Alternative bowls

Lately I've been getting into the idea of shaving bowls. I had a TQ sample that i melted into a custard dish and using that in combination with a mug has been quite nice. Plus, small bowls means more soaps on hand using less counter space. And who doesn't love variety, right?

So lately I've been thinking about different stuff I could use as shaving bowls. Here's one that could be cool: an "olive trio bowl". Three soaps in one dish!

Do you have any interesting improvised bowls? Or ideas for something really wacky? Let those creative juices flow!

I've been using little soap dishes for creams and "berry bowls" (maybe 4oz) for the sample cake soaps. The soap dishes do well because they're broad and have little ridges to help build lather. The berry bowls work well as long as you don't need copious amounts of lather - which I don't. I'm also prone to building the lather on my face more than in the bowl.

I'm not sure if this is what you have in mind, but I just happened to post over at B&B about the "cheap SOB" scuttle I put together from a mug and a bowl that were my grandmother's. I've got my eye on some custard dishes of hers, too.

You just gave me an idea for how to use a couple of old plastic "nibbles" servers I got from my grandmother. They've just been sitting around in the cupboard, but now they'll have a new life. Thanks! :tu :tu

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James.

When you stop and think about it the recepticle for the soap is just that. As long as its big enough to take the soap and wide enough to work the soap the sky is the limit as far as what you can use. Heck you can always use an old frisbee.

I am currently using either my hand to mix the creme in, or a neat handmade (actually nature made) bowl, that I made by splitting a coconut in half :) Eat the insides, and lather in the one of the halves, talking about using it all :P

Nenad

ON a whim I went to this weird mystic/ outworldly shop by the house. It sells stuff like incense and spiritual items. I scored these beauties. They are now soap and shaving mugs!
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farace:
That "Cheap SOB Scuttle" is pretty sweet :D. That is the kind of thing I was thinking of.

Jimbo:
Nice one! The shaving brush perched on the top of that nibbles server is too precious by far. :roflmao

thebigspendur:
It's true you could use a frisbee but that would be sorely lacking in class. Even the cheap SOB scuttle, makeshift as it is, scores some class points for the nice Duralum bowl and innovation. Plus the two pieces fit nicely. Last time I tried a makeshift bowl-on-a-mug scuttle it not only didn't work but it looked like Franken-scuttle. :td

I cruised by World Market today and found that olive server I linked to. It was bigger than I expected, too big for my tastes. It would take up a ridiculous amount of countertop real-estate. I did pick up some nice little Japanese dipping bowls. Now I can have all my TGQ samples ready to rock every morning (well, every morning that I shave)! :y

I sent a cake of AOS soap to my father to have him turn a couple bowls for me (one for the soap and one for lathering creams).

That was Feb, and it's now June. Any time I ask him about it he tells me what he's trying to do with the finish or why he scrapped the previous version. I'm sure they'll be nice when they're done.

Currently I'm using a ceramic soup bowl with nice thick sides. It's a very good size for my brush, but doesn't hold the heat for the lather as well as it did for the soup.

It's not very odd-ball at all, but I use 1-cup glass bowls from Anchor-Hocking to melt my Honeybee Sue soaps in ... the perfect size and somewhat stackable, with pliant plastic lids.

Panera Bread Company's Soup Bowls work very nicely...putting soap in it or using it to build lather with a cream.

just don't ask me how I go one of their bowls home :shrug:

I'm not sure how well it will work, but I picked up a heavy plastic salsa bowl from Wal-Mart yesterday. When I first saw it it reminded me of an old cast iron kettle with 3 legs. It is a little larger than a regular shavng mug and rough textured, so it should be ok as far as building lather, and for .94 cents I didn't think it would hurt to experiment.

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Originally Posted by farace

... I put together from a mug and a bowl...

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Yep, that's pretty much what I did with a nickel plated bowl and a larger coffee mug that reads "Sisters are the best!" I'm pretty sure the mug was my wife's. She doesn't seem to mind.

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I just soak these in hot water before mixing my cream into a lather.
I just tried soaking my soap dish (exterior only) and it seemed to help, but the warmth didn't last long enough for the second lathering. I find that creams are lubricating enough that I don't want a second lather, but soaps do. Still working on that issue and a traditional scuttle may be where I end up on that front.

X

If you go to any Target, Walmart, etc. you can find thick, ceramic bowls that are great for keeping lather warm. I bought one for $2 and it works perfectly.

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Originally Posted by superfly

I am currently using either my hand to mix the creme in, or a neat handmade (actually nature made) bowl, that I made by splitting a coconut in half :) Eat the insides, and lather in the one of the halves, talking about using it all :P

Nenad

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Now that's cool. But do you put coconut soap/cream in it?;) :D

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Originally Posted by jimmyman

Now that's cool. But do you put coconut soap/cream in it?;) :D

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And I've made a brush out of palm fronds and a razor out of this old shell and some metal from the Minnow. Now, once we are all cleanshaven, I'm sure we'll be able to get of this island at last!!

Thanks Professor!:y

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And I've made a brush out of palm fronds and a razor out of this old shell and some metal from the Minnow. Now, once we are all cleanshaven, I'm sure we'll be able to get of this island at last!!

Thanks Professor!:y

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Ginger: Your skin is so smooth!
Me: It's all for you, baby. All for you!

Empty shaving cream containers with the screw on lids, preferably the ones with the liners. Ive poured (carefully) melted HBS soaps in them, placed new soap pucks in them, whatever. The size is perfect for working up a good lather, it gives the container a second life, and they are great for traveling.

Dave

I got tired of using a bowl, just couldn't seem to find one big enough. Here a pic of me with my replacement...












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Originally Posted by TstebinsB

Ginger: Your skin is so smooth!
Me: It's all for you, baby. All for you!

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NOOO! Mary Ann! Mary Ann! :D