Thread: Compare Shave soap to Shave Cream?

I have used both and for the life of me I don't notice a better shave from one or the other. I suppose I could get into the whole cushion/glide argument if I bothered to actually track both those aspects, but to me the thing that matters most is the resulting quality of the faceturbation. IME, no difference. However, I have to give the edge to soap because I love the sound it makes and the scent that is thrown off when I am loading the brush. It's sorta like the sizzle that goes along with the steak. Mmmm steak, I'm getting hungry!

Originally Posted by flyman

to me the thing that matters most is the resulting quality of the faceturbation.

Careful flyman, too much of that and you'll go blind...

Creams I've tried:

Body Shop Maca Root
Proraso
Goraj deluxe
Goraj Lime

Soaps I've tried:

Mama Bear
Col. Conk

Okay so I don't have a large list, but let me tell you that I loved Proraso cream and Mama Bears soap. I can't say the soap was better than the cream but I can say that there are products in each category that I'll love and some I'll hate.

Maybe years later I'll go through enough products to say whether I love soaps or cream, I don't know. But right now, I like both assuming the product works for me.

I have to admit I was not impressed with C.O. Bigelow cream. Maybe I was doing something wrong...Anyway, I like using the brush/soap combination and have a few years, +/- 45, experience with them and double edge razors. I find that once you find a good blade and soap combination stick with it, as best you can. You may use different scents from a certain manufacturer but you know how they will lather, feel on your face, and how your razor will act.

Soaps vs creams which is best? How long is a piece of string?

What I have found is if it makes a thick creamy lather it will give a good shave.
Soaps take a little longer than creams to make a lather but this is not always the case depending on what products you use.

High end creams like trumpers will produce a lather very quickly with a tiny blob of cream on a badger brush that has been soaked in hot water but try that with say palmolive cream and it will not work because for me to get the same lather with palmolive I need to use more of it and whisk it up for a longer time. Proraso cream needs a little less than palmolive but more than Trumpers but will take the same time to whisk up as the Trumpers. These are the only differances I have found they will all give good shaves.

I say find 2 products you like the smell of and can make a thick creamy lather out of.
But which 2 for me its a cheap one for everyday use and a high end one for going out or when I feel the need.

The funs in finding them