Thread: Soap / Cream Recommendations

I tried Williams soap first, and eventually got the water ratio right so it made shiny thick lather - but it still drys quickly enough that the razor starts to grab even when I mix it a little wet. Lathering my face in sections (to keep the lather wet) got old, so I tried VDH soap. It stays wet much longer, but still not quite long enough (even when I mix it to a slightly over saturated consistancy). I also noticed that the VDH makes the razor glide a whole lot better than the Williams (which provided about as much glide as plain water).

So now I'm thinking I should try "better" soaps or creams. The SRD soap, Tabac Soap, and Poraso Soap / Cream, and KMF cream seem to get good reviews and aren't super pricey. I'd prefer to stick with soaps for cost reasons, and so I can face-lather - unless the creams give a lot more lubrication / cushion.

I don't want to buy all the soaps / creams above, or go to the pricey end of the spectrum (T&T, MWF, etc) if I can help it. What do you recommend ?

check out the reviews secion of the site.

There are some very good write-ups of the various creams and soaps out there.

Personally, I am using Body Shop Maca Root shave cream and like it a lot.

T&H has a nice sampler pack of thier best selling creams, balms, and colognes. You have to get it from thier website though.

if you ask 20 shavers what their favorite soap is, you are likely to get 30 different answers

personally, i make uber-lather with my homemade soap (or mamabear's) and either proraso or tabac cream, with a little glycerine.

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.

iam a soap guy so far dr harris gets the nod for great lather, scent, and ease of use. Poraso give you great glide too if you liked vaper rub you will love Poraso .tabac is hard to beat the price and its easy to lather.you can face lather with the creams allways worked well for me.of the soaps you listed i would go with tabac frist SDR second and then Poraso. i have used all three and have been happy with them all

+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

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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.

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