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    Essential Oils vs. Fruit Extracts

    Hi. Quick question to anyone and everyone: Are essential oils the same as fruit extracts? In more context, the ingrediants on the back of shaving soaps/creams list certain products. Examples: citrus aurantium dulcis peel extract, or citrus medica limonum peel extract. Are these fruit...
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    Adding Sugar + Shaving Soaps

    Hi, A friend and I have been experimenting with soaps for a couple of months now. However, we keep running into the problem of poor lather. We added stearic acid, which has helped quite a bit. But with our current recipes (trying to obtain a sweet moisturizing and slick soap), the lather...
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    Hydroxide Issues + Shaving Cream Recipes

    Hi everyone, New to the soap making process (4 batches in). Making the following recipe with both KOH and NaOH: 5% Avacado Oil 5% Coconut Oil 10% Castor Oil 30% Palm Oil 50% Stearic Acid I tried a similar recipe last go round, but I keep getting too base (purple colour on the pH...
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