C4
C4 is a shaving soap base by Gentleman's Nod, made in the United States. It has the form of a croap, between hard soap and soft cream. Its ingredient list names babassu oil, candelilla wax, castor oil, coconut oil, cupuacu butter, kokum butter, safflower oil, shea butter, stearic acid and tallow, along with goat milk, milk and yogurt. The brand makes its products by hand in small batches.
Listed ingredients
stearic acid, tallow, aqua, glycerin, potassium hydroxide, theobroma grandiflorum butter, orbignya oleifera seed oil, garcinia indica seed butter, parfum, ricinus communis seed oil, sucrose cocoate, butyrospermum parkii, ulmus fulva bark extract, xylitylglucoside anhydroxylitol xylitol, carthamus tinctorius seed oil, raw honey, panthenol, coconut milk, methyl gluceth-10, sodium hydroxide, citric acid, sodium lactate, tocopherol, allantoin, buttermilk, yogurt, goat milk, albumen, silk amino acids, xanthan gum, hydroxyethylcellulose, euphorbia cerifera wax, aloe barbadensis leaf juice maltodextrin, sodium phytate, rhassoul clay, tussah silk
In the order of the maker's list; amounts are not published.
Products with this base
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Finca Vigía Shaving Soap
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Questions about C4
- Whose base is C4?
- C4 is a Shaving soap base by Gentleman's Nod – the shared formula behind several of its products.
- Which ingredients does the base C4 list?
- As listed by the maker, in this order: stearic acid, tallow, aqua, glycerin, potassium hydroxide, theobroma grandiflorum butter, orbignya oleifera seed oil, garcinia indica seed butter, parfum, ricinus communis seed oil, sucrose cocoate, butyrospermum parkii, ulmus fulva bark extract, xylitylglucoside anhydroxylitol xylitol, carthamus tinctorius seed oil, raw honey, panthenol, coconut milk, methyl gluceth-10, sodium hydroxide, citric acid, sodium lactate, tocopherol, allantoin, buttermilk, yogurt, goat milk, albumen, silk amino acids, xanthan gum, hydroxyethylcellulose, euphorbia cerifera wax, aloe barbadensis leaf juice maltodextrin, sodium phytate, rhassoul clay, tussah silk.
- What kind of formula is C4?
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According to its ingredient list in ShaveIndex:
- Fats & oils: babassu oil, candelilla wax, castor oil, coconut oil, cupuacu butter, kokum butter, safflower oil, shea butter, stearic acid, tallow (unspecified)
- Milk: Goat milk, Milk, Yogurt
- Formula type: Croap (hard and soft)
- Alcohol: No alcohol listed
- Animal ingredients: Animal ingredient listed
- Which products use the base C4?
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ShaveIndex lists 7 products with this base:
- Calabria Shaving Soap
- Cosecha Catalana Fall Shaving Soap
- Finca Vigía Shaving Soap
- George Shaving Soap
- Jackie Shaving Soap
- Musashi Shaving Soap
- Tusitala Shaving Soap
- Which bases are similar to C4?
- By shared listed ingredients: LUX (Gentleman's Nod), Tallow & Emu Oil Croap Shaving Soap with Kukui Nut Oil (Gentleman's Nod) and Tallow Potassium Soap with Emu Oil and Lanolin (Carbon Shaving Co.). A comparison of the ingredient lists, not of how the products perform.