Recipe

Women's Silky Shaving Lotion

I stumbled upon this when I was in the shower… out of shower gel and desperate for something to shave with besides soap. I used my conditioner that I had made with Soap Crafters conditioner base. It worked great! However, I didn’t love the consistency, so I monkeyed around with the recipe and found something I liked even better.
I knew I loved it, but I needed a second opinion so I had my friend Mary & her daughter Lacey test it for me. They absolutely fell in love with it! They said if you shave in the tub(instead of while taking a shower) it softens the water beautifully and it doesn’t leave that nasty scum floating on the water like the commercial shaving gels and creams for women do.

4 Tablespoons Soap Crafters conditioning pellets
2 Tablespoons thickener
40 oz. water
1/4 tsp. Vitamin E
2 Tablespoons Liquid Glycerin
Scent
Color
The appropriate amount of the preservative of your choice.

Dissolve conditioner pellets in 12 oz of water. This can take as little as 3 hours but I usually let mine sit overnight to make sure everything is fully dissolved. Make sure it sits in a warm place.
After it has fully dissolved, heat 28 oz of water to 140 degrees. Using a stick blender to mix with, slowly add the thickener to the water while mixing with the blender. You want to do this like you’re making gravy, add it slowly so you don’t get lumps. Usually by the time I am done adding the thickener, the mixture is already quite thick. If it’s not, stir by hand until it gets thick.
Add glycerin, and scent and color if desired to the dissolved conditioner.
Then use a stick blender to blend the conditioner mixture, vitamin e and your preservative, into the thickener/water mixture.
*** You can scent and color your whole batch or wait and individually scent smaller batches. However, the color works best if added earlier in the process as mentioned above.