silvercb67
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I want to make a fluffy shaving soap with kaolin clay & almond oil. Anyone know of a recipe?
"... I wasn't meaning actual soap but rather a shaving cream type..."
I'm not sure what you mean. Are you wanting to say that you don't want to make ~bar~ shaving soap, you want to make ~cream~ shaving soap? If so, look at soap made with potassium hydroxide (KOH) rather than sodium hydroxide (NaOH). It's still soap regardless of the lye used.
What Lindy said applies to shaving cream as well as shaving bars. Pretty shaving soap is not necessarily good shaving soap. Search for Songwind's very long shaving soap thread on SMF. It has a LOT more information on shaving soap in general and KOH soap in particular. There's another by Jaime about her "shaving soap mash up" that is a good read. And look for posts and threads by Fat Faced Charlie and Mark the Box Guy.
I will also add that the "shaving soap" recipe on Soap Making Resource is an example of a nice bath soap with added clay. It does not remotely have enough stearic acid to make a truly fine shave soap, meaning a soap that gives a close shave without irritation whether it's used by girls or guys. I mean no disrespect to the recipe designer -- I'm betting he/she hasn't really studied the subject much and just doesn't know.
But probably sub out something for the palm oil, not sure. I dont know if kaolin clay and bentonite are interchangeable?
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