Thread: Anyone tried Arko soap?

The packaging is very cool....

That's pretty much the only positive thing I have to say...Oh, it's cheap too...
Sometimes I wash my hair with it (seriously), but I don't really like the scent as a shave cream; too strong and disinfectish...
The lather I've been able to create with it is poor (no cushion), although you can create a poor lather in 5 seconds. If I REALLY needed a travel cream and HAD to have one this small for some reason, I'd buy it, but other than that I can't really see a reason to buy another stick...

I agree on the lack of cushion. If you compare it to something like Tabac, it feels as if it's entirely without cushion, but like you said, it lathers extremely fast.

It makes me wonder how fast plain ivory soap would lather (the lather on the hands seems similar, and ivory is a tallow soap). Maybe ivory soap with a little bit of dime store glycerine.

Yeah, it's always good for an Überlather too....

I used Arko again this morning and it always amazes me how slick it is and the razor just glides over my skin. No problems getting billowy lather either. For my water and face Cella is not even as slick. The darn stuff just works for me and makes putting out the dough for much more expensive creams and soaps harder to do. Mind you it is fun chasing that last 10% of improvement if you don't mind ignoring the point of rapidly diminishing return for your investment.

Bob