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I also tried coffee in the soap, smell did not survive the saponification. Added Coffee fragrance was horrific. 4 pounds of soap in the trash....

DeeAnna, i thought the article was great, but to understand what it means, one has to look at how it was tested. I am truly grateful, has i had not seen it. Will sure help creating better formulation.

New12soap, i like the critic on the design if the study. Often much harder to find study flaw in interpretation of the results!

My pleasure Lindy. You could always create a simplified design for stamping. Have you considered all the intended use for the logo? Sticker for product, ink stamp, watermark for picture, website etc. Is the background invisible? You may want to have an invisible background to allow the...

A fresh shaved face enter the realm of xompromised skin to me. If it was simply a moisturizer maybe, but with DeeAnna good article, i would really think hard on using lanolin

I love the logo. Nice classy feel to it. Are you going to make a soap stamp or other use of the logo? If so, you have to comsider if the fine details will work when stamping.

Wow, my kickstarter campaign for a shaving brush including shaving soap is at 40 hours of the end. 81% funded, but most pledge are for the brush +/- soap. I think there is a good chance it will succeed and boost commercialisations plans.

Do you mean EDTA, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. Its a ion chelator, i.e. Bind the salt in the water to have less free salt interacting with soap.

Also lotion making here i come! New balance 0.01g resolution.. Small batches wont be compounding a +/- 1g. For small batches were 2-3g were needed this will ensure good repeatability!

todaya new book! I hope to learn some from this book. Many chapters seems to be basic chemistry...pretty good in chemistry after my biochem bachelor. Hopefully the others will be golden :).

Well, sf should inhibit lather. Since lather is what is sought in a shaving soap, i wouldn't add much. Also, if there is more oil in the lather, it will kore likely be harder to rince off the razor and could clogg the head. I did my take on this receipe, and wouldn't change it.

Efficacious, i came to the same conclusion before making this soap. If they use full 38% water, it has to be at least 62% stearic, 38% CO to have CO = water and comply with the order in their ingredient list. In the alternative, they could use more than 38% water and cook longer.

Pine tar 4% 4 pounds loaf, 17 cupcakes of himalayan salt soap, and a botched 72% double recipe. First time doing a double recipe, live and learn, scaling is not a given. Cheers

Trout, have you melted the stearic acid in a double boiler? You don't add the solid stearic acid to the mix. The melting temperature of stearic acid is higher than most oil. I also highly encourage to use Deanna two step process. Mix coconut oil and potassium lye, emulsify. After coconut oil...

Thank you for the welcome :)

I am looking more a hosted cart such has shopify or bigcommerce. I never heard of weebly before seing this thread. However, i have a blog running off wordpress. Start making brand awareness, start creating links and traffic.

Did you contact the company? Being a lawyer, this is always my first advice for friend and family. Ask to talk to their director, president or communications team. If they say its your recipe or copied it from you, you can always ask if they can remove the post. If they persist, you can...

Started a Kickstarter project. The Luxurious Shaving Brush Project. If you want to visit my project here is the link. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1568607971/the-luxurious-shaving-brush-project

Wow! Thank for sharing. Will probably show it to the kids tomorrow. Cheers

I don't like the powdery smell around that store. I go to sneezing repeatedly when approchaing. My wife like their almond scented soap, but just for the smell, she would just keep it for years in a drawer to smell it. Quality is meh. And most of their smell are terrible. It used to be eco...