Thread: How to make your own shaving soap?

Originally Posted by fpessanha

Thanks! I read through the thing and I will give it a try. When I do, I'll report back!
One thing that makes me confident is that, apparently, there is no animal fat involved... that's what freacked me out on other soap recepies: the use of lard! I don't want to put lard on my face!
Now it's time to try and find the ingredients... and that's the hard part, I guess...

And on the "put the brush into it" thing... well... I guess I'll also give it a go. Nest time I go shopping I'll get me a cake of glycerin soap and see what happens. Not too confident, though... Do you have positive experiences on that "go for it... and if it shaves..." method?

Theres not lard in soap. Its an ingredient in soap but soap doesnt have lard. Soap is the resulting chemical that occurs when lard us mixed with lye. If the proportions are correct, neither lye nor lard are left, they both turn into soap.