Thread: Who is using glycerin?

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