Thread: soap eulogy

I've finished off some Williams Mug Shaving Soap prior to joining here, and some other Col. Conk soaps and Van Der Hagen Soaps, but it's taking me a while to put a noticeable dent in my Tabac soap.

Originally Posted by Friggin Joe

I love Bay Rum, it's just the Burt's Bees in particular I don't care for.
I don't feel it makes a very good lather. Also feels like it has some exfoliating grit in it which I see no use for.

I have the BB bay rum shaving soap and AS balm. I like the AS balm but the shaving soap is a hand soap in my bathroom now. Colleen's bay rum w/sweet orange is my favorite bay rum soap so far. The Dominica CA bay rum AS is my absolute favorite AS.

The only thing I've finished is a tube of Proraso green-tube cream. I just can't resist its mentholly goodness this summer!

Originally Posted by SteveS

The only thing I've finished is a tube of Proraso green-tube cream. I just can't resist its mentholly goodness this summer!

+1 on the Proraso (but it took about 3 and a half months) and a puck of Lavender from Classic (doesn't take long - good smell, light lather and quickly gone)
But I really like my Mama Bear soaps and especially for glycerine soap, seems to really last .

if you like Proraso, and you haven't already, try Tom's Natural (green).
I let that stay on my face a while to soften the beard during stropping and whatever else I do (classy of me to put it that way), and it's one heck of a nice feeling, right up there with proraso but maybe stronger.

Originally Posted by Friggin Joe

if you like Proraso, and you haven't already, try Tom's Natural (green).

Is this Tom's of Maine mint or something else? I have a tube of Tom's of Maine, but I don't like it because it smells exactly like toothpaste. If it's something else, where can one buy Tom's Natural?

Originally Posted by jscott

last night i had my final use of my QED - Grapefruit n Peppermint soap. it has served me superbly through the months and i will miss it dearly. its was a aromatic and gentle soul with lather so thick and creamly i had dreams about it.

chin up gents. surely he will return again someday!

~J

Well, now you have an excuse to buy another one (and half a dozen others to, you know, make the shipping economical.)

Originally Posted by SteveS

Is this Tom's of Maine mint or something else? I have a tube of Tom's of Maine, but I don't like it because it smells exactly like toothpaste. If it's something else, where can one buy Tom's Natural?

Yeah you got the right one.
The tube looks exactly like the toothpaste tube, and it does smell like the toothpaste as well. I switched my gf's Tom's toothpaste with my shaving cream and she used it.
I was bracing for an @$$kicking, but she didn't think twice but said if felt weird when she rinsed the first time. I told her is was shaving cream and she didn't beleive me at first, but then she read it and called me names, etc.
So I tried it, brushed my teeth with it. Not bad, but the rinsing part is a notable difference.
Joke didn't work out as planned.

But yeah, it sorta comes across like they just made a minor change and voila, shaving cream. A damned good one though.