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Update: I used the above recipe as my initial test last night. The recipe doesn't specific where to cook the batch but I cooked it on the stovetop (never again!) for roughly 5 minutes. This afternoon, roughly 12 hours later, there is a partial gel and it is pretty hard. When mixed with water...

Thank you for this great recommendation! I was just starting to read this thread by the same person and it has a lot of great info as well! https://www.soapmakingforum.com/threads/zanys-no-slime-castile.72620/

Your suggestion of adding the stearic acid after getting a thick trace with the other oils really helped with my other soaps seizing so quickly! My new concern is that the recipe I posted is too high in stearic acid (55% of the recipe is stearic acid when combined with the shea butter and kokum...

I was just reading all of your posts on the "My first shave is a success thread"! I have learned so much from you! These are the ingredients on the package: Aqua, Myristic acid, Stearic acid, Glycerin, Potassium hydroxide, Camellia sinensis (White tea) leaf extract, Glycyrrhiza glabra...

My husband asked if it would be possible to make a shave soap that could be used in a hot lather dispenser. Based on the current product he uses, the consistency is closer to a shower gel but it has a really rich lather similar to shave soap. It is further diluted with water when placed in the...