Bald Frog Soap is glycerin based. You can buy a small amount of it from Larry at Whipped Dog.
Bald Frog Soap is glycerin based. You can buy a small amount of it from Larry at Whipped Dog.
No soap is glycerin based. Glycerin is not a soap and can not be made into a soap. It can be added at very high quantities, along with sugars & other agents such as propylene glycol with added SOAP for the lathering/cleaning properties (and often with petroleum based detergents in the case of Conk, VDH & many others) to prevent crystallization of the sodium salts of the various fatty acids, yielding a "Melt & Pour" soap base.
In most cases melt & pour bases are used by many "artisan" soap makers because they can be easily purchased commercially, melted, adjuncts (clays, oils, etc) & scents added, then poured into molds and easily re-sold.
In the case of VDH/Conk petroleum based detergents are added as they are a super cheap, easy way to produce a stable lather at a very cheap price. While I don't use petrol detergent based shave products and I feel there are many down sides to their use I will admit a side "benefit" of detergents is that they are not as adversely affected by water hardness so it can make it easy to get a lather that feels nice even with hard water and/or little experience with making a good lather.
This is a quote from the maker.
"My wife and I make the soap in 1 pound batches to insure quality control, the Bald Frog Soap is made of 3 glycerine bases along with
betonite clay, aloe extract, gensing, and 7 different oils."