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Hey folks, Was making a test batch of my shave soap(hot process) to try out a new scent combination. I was supposed to add a total of 8 gms of Patchouli EO to my fragrance mixture, but towards the end of the cook, after adding the super fat and the additional glycerin, I realized that I only...

My shaving soap recipe is as follows: 42% Stearic Acid 25% Coconut Oil 25% Cocoa Butter 8% Avocado Oil 70/30 KOH/NaOH 15% Vegetable Glycerin 5% Super Fat (Shea butter) 1 tsp ppo Sodium Lactate 5-8% FO based on the FO I am using The soap produces amazing lather that is creamy and stable and I...

DISCLAIMER: SMF is not responsible for any sale, trade, co-op, pre-buy, fast buy, garage sale, ad or other transactions between members. All parties enter into transactions at their own will/risk. All, My wife and are moving from one coast to the other. I ordered a few FOs recently and there...

All, I am thinking of introducing a pre-shave soap bar to my line of products. Pre-shave bars can be used to clean the face before shaving(duh!!) or sometimes even as a gentle face wash. A good pre-shave bar needs to produce an extremely slick lather to help with razor glide, needs to be gentle...

Hey folks, I am working on releasing new scents for my shaving soaps and tried using an FO that is rated at 16.8% max. usage rate. Most FOs I use are in the 5-7% range, so I was surprised to see this high a number. Anyways, I tried making 3 test batches with this FO with 7%, 12% and 15% FO...

I have been soaping HP and adding 3.5% FOs post cook. I prefer my shaving soaps to be mildly scented but most of my customers prefer a strongly scented soap. Given this, I increased the FO % to the maximum allowable %, but I still think that the scent is mild in some of my soaps. They smell fine...

I have been adding FOs/NFOs/EOs directly to aftershaves thus far and the results seem to be ok thus far. My aftershaves do have some alcohol and little bit of olive oil in them. One of the things I have been noticing is separation of the oils(olive + FO). Is it worth adding products like this...

Hey experts, Relative newbie here, been making soap for a little over a year now and had my first soap making "issue". For some context, my shave soap recipe has 4 major ingredients and I use the HP method for my shaving soaps due to the high stearic acid content. Here is what happened - I...

Hey folks, I had a quick question about colloidal oatmeal. I add glycerin at 15% after my HP cook and my overall Stearic+Palmitic content is at 54%, I am considering adding colloidal oatmeal for additional slip. Context - I used my Nutribullet to grind rolled oats and sifted them through my...

All, I am trying my hands at making men's shaving soap and would really appreciate if the experienced soapers can help me tweak it to my liking. Here is my current recipe: Stearic Acid 50% Coconut Oil 30% Shea Butter 10% Castor Oil 10% I use a 80/20 KOH/NaOH ratio for my lye. This is a HP...

Hey everybody, So I ordered some samples from Online Labels (matte and glossy) to try with my HP Inkjet printer. After a few tries, I got a good print on my matte labels. I tried the same with glossy labels and they came out very clear and the labels look really nice. BUT, I noticed that the...

All, I am planning on selling men's shaving soap this summer. I have been trying to make sense of the labelling requirements for shaving soaps. I will be labelling my shaving soaps as cosmetics. My question to all the experienced soapers out there is as follows - Is it necessary to list the...

All, I am a new soap maker and am thinking of selling men's shaving soaps. I finally have a recipe that I really like and have been shaving with it for some time(unscented). I am really struggling with finding the right scent/EO blends. I recently tried adding some EO's to my next batch and...

Hey everyone, I have decided to pick up soap making as my new hobby and am already loving it thus far! Just thought of saying Hi :-)