Hey all, I plan on making 2 shave soaps to compare the differences between palmitic acid heavy and stearic acid heavy recipes. I've managed to formulate two recipes with roughly the same FA profiles, save of course for the SA and PA numbers.
As with many things in life where compromise has to be made I'm not completely happy with the end result. Particularly with the fact that combined SA+PA totals on both are in the low 50s (I prefer 60+), that the bubbly lather number is so low (I've never made a shave soap recipe this low) and the fact that oleic acid is so high (which may compound a lather issue). The purpose of sharing the recipes before hand is to ask more knowledgeable soapers if this experiment will even be worth conducting. I'm afraid the recipes might not be optimal for a decent shave, let alone a good comparison.
As with many things in life where compromise has to be made I'm not completely happy with the end result. Particularly with the fact that combined SA+PA totals on both are in the low 50s (I prefer 60+), that the bubbly lather number is so low (I've never made a shave soap recipe this low) and the fact that oleic acid is so high (which may compound a lather issue). The purpose of sharing the recipes before hand is to ask more knowledgeable soapers if this experiment will even be worth conducting. I'm afraid the recipes might not be optimal for a decent shave, let alone a good comparison.
