First (shaving) soap recipe

[Chrisje]

Hi,

This is my first soap recipe that I made and I would like to use it as a shaving soap. But before gettign started I would like your opinion on the recipe as I am still very very new to all of this.

Thank you
Chrisje

super fat: 5 %
Lye Concentration: 27 %
11 % Cacaobutter: 30 gram
4 % Avocado oil: 11 gram
21 % Coconut oil, 76 deg : 60 gram
8 % Castor oil: 22 gram
47 % Olijfolie [Sodium Olivate ] : 133 gram
4 % Almond oil sweet : 11 gram
5 % Grapeseed oil: 14 gram
NaOH: 38 gram
Water: 103 gram ( perhaps 40% of it being aloe vera juice )

I would like to include the following to this recipe:

1/2 - 1 tblsp Kaolin
1 tsp Vitamin E
Geranium essential oil

1 more question could you substitute water for rosewater and will it keep it's fragrance?

Thank you
Chrisje

 

[The Efficacious Gentleman]

Hi

It looks like a fairly good bath bar recipe, but I'm afraid that it doesn't look like a shaving soap in any way I'm wondering where you got the ideas from for this one.

There are some really good shaving soap threads in the main CP section that would be worth a read - look for 'shaving soap - want to make it' for a great 101

 

[Chrisje]

Thank you for your reply.

I got teh recipe idea from this site: http://www.otionsoap.com/blog/2012/05/26/fathers-day-palm-free-shaving-soap/

And changed it a little.

Thank you will have a look in the other threads

 

[LBussy]

That's what we call "take a good bar of soap, throw some dirt in it, and call it a poor shaving soap."

 

[Sapwn]

I agree with the above. Not a shaving soap at all.