Thread: experimenting with soaps

picked up some kiss my face bar soap. it advertises that it has 3 times the glycerine of other glycerine soaps. it lathered... ok. I melted it with some coconut oil. not as good. tried straight coconut oil. no lather at all, but it did kind of shave. made a mess though.


what is the difference, really between bar soap and shave soap?

Clay is the biggest difference but there are other.

If you like the scent of the kiss my face bars try doing a 1/2 a bar of kiss my face and 1 puck vdh and that will probably give you a good result

Originally Posted by Castel33

Clay is the biggest difference but there are other.

If you like the scent of the kiss my face bars try doing a 1/2 a bar of kiss my face and 1 puck vdh and that will probably give you a good result

why clay? seems like that would be hard on the edge.

It adds to the slickness of of the soap

If you look around using the search there are whole threads on how to make shave soap from scratch and most every question you have will problem be answered there.

I don't really want to make soap from scratch, at least not in the near future. too many things to do already. I am interested in knowing a little about it though. I have done some sifting of the archives looking for folks modifying existing soaps, but haven't found much

the scent of the kmf bars is... ok but I'd really prefer to stay with unscented products.

there is a pottery shop down the street from my house. I could try to beg a cup of bentonite or something from them. what kind of clay works best?

Originally Posted by bridger

picked up some kiss my face bar soap. it advertises that it has 3 times the glycerine of other glycerine soaps. it lathered... ok.

Keep in mind that too much glycerine will kill your lather, or at least what we consider suitable lather for shaving. Probably why it was advertised as a hand/body soap rather than a shaving soap.

I don’t have many options for walk in off the street purchases of shaving soap, and unscented seems to be a bit hard to find anyway. if I can figure out the alchemy of turning bar soap into shaving soap I think it will expand my options.