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Formulating Shaving Cream
Hello! I am trying to formulate soap-based shaving cream which I can put in a bottle with a pump. A am using a process, where I first create a liquid soap with KOH, Stearic acid Coconut, and Olive oils, then mix it with some plant extracts gelled with Hydroxyethyl Cellulose, and at the very end, I add more Stearic acid, glycerin, and lots of Myristic acid. At first, I get a very nice creamy soap, shiny and flowing, but in several hours it became a foam, which is not possible to put in a bottle or to store for a long time. Could you help me to understand what is happening? Is it because the saponification process continues to happen (the final pH is 9.5), or this is simply because I put too much air in the cream while stirring it?
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PH 9.5 is normal for liquid soap. It appears that adding HEC creates foam, you probably have too much air. Let is rest for a couple of days.
http://soapmaking168.blogspot.com/2013/10/thickening-liquid-soap-with_2.html -
Thanks, Syl! The link you gave here was very helpful - looks like it worked !
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