I want to know what most of you use. I cant ask at other forums because they mainly use the DE and with a straight, things are different. Ive only tried Tabac soap before and it was real good at first but so far Proraso RED cream is the best. Ive only tried those and Musgo Real. Ive also tried mama bears unscented soap and I still found the Proraso much better. I still have proraso GREEN and Speick sitting untouched in my medicine cabinet. Soaps can get expensive. I was planning on getting the Mitchell's Wool Fat and Pre De Provence as well as Provence Sante but I don't know anymore..do soaps work better with the str8 or do some of you still use creams daily? and if you changed anything and found it to work much better with the straight, please post what it is, cream or soap! thanks.