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Does anyone have opinions of Classic Shaving Brand Shaving soap? I've tried three different ones and they lather up well but the do not seem to stay lathered on my face. I'm not sure if it is the hardness of my water or the particular brand of soap. Anyone have similar thoughts?? MikeB
My wife has had fairly good results with it so far and likes it better than Williams.
From the times I've helped her shave (she's just learning to use a DE) it seems like a drier/less slippery lather than what I get with Colleen's soaps. I've tried varying the amount of water I add, mixing it more/less, etc. but I can't seemed to get same quality lather I get from Colleen's soaps no matter what I try. I'd put it somewhere between Williams and TGQ as far as soaps go in my experiences with it.
Ant
I use their coconut & lime and it works ok for me.
It's ok but there are other glycerin soaps that are better IMHO. I have a couple pucks of CS soap in mugs that don't get much use anymore since I tried Mama Bear soap. When I do use them I generally add a little shot of Palmolive cream to richen up the later a bit.
Haven't used one but also heard it's not all that. I have had best experiences with Honeybee's soaps (haven't tried Mama Bear)
Cheers
Ivo
Can't go wrong with honeybee spa soaps
Justin
I've used them in the past and found them to be quality soaps though there are better out there. I've gravitated to trumpers and haslinger.
I use unsented and I think it's very good. Latley, with the scuttle it's even better.
It has been the most difficult of perhaps a dozen soaps I have tried to first get a lather and then to keep the lather on my face. I just started using the Almond cake as a bath soap and can hardly even get a lather in the shower. Pity, as it smells great.
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Originally Posted by OccamsRazor
Sounds like a water problem ------- try distilled water.
Justin
I went through two of them and both gave me the same problem, drying on the face, turning into almost a sticky gum like substance. Very bad. When still wet, not bad at all and still slick enough. But they just dried out too quickly for my taste.
Thanks for the thoughts fellas. I'm going to try a steamerfull of distilled H2O in the AM. Thank god for rice steamers. I'm really glad that I was not the onlyone with this problem. I wonder if the non lye&olive oil have something to do with the difficulty cutting through the hard H20. MikeB
Thanks for the thoughts fellas. I'm going to try a steamerfull of distilled H2O in the AM. Thank god for rice steamers. I'm really glad that I was not the onlyone with this problem. I wonder if the non lye&olive oil have something to do with the difficulty cutting through the hard H20. MikeB
Hard to take a shower in distilled water.....Quote:
Originally Posted by jaegerhund
Seriously, though, shouldn't more of my soaps give me problems if it is my water? I've tried perhaps a dozen other soaps with no problem except not getting the best lather out of a Taylors Lavender.
Yeah -- I don't know for sure ---I've had problems with some soaps and not others as well --but all has been fixed with distilled water.Quote:
Originally Posted by OccamsRazor
Justin
I've changed my mind after reading similar threads. I just was not swirling enough soap on the brush. I guess that I assumed it would lather richafter a few swirlsas with some other creams. I've recently lathered in the bowl until I got plenty of lather. I'm used to lathering soley on the face. I now think it is a fine product. Mike B