Yep, I tried the New Spice, which smelt great (like A*men cologne).
Simply couldn't get decent lather out of it either. Not slick, dried too fast. I've tried so many times.
I have a theory that some of the small artisanal soap makers from the US may use a formula that is quite specific to their local water. Probably hasn't been tested with hard London water! :mrgreen:
I have a theory that some of the small artisanal soap makers from the US may use a formula that is quite specific to their local water. Probably hasn't been tested with hard London water! :mrgreen:
I have an alternative theory, that some of the small artisanal soap makers from the US (and elsewhere) may use a formula that is quite specifically unsuited as shaving soap... It is not as if the information how to make a shaving soap is readily available, and many artisanal soap makers apparently do not invest the time to find the information (which is available, if you really know where to look - but not on the internet and not in the modern home soap making books), do not invest enough time in product testing, and apparently often get insincere feedback (as in: my husband, friend, neighbour tells me it is a great shaving soap - yeah right...).
No way you can make a decent shaving soap with these ingredients... This is a syndet (based on sodium coco sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfoacetate, and sodium laureth sulfate), thickened with stearic acid, shea butter, oils, methyl cellulose. This will basically behave like a shampoo or liquid hand cleanser...