Hmmm, yeah, I'm getting hooked. I shaved again tonight with just a light lather made by a few casual swipes of the shaving soap on pits and legs. I'm again blown away by the closeness of the shave and the silky smoothness of my skin. Wow. Yep, pretty neat stuff there.
Okay, so let's look at your Fitjar shaving cream. Woman's product appears to be the same as the men's except for a "girly" fragrance. Ingredients from their website:
Potassium stearate
Potassium cocoate
Glycerine
Olea europea
Essential oils
Stearic acid and coconut oil saponified with KOH. The glycerine in the list could be just glycerin produced by the saponification process or it could also be added by the maker. If the glycerine is only from saponification, it will come just from the coconut oil, since stearic acid is not a triglyceride. Easy to calculate.
Olive oil superfat -- it does not appear to be saponfied or it would be potassium oleate. It might make the basic soap fluid enough to put it into the cream territory, perhaps with a bit of extra water. Hmmmmm. So daring Viking gentlemen like olive oil, hey????
Other than the olive oil, it sounds a lot like the MdC recipe to me, but I'm not a shaver in the sense that you are. In your experience, can you say how is the feel of the Fitjar different than MdC, if I may ask?
Thanks for sharing your viewpoint about Williams soap. Not having any "dog in this fight", I'll respect your reasoned and balanced opinion.
It's getting late, so I must leave your message partly digested, but this is a good start.
Okay, so let's look at your Fitjar shaving cream. Woman's product appears to be the same as the men's except for a "girly" fragrance. Ingredients from their website:
Potassium stearate
Potassium cocoate
Glycerine
Olea europea
Essential oils
Stearic acid and coconut oil saponified with KOH. The glycerine in the list could be just glycerin produced by the saponification process or it could also be added by the maker. If the glycerine is only from saponification, it will come just from the coconut oil, since stearic acid is not a triglyceride. Easy to calculate.
Olive oil superfat -- it does not appear to be saponfied or it would be potassium oleate. It might make the basic soap fluid enough to put it into the cream territory, perhaps with a bit of extra water. Hmmmmm. So daring Viking gentlemen like olive oil, hey????
Other than the olive oil, it sounds a lot like the MdC recipe to me, but I'm not a shaver in the sense that you are. In your experience, can you say how is the feel of the Fitjar different than MdC, if I may ask?
Thanks for sharing your viewpoint about Williams soap. Not having any "dog in this fight", I'll respect your reasoned and balanced opinion.
It's getting late, so I must leave your message partly digested, but this is a good start.