Deda said:
SudsyKat said:
Deda said:
Ian, I get shivers when I see soapmaker...
looks like a good recipe!
Deda - how come you get shivers???
It's such a great program.
lol shivers of loooooove
I am absolutely in love with this program, as you can see I havent really input prices etc because im scared to see what I spend on this stuff in the testing phase lol, I figure Ill really take care of the inventory side of the program once I do decide to start selling stuff (not talking about shave soap at this point...those are just for me
, just the cp stuff Ive been doing since I started here)
Howdy Ian,
I saw the cross post to B&B. I've been experimenting with cream shaving soaps for about a year now. I know people love olive oil in soap over here, but the wetshavers aren't so enamored with it. I'ld ditch it. I'ld maybe cut down on the Shea butter, and cocoa butter and add a bit of stearic acid. You can just nuke it to melt it. Unless you want a soft soap I wouldn't add any KOH. If you want a cream go 75 to 95% KOH. I use Kaolin clay in my creams. It not only helps the slick, but I think it holds the FO's and EO's better as well. What does the sugar and silk do for it?? The rest of the recipe looks great.
Yeah its so crazy, I found that place on google... went over, registered, gathered so much info, bought my first razor, blades, the works... and I found out a few members here post etc lol i was like waaaaaooooahh small world! lol!!! crazy stuff!!!
thanks for the advice!! I figure its a heavy oil, like not a saturated heavy but mass-wise, and the unsaps mean it probably would screw with the lather because itd be heavier, less likely to fluff... is that what it does??? just my postulation... lol
as far as the sugar and silk, I just thought maybe for an extra bit of lather (sugar) and the silk because of the amino acids/proteins it adds... not sure how much actually makes it through the lye monster but ive heard it sworn by for CP soaps, so i figure ill give it a try (i figure im going to add it to a recipe i know first to see if i notice any differences ... then decide yae/nae on using it)
ive never worked with silk before so it should be interesting lol... i think its added to the lye solution...
Im kind of excited to try it !
alright im going to mess with the recipe and will post the update soon, and when i get around to making it ill be sure to post