Thread: Who is using glycerin?

amazon sells it but make sure you get liquid lanolin not the hard solid pure lanolin. If you get the hard lanolin though you can liquify it by mixing with 50% hot water and a drop of soap.

Thanks, perusing Amazon now (Also need to get a bigger shelf in the bathroom for all my shave stuff LOL)

Originally Posted by mcgyver74

Thanks, perusing Amazon now (Also need to get a bigger shelf in the bathroom for all my shave stuff LOL)

you mean a new attachment to the house

lanolin has an unexpected quality for me that it is very ear waxy in a very water repellant way. It doesn't really mix well and puts that wool smell into everything it touches. Seems you need to be a chemist to formulate anything useful with it.

Im going to have to give this another shot . Initially I found it to make my lather sticky . Perhaps I need to use less.

Originally Posted by Omega1975

Im going to have to give this another shot . Initially I found it to make my lather sticky . Perhaps I need to use less.

Glycerine or Lanolin? I have found glycerine to make the lather clumpy to where it doesn't hang on as well. I personally have never had a problem getting a great lather straight off any of my soaps or creams.

Giving it a try:


$6 from a local pharmacy. I've not been unsatisfied with the lather I'm getting but what the heck, let's see what happens when I add a few drops. Will report back.

Originally Posted by eflatminor

Giving it a try:


$6 from a local pharmacy. I've not been unsatisfied with the lather I'm getting but what the heck, let's see what happens when I add a few drops. Will report back.

Okay, just gave it try for the first time. Five drops added to my lather bowl produced a thicker than usual lather, or perhaps stiffer is the right word. Not dramatically different but I'd say better.

Originally Posted by groovyd

Glycerine or Lanolin? I have found glycerine to make the lather clumpy to where it doesn't hang on as well. I personally have never had a problem getting a great lather straight off any of my soaps or creams.

The glycerine made my lather sticky. I too had not had a problem but wanted to give uber lather a shot

Originally Posted by Hirlau

I use with all my soaps, 5-6 drops.

+1, I've been getting excellent results for over a month, I add it to glycerin based soaps as well.

Originally Posted by eflatminor

Okay, just gave it try for the first time. Five drops added to my lather bowl produced a thicker than usual lather, or perhaps stiffer is the right word. Not dramatically different but I'd say better.

Next time only use about 3 drops and add some more water. The glycerin means it can hold more water and in addition to the extra conditioning of the glycerin that thicker lather will give you more cushion and more water will give more glide.
Too stiff and it will give cushion but drastically reduce glide.