Thread: Making Shaving Soap Mix?...

...I decided to cook Proraso/Windsor/Musgo Real and glycerin today.

It all started when I realised I had almost no Proraso cream left. I've always felt Proraso to be a sort of Dr Jeckle and Mr Hyde; 1/2 soap 1/2 cream. I'd been loading the brush on top of the soap in the container lately; it worked well but now I find the soap/cream is rather soft, and not like its former self. As there was only a little left, and as I was feeling quite loathful towards the non-compliant Windsor, I decided to mix them (with some other stuff) and see what happened.

The picture shows the mix, I sort of shredded some Windsor in the mouliner, put it and the rest of the Proraso, a good squeeze or Musgo and a drizzle or so of glycerine in a jar (I considered cling wrap, but decided against it) and placed it all (with the lid on) in a saucepan of simmering water for ten minutes. Result was, well, hot Windsor, Proraso, Musgo and glycerin. I actually expected them to graciously melt away and become one. I beat the whole mess for a few minutes with a spoon in the jar, scooped it out, pretended to make coconut balls for a bit, squished it in the scuttle, and that was that! It's 'rested' for around an hour and a 1/2 now, so I'll go and whip up a batch and tell you how it goes.

There's a shop near here that sells sheep's milk soap (with honey). I've used goat's milk soap a lot, but never seen sheep's milk soap. I think reasearching how to make my own shaving soap, with a base soap (like a bar of sheep's or goat's milk soap) and essential oils and stuff might be interesting...

OK, so, results.

I loaded the brush after soaking it and the dish in hot water:



After ten seconds swirling in the dish:



After one minute:



Looks good on the brush:



I lathered my face:




And had still had this much left:




All in all, I success, I think...

Very interesting experiment Carl. I like the mix. Can you market it (probably not)?

Originally Posted by BladeRunner001

Very interesting experiment Carl. I like the mix. Can you market it (probably not)?

I think not, esp since it turned out to LOOK OK but behave like, well, you know...