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Hello, I have been experimenting with shave soaps and have noticed my past few batches have been having the same issue. I use 40% stearic, 10% soy wax, and then 50% other fats. The soap is made using a modified cold process (crock pot to melt the oils, add lye and mix, let it get to a gel-like...

Image attached for reference (threw this soap out) but I keep running into an issue after I remove my soaps from their molds where the "Top" of the soap (exposed to air) remains relatively solid and retains its shape, but the bottom does not. As you can see in this picture, the bottom is caving...

Does anyone know how I can get a soap that is two-toned like this (e.g. the brown in the center slowly fading to white on the sides)

Any advice on CP a shave soap that would get a thick, creamy lather?

Thank you so much for this - I will try this and let you know how it turns out. 3 questions: 1. Does the liquid to lye ratio need to be 1.63:1? Can it be 2.5? 2. I noticed an 80% NaOh / KOH ratio - is there a reason for this? I usually see 60 / 40 for solubility purposes. 3. Is there another...

My lye concentration is 2.5:1 water to lye ratio. The main reason I am using CP is because I want my soap to look aesthetically pleasing and to be able to design with it. Everytime I use stearic acid or HP the batter becomes thick and almost impossible to mold. And the final product doesn't look...

Hello, I have been trying to create a CP shave soap and have made some progress, but am looking for some help. I was previously using stearic acid, but my batter would seize immediately when I would add my lye. I switched to soy wax to prevent that issue (which worked, I am able to make this...

Do you think something like 20% or 30% stearic acid would still lead to instant trace? Or are you suggesting that I just have a mix of tallow + butters/fats instead?

My apologies, I meant 75C!

Hello all, I am running into an issue with a shave soap formula i have been working on: 50% Stearic acid 20% Beef tallow 10% Kokum Butter 10% Shea Butter 5% Coconut Oil 5% Castor Oil 60% KOH 40% NaOH Water (tap) 38% of oils I melt the oils/butter completely (about 75C) and then let cooll...

I essentially want my shave soap to have a glossy/glaze finish like a mirror cake, which is why I wanted to a pour a thin layer of a transparent shave soap to achieve that look. Any ideas on additives or finishing touches I could do to achieve that?

I would like to make a transparent shave soap and was wondering if anyone had any experience. I am not 100% on how exactly transparent soaps are made, but they seem glycerin. Would a 60% stearic acid, 20% beef tallow, and 20% glycerin formula work to create a transparent soap? Any help would be...

Correct, I would add the transfer paper after the soap has hardened and it would just be a little bit of text. Water soluble paper does not give the soap the aesthetic I am interested in, which is why I was wondering if this would work (or if there are any other alternatives)

I want to write text on my soap and water soluble paper would not give my soap the aesthetic I am looking for (because the paper is too obvious). I was thinking about using chocolate transfer paper. I am not concerned about the cocoa butter in the transfer sheet, but the "ink" is made of FDA...