Thread: Are You Ever Satisfied?

Right now I'm happy rotating through a few Mama Bear glycerin soaps and a pair of tallows (Arko and a Stirling sampler).

Of course, time was I just used C & O Bigelow every day! Who knows what "small stable" of soaps I'll be drawing on in a few years?

These days my wild experimentation is all but over. Mitchell's Wool Fat and Tabac have earned the starter job and one of the two provides the 95% solution for most of my shaves. Occassionally I'll deviate and use other soaps/creams but it's becoming less and less common that I shave with anything but MWF and Tabac.

Maca Root, MWF, Shave and various other tubes/creams make up my mostly daily uberlather. Occasional single use of Williams (yes I can get a good lather from it), Cella and Fieldwork's Razor's Edge and face lather with those. There are a bunch that are not in their original containers and I can't remember their names (age, damnit). But I keep coming back to the original part of this statement - MR,MWF and S.

I normally have a soap/cream rotation, I add new ones from time to time. As there's an Occitane shop close to work, I may actually go and buy a puck of Cade this week.

Originally Posted by Geezer

"Originally Posted by Hirlau
I try to expose myself to as many as I can."

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Well that is one way to potentially increase one's satisfaction

Great thread and a great problem to have - "what do I use today?"

We have a couple of great Pushers in the group (Obie, Geezer to name a few all-stars)

At this point it is a milestone to use all of anything...I am fortunate that I have a Brother and a friend who are very willing recipients of anything that it remotely "meh".

What's left in the basket(s) below the counter is all good - only shave once a day now that I use a Straight....so this will take some time, even more so if I keep reading these posts.

Smooth Shaving...

I have always believed 'variety' is the spice of life; I'll try almost anything once......and the goods ones twice!

I can see Stirling's Margaritas in the Arctic being a regular. I also must admit that Van Der Hagen Luxury has given me a great face yogurt and shave within 20 seconds of lathering.

I binge lather for days on end with a cream or soap and then on to the next for the same treatment. Current multi-day binge is with a simple tube of Omega Crema da Barba. I love the Italian products such as the Omega, Proraso, and Santa Maria Novella. Way up high on the list is also Martin de Candre, Tabac, and La Toja.

Originally Posted by MJC

Great thread and a great problem to have - "what do I use today?"
We have a couple of great Pushers in the group (Obie, Geezer to name a few all-stars)
...SNIP...
Smooth Shaving...

QUI MOI??? Only so long as garage sales, Second hand shops, trades for hardware, and really cheap special offers are available!
Get samples from the sellers!!
I am old enough to remember that any shave product other than Stanley, Mennen, Williams, and Old Spice were unheard of in the hinterlands!

And to paraphrase another post:
"Spice is the variety of life:

Originally Posted by AntiqueHoosier

I binge lather for days on end with a cream or soap and then on to the next for the same treatment. Current multi-day binge is with a simple tube of Omega Crema da Barba. I love the Italian products such as the Omega, Proraso, and Santa Maria Novella. Way up high on the list is also Martin de Candre, Tabac, and La Toja.

I am hitting a tube of omega hard too. Great stuff and cheap as chips