All you glycerin users

[danparker77]

I am wanting to try adding glycerin to my lather but I am at a loss on where you all are getting it. I read a post saying some people are getting it at wal-mart. I have looked in both my local wal-mart and CVS can anyone tell me where or with what else it is located. I am having absolutely no luck finding it. Thanks in advance

[wazazzle]

i pick up vdh glycerin at fredmeyers.... it's really hit and miss sometimes i see it at one store and then a week later they're only carrying the deluxe. right now i get vdh deluxe at riteaid/walgreen and vdh glycerin fred meyers $1.69 puck. btw i microwave my deluxe/glyc for a nice mix... Wait a sec are you talking about actual glycerin or glycerin puck???

[GoldenBacon]

I have seen a couple pucks of VDH at walmart every time I go there, you might want to check it out.:thumbup1:

[danparker77]

Sorry that post was a bit confusing, I am looking for plain liquid glycerin to add not the VDH glycerin soap Sorry for the confusing post :blushing:

[ibrewbeer]

Yeah, I am having the same issue honestly. I saw it at a health food store and it was very expensive for a small amount... would have driven my cost per shave WAY up

[wazazzle]

check out your local co-op health food store. lots of granola people make their own soaps

[bnndx2]

I am wanting to try adding glycerin to my lather but I am at a loss on where you all are getting it. I read a post saying some people are getting it at wal-mart. I have looked in both my local wal-mart and CVS can anyone tell me where or with what else it is located. I am having absolutely no luck finding it. Thanks in advance

I find it in the Pharmacy section of Wal Mart near the witch hazel. 6 oz for $3.

[ibrewbeer]

I find it in the Pharmacy section of Wal Mart near the witch hazel. 6 oz for $3.

This is what I neeeeeed

[danparker77]

I have already shaved for the night. So is it sad that I am actually contemplating making a wal-mart run @ 10:30 to see if I mine carries it!?!?!?!?

Thanks for the info! That is what I am looking for.

[haiti222]

ditto on where to get it at Walmart. At my Target, it is behind the Pharmacy counter, just ask the Pharmacy staff.

[ibrewbeer]

ditto on where to get it at Walmart. At my Target, it is behind the Pharmacy counter, just ask the Pharmacy staff.

I'll walk up with a crooked grin and shadily ask for their 'stash' of behind the counter glycerine, and when they give it to me I will dart my head left and right and cloak the bottle in my jacket!

[Eudjinn]

I got mine at CVS in the make up/skin care section. Just ask for pure glycerin USP (suspention liquid)

[wolfmanxiii]

I was actually having the same issues with finding a bottle of glycerin. After looking at Wal Mart, Walgreens, CVS, etc. a girl at Walgreens suggested going to a hobby shop. You know like Hobby Lobby and those places that sell all kinds of random crap for people to craft and decorate their houses with. A lot of these shops sell soap making kits and just so happen to have bottles of glycerin right next to the soap making kits...go figure! That's where I found mine. Good Luck!

[Royall Lyme]

+1 on the Walmart glycerine. $2.98 for a nice size bottle. Works wonders with Williams.

[BladeRunner001]

I am wanting to try adding glycerin to my lather but I am at a loss on where you all are getting it. I read a post saying some people are getting it at wal-mart. I have looked in both my local wal-mart and CVS can anyone tell me where or with what else it is located. I am having absolutely no luck finding it. Thanks in advance

Most pharmacies should carry it..I got mine at RiteAid. 6 oz. for $5 or something like that. Worse case, you can pick up online. Just make sure it's USP grade and pure (>99.5%). Impure Glycerin still has nitric and sulfuric acid in it (among other stuff)...your skin will not like it:bored:

-Robert

[BCP]

Try corn syrup. No really, it's less expensive, more widely available, and works very nicely.

[Fairlight]

Try corn syrup. No really, it's less expensive, more widely available, and works very nicely.

UGH. Not to rag on you, dude, but the idea of putting sticky corn syrup on my skin is not my idea of a good time. There's way too much sugar in it. Glycerin is not tacky, just viscous. Also, glycerin USP is not exactly expensive.

[BladeRunner001]

UGH. Not to rag on you, dude, but the idea of putting sticky corn syrup on my skin is not my idea of a good time. There's way too much sugar in it. Glycerin is not tacky, just viscous. Also, glycerin USP is not exactly expensive.

I agree, I wouldn't want to put goo on my face either. But technically, Glycerin is also considered a carbohydrate :001_cool:

-Robert

[Mr. Styptic]

My local Walgreens and CVS stores have dropped it, but I found it at a Woodman's discount grocery for under $3 for six ounces. Yep, near the witch hazel and other skin-care products.

(But after stirring it into melted shaving soap and letting it harden, the soap became frothy rather than creamy during shaving. I ruined a good puck, but I'm not sure if it was the glycerin or the melting/cooling process that was to blame.)

Better luck to you.

[danparker77]

thanks all found it, got it, must try it tonight!

[rvargas]

i got mine at cvs in the make up/skin care section. Just ask for pure glycerin usp (suspention liquid)

+1

[gobeavs]

does using extra glycerin gunk up your brush after awhile? Or was that my imagination that I heard that somewhere?

can you use this with creams or just soaps?

[BladeRunner001]

does using extra glycerin gunk up your brush after awhile? Or was that my imagination that I heard that somewhere?

can you use this with creams or just soaps?

No...Glycerin is water soluble and as such won't "gunk" up your brush. What you read about was the effects of Mineral Oil. You can use Glycerin with cremes, soaps or just about anything. You can even put it on your face (mixed with water). Easy to wash off, great moisturizer...Just make sure it's pure/purified glycerin and not the impure stuff.

-Robert

[dpmtherrien]

I was having trouble finding glycerin too, so I asked the druggist and he ordered some for me. It was no problem getting it, no prescription or anything, I guess its just not put out all that much. Anyway it came in the next day, a large bottle, and was around 8 bucks. If you can't find it out, just ask any druggist and they'll order it for you.

[gobeavs]

No...Glycerin is water soluble and as such won't "gunk" up your brush. What you read about was the effects of Mineral Oil. You can use Glycerin with cremes, soaps or just about anything. You can even put it on your face (mixed with water). Easy to wash off, great moisturizer...Just make sure it's pure/purified glycerin and not the impure stuff.

-Robert

Sweet! Thanks Robert.

[klm099]

got my glycerine at walmart, I asked the pharmacist where it was and he asked "suppositories or liquid"

I quickly said liquid, now I am trying to figure out how to add suppositories to soap, do you undo the capsule? or melt it whole, confuses me

ken

[Fairlight]

got my glycerine at walmart, I asked the pharmacist where it was and he asked "suppositories or liquid"

I quickly said liquid, now I am trying to figure out how to add suppositories to soap, do you undo the capsule? or melt it whole, confuses me

ken

No offense, but I think that would be a pretty shitty idea.

[BladeRunner001]

No offense, but I think that would be a pretty shitty idea.

But funny :a14:

-Robert

[BladeRunner001]

got my glycerine at walmart, I asked the pharmacist where it was and he asked "suppositories or liquid"

I quickly said liquid, now I am trying to figure out how to add suppositories to soap, do you undo the capsule? or melt it whole, confuses me

ken

Hi Ken,
If you already got the liquid, why one earth would you want to even worry about how to get things out of a capsule and into creme/soap??? :confused2 Just add ~1 mls of Glycerin (liquid) into bowl and add creme/soap and lather away...Tadddaaaa!!

But the capsules are meant for digestion...to lubricate the colon...well, I won't get into the rest of the details

Robert

[Fairlight]

Butt funny :a14:

Fixed that for you. ;)

[BCP]

UGH. Not to rag on you, dude, but the idea of putting sticky corn syrup on my skin is not my idea of a good time. There's way too much sugar in it. Glycerin is not tacky, just viscous. Also, glycerin USP is not exactly expensive.

Actually, it is not at all sticky once mixed into the lather. No really. Try it just once. For me. Please? It really works!