Shaving soap recipe - please critique

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chicklet

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How does this look for a shaving soap:
Olive oil 40%
Coconut oil 30%
Lard 20%
Castor oil 10%

Is that too much castor? Not enough?
I want to add Bentonite clay. I've seen varying amounts PPO and would love to hear from the experts. :) Thanks in advance.
 
Thanks for the replies and the links. I had read that first thread and enjoyed the discussion, but a lot of it was way over my head plus I don't have a lot of the oils and butters they were talking about. Nor any stearic acid or lanolin. Maybe I'll try for a perfect recipe some day, but for now I'll get some tallow and I'll up the castor. I made a batch a few weeks ago that was 20% castor but saw a recipe the other day that had much less so of course I started doubting myself. :) thanks again for the replies and info.
 
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