Shaving Soap Recipe

SoapSap · May 27, 2017

I have never attempted making shaving soap. But now that I have a request from both my husband and nephew, I would like to surprise them with some for Christmas.

I have not found any formulas or reviews of formulas on the internet that I am confident about.

Can anyone direct me to a good recipe for a first time shaving soap that I will be proud to gift to these special fellows?

Thank you in advance for your help.

MySoapyHeart · May 27, 2017

Have you seen this? http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=34264

It is the go-to thread for everyone who are looking into shaving soap. It has a few recipes in there too, along with lots of valuable advice.

If you haven`t read it yet I highly recommend it, even if it is a huge thread it is totally worth the read!

IrishLass · May 27, 2017

Also, here is LBussy's shave soap tutorial: http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=53981&highlight=make

And there's also this shaving soap thread (another long one, but so worth it): http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=47002&highlight=NaOH

IrishLass

psfred · May 28, 2017

Shaving soap needs two things to work well:

50% or more stearic plus palmitic acids in the fatty acid profile

50% or more KOH in the lye.

My personal recipe is:

50% stearic acid (which is probably a mix of stearic and palmitic acid)
20% Coconut oil
20% Lard
5% cocoa butter
5% Shea butter

5% super fat

glycerine at 5% of oil weight

60/40 KOH/NaOH lye.

Plan to hot process if you use isolated stearic acid, it will sopanify on contact with the lye. Reserve half the weight of the butters and add after the cook as superfat.

Mine was made with full water, so it's quite soft. I don't like much scent in shaving soap, so I add only about a gram (or less) ppo.

This soap lathers very easily, lather will dry before it collapses, gives me wonderfully close and comfortable shaves, and is completely non-drying for me.

The Efficacious Gentleman · May 28, 2017

Psfed, have you also read that songwind thread? It's quite interesting

psfred · May 28, 2017

Yes, I have. Also Lee Bussey's tutorial, and this recipe is loosely based on his. Will be making some 100 gr test batches this weekend using castor oil and soy wax to see how those work.

This is a great site, lots of helpful people and a ton of good information!

Peter

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