Homemade Shave Soap

[Uffizzi]

I found this online, and I was wondering if anyone has tried it:

Homemade Shave Soap

½ teaspoon sunflower oil

¼ cup unscented glycerin soap

double boiler

decorative cup or mug

In a double boiler, cut the glycerin soap into chunks and melt. Quickly stir in the sunflower oil and move from the double boiler into a decorative cup or mug. The mixture will set very quickly!!

I don't see a reason you can't use a scented soap, and i am wondering if you could use coconut or other oil as well. Thank you, kindly!

 

[mretzloff]

I am not so sure about adding actual oil, but here is something I have found to work:

-5 parts Bramble Berry's shaving melt-and-pour base
-1 part glycerin
-1/2 tsp. vitamin E
-essential oil and/or fragrance oil



Melt the Bramble Berry's shaving melt-and-pour base in your microwave on low heat. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir. Let it sit over night.

 

[kingfisher]

mretzloff is correct. If you start with the Brambleberry base, you will end up with a nice shaving soap. If you start with any old glycerin soap off the rack at the supermarket, it will not be anywhere near as nice.

 

[Uffizzi]

Thank you, kindly, for the replies. The soap and oil I am looking to use are a nice glycerin soap and kukui nut (with Vitamins A &E) and coconut oils from Maui Soap Company - so not off the rack supermarket - unless you are lucky enough to live on Maui! The soap is scented with Maile - a local vine that is used for the gentleman's, kahuna, lei. So it would be a unique shave soap.

 

[mretzloff]

Thank you, kindly, for the replies. The soap and oil I am looking to use are a nice glycerin soap and kukui nut (with Vitamins A &E) and coconut oils from Maui Soap Company - so not off the rack supermarket - unless you are lucky enough to live on Maui! The soap is scented with Maile - a local vine that is used for the gentleman's, kahuna, lei. So it would be a unique shave soap.

Is that glycerin soap shaving soap? If you are starting off with a glycerin hand soap, this will not work.

 

[Uffizzi]

It's hand/body glycerine soap, so I guess it will not work. Thanks for the info on the Bramble Berry's shaving soap base.

 

[michiganlover]

It's hand/body glycerine soap, so I guess it will not work. Thanks for the info on the Bramble Berry's shaving soap base.

A standard hand/ body soap will not work very well for shaving. A shaving soap is formulated to produce a rich, creamy, cushioning lather. The lather it is formulated to produce is quite different from the lather a typical bath soap produces.

Unfortunately, a lot of the soap crafting world seems to think that shave soap is nothing more than a bath soap plus some added clay.

This results in there being quite a few so called shaving soaps on the market that are entirely worthless for shaving.

It also means you will find a lot of shaving soap recipes that make a pretty horrific shaving soap.