Thanks for your advice.

Hi, how would you rate this recipe for a shaving soap? I haven't made it yet, but wanted to see if some tweaks could be made beforehand. I've hidden the ingredients, but the property values are all there. http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/4281/recipe.jpg Thanks

Thanks for the advice. Are there any free calculators (that are considered good) where you can add both KOH and NaOH?

Hi, I'm looking for the best threads or forums/web sites on making shaving soaps. Thanks