Melting down shaving soaps.

[McWolf1969]

So, hopefully i can make this story short...
I recently bought a cool, little scuttle with flying geese on it along with a matching brush (which i upgraded from boar to silvertip...that was cool.)
Okay, back to the story...so, i had three large pucks of col. conk, unknown puck of homemade soap and a puck of Tobac. The first two melted nicely and quickly and were poured into smaller containers for shaping. However, the Tobac was highly resistant to melting and eventually gave in a little and yeilded me some unsightly lumps, which i went ahead and poured anyhow.
Question: What on earth is in Tobac that could resist microwaves and why am i putting it on my face? Sigh...i cant get enough of the smell, so i dont want to give it up, but im kindof concerned as to what its made up of and should i really be putting it on my face...i have been breaking out a little more since i started using it, but its hard to pinpoint, since my acne seems to be cyclic too.
Anyone have some suggestions or know more about Tobac?

[bpave777]

Looks alright to me <Products Ingredients Database - The Shave Den>

Tabac Shaving Soap
Potassium Stearate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Tallowate, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Sodium Tallowate, Parfum, Sodium Cocoate, Glycerin, Potassium Hydroxide, Tetrasodium EDTA, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Sodium Hydroxide, CI 77891, Limonene, Hydroxycitronellal, Linalool, Citronellol, Courmarin, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Geraniol, Evernia Prunastri (Oakmoss) Extract, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Isoeugenol, Benzyl Salicylate, Benzyl Alcohol, Eugenol, Citral, Evernia Furfuracea (Treemoss) Extract.

As for the acne, I can't really talk to that.

[McWolf1969]

Looks alright to me <Products Ingredients Database - The Shave Den>

Tabac Shaving Soap
Potassium Stearate, Sodium Stearate, Potassium Tallowate, Potassium Cocoate, Aqua, Sodium Tallowate, Parfum, Sodium Cocoate, Glycerin, Potassium Hydroxide, Tetrasodium EDTA, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Sodium Hydroxide, CI 77891, Limonene, Hydroxycitronellal, Linalool, Citronellol, Courmarin, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Geraniol, Evernia Prunastri (Oakmoss) Extract, Cinnamyl Alcohol, Isoeugenol, Benzyl Salicylate, Benzyl Alcohol, Eugenol, Citral, Evernia Furfuracea (Treemoss) Extract.

As for the acne, I can't really talk to that.

Wow!
Maybe i should stick with the natural stuff...good thing i dont eat it. Seems to have the same ingredients as a McMuffin.

[CarrieM]

Ingredients in plain english; Stearic Acid, Tallow, Coconut oil, Glycerine and a bunch of artificial surficants, essentials oils and perfumes as well as a preservative.. Not as bad as it sounds. LOL

[McWolf1969]

Ingredients in plain english; Stearic Acid, Tallow, Coconut oil, Glycerine and a bunch of artificial surficants, essentials oils and perfumes as well as a preservative.. Not as bad as it sounds. LOL

Thanks!
I do love the Tobac...maybe i can some up with another way of either getting smaller pucks of it, or someone has a suggestion on how to properly melt it for transfering.

Mac

[pjrage]

You can only melt and pour glycerin based soaps. You can't melt triple milled, tallow based, or other hard soaps, and you can burn or ruin them if you try.

To transfer the hard soaps to other containers/mugs/bowls, you can mill them with a cheese grater, either the rotary hand one or even just the regular cheese grater. Then, just press and repack it into your new container.

[htmitten]

Glycerin is required in a soap for it to be easily melted. It is removed from most modern soaps. If you purchase glycerin soap, you will find it very easy to melt. That is what I do.