I'm a big fan of the Oglalla Bay Rum soaps.
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I'm a big fan of the Oglalla Bay Rum soaps.
You and me both!Quote:
Originally Posted by netlevi
I have always liked the original VDH. Good lather, slick and close shaves. Having moved to East TN mountains with a well (packed full of iron and minerals) it is near impossible to get a good lather now. That is not just for the VDH either. The Dawn in the kitchen and the soap in the shower, as well, suffer this fate. I will try the larger puck of the newer VDH soap and see. I do have a good bit of the older smaller puck size though. I did see a Crabtree & Evelyn outlet near to me in Sevierville though that I may go hunt some other soaps down at. We shall see. Whiskers are hard and soap lather is lacking....bad combo.
Sort of sounds like you may have a hard water problem. Have you tried shaving with bottled water or adding a bit of lemon juice concentrate to your shave water?Quote:
Originally Posted by EMC45
Bob
I may try the bottled water thing to see how that goes.
My wife got me some L'Occitane products for Christmas ( don't usually splurge on myself ) and gotta say their soap is a superb performer. Nice and slick with a fine scent.
Other than that, I always fall back on my trusty VDH! Just works great now matter what!
The Oglalla Bay Rum soaps also often come with some pretty nice samplers as well. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lolita1x2
While this soap is not under $20 it is sold in 1kg packages. So in comparison to the volume you get, its well under the $20 ceiling. I just finished another glorious shave with Vitos Red. I won't promise the most exotic and deep scented perfume on this soap. Quite the contrary. Its a very simple and very light almond scent. But it performs exceptionally well. Its definitely in my top 5.
Is Vito's red like Cella? Tc
Its been a long time since I used Cella. But I stopped using Cella because I just found it underwhelming. I'd give it a go again but I'm sitting on a giant lump of Vitos. So it may be a long time before I check it out again. But to be fair, I was lathering differently then and maybe wasn't gettign the most out of it. A couple years ago I switched to giving all of my soaps their own bowl to lather in. The whole damn puck gets jammed in a cereal bowl and I build my lather on top of it. But I don't recall Cella being as nice of a lather as this. As I stated, Vitos won't win any awards for its intoxicating scent. But unless I find the scent objectionable, it comes down to performance. Vitos performs.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcrideshd