Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Shave Soap

Found this about.com from David Fisher.

40% Olive oil - stable lather and good skin conditioning
30% Coconut oil - rich, bubbly lather
22% Palm oil - stable, creamy, hard bar (can substitute lard or tallow)
8% Castor oil - for lather and creaminess

For my 3 lb. batch of soap, this works out to be:
13 oz. Olive oil
10 oz. Coconut oil
7 oz. Palm oil
2.5 oz. Castor oil
4.7 oz. Lye (about a 5% discount)
9.4 oz. water
2 Tbs. of Bentonite Clay
1 to 1.4 oz. of fragrance or essential oil

And here's another recipe from soap-making-resource.com:

Olive Oil = 23.9 Ounces (45% of total oils)
Coconut Oil (76 Degree) = 10.6 Ounces (20% of total oils)
Castor Oil = 10.6 Ounces (20% of total oils)
Palm Oil, RBD = 4.2 Ounces (8% of total oils)
Almond Oil, Sweet = 3.7 ounces (7% of total oils)
Bentonite Clay = 3 tablepoons
Colloidal Oatmeal = 4 tablepoons
Distilled Water = 20 ounces
lye = 7.269 ounces (206 grams)

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