Thread: Soap / Cream Recommendations

There's a couple members here that do soaps and creams.
I highly recommend Alraz's " The BOMB ", PM him for info,
and also CarrieM's creams, have not tried her soaps.
Best of luck with your search.

+1 to the Mama Bear's recommendation. I picked up a couple pucks from her website and it made my shave a lot better, plus the fragrance is just incredible. Lather lasts a long time, and the price more than fair for a sizable 4oz. puck that seems it will last for at least a few months shaving daily.

Tons of good soaps and creams out there though, you just have to find something you get along with well I went with Mama Bear's because I saw so many people swearing by it here and I wanted to be able to melt my soap into a small dish without messing it up.

Hello, JohnG10:

Since you are trying stay on the less expensive, though quality soaps, I will agree with some of the other gentlemen here and recommend Mama Bear. I use Mama Bear's unscented and love it. Also, I am quite fond of SRD's unscented soap, and have it in the rotation, as well.

Regards,

Obie

Stop fooling around. Just get the best cream in the Universe. Get some Castle Forbes. You'll be glad you did.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Stop fooling around. Just get the best cream in the Universe. Get some Castle Forbes. You'll be glad you did.

Come on, we know that deep down you really don't like it...

la toja cream is excellent well worth a punt
you won't be disapointed

You know, I just *love* the orange Van Der Hagen soap. It's friendly for beginners and still awesome for veterans. Of course, you can get yourself a very expensive soap and call it a day but the great advantage of this soap is that it's cheap enough, behaves like a champion and the scent is mild so even if you don't like it (which is an unlikable scenario) it won't bother too much.

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And Tabac, you just can't go wrong with it

Col Conk has Glycerin Shave soaps that are not expensive. Personally I always come back to Feo. F. Trumper Almond Shave soap. It comes in a wood bowl but you can just get the Re-fill and use your own Mug or bowl. If you have a good badger brush, the Trumper Soaps produce a thick lather that will not dry on your face. I get 8-9 months out of a re-fill so if you consider that it’s very inexpensive. I recently tried Trufit and Hill and wouldn’t hit a pig in the butt with it.

As someone above said, you'll get 30 different answers from 30 people so this is a personal thing. That said, I have a case of Wool Fat soap that I use primarily. My wife loves the smell and I like the rich lather it makes. Like all soaps it'll dry out if you take too long to shave a part of your face, but that's easy enough to fix with another wipe of your hot lather filled brush. Initial outlay is a bit high if you get the ceramic bowl and lid (I think it's worth it) and you'll want a half dozen pucks on hand as well, since one tends to run out at the worst possible times. I'll use many other soaps just to see what's out there, but Wool Fat is my go-to. Extra benefit is sometimes my wife will take the bowl and brush with her into the tub and use it on her legs. Somehow that translates into her being more understanding when I drop another $200 on more blades.

You might try just adding a few drops of glycerin to your soap. Add the glycerin to your mug, then work it around in your soap as you're loading up your brush. I add glycerin to all my soaps and creams. And the best part is that glycerin is cheap and you can get almost anywhere, including Walmart.