Thread: Tabac soap + pre shave?

Originally Posted by saladbar2000

it isn't a pre-shave soap but just ordinary shaving soap

Thanks. I am aware that it's no a special type of soap, that's why I used quotation marks around the term "pre-shave" soap in my previous post.

Originally Posted by saladbar2000

Hot towels and hot water are essential. Most shaving soaps and creams are alkaline in nature so they damage the cuticles of hair in your beard (with that outer shell damaged, the hair will absorb water more easily) and they also contain humectants wich help absorb moisture and keep it in. With the hair fully saturated with water, it will be much easier to cut (like a hot knife through butter)

I am not disputing the fact that a wet beard will be shaved closer and more smoothly, I am merely asking what difference I will see to using a pre-shave lather (from whatever source it may be) before my hot towel compared with using, say, a Skin Food before my hot towel.

Apologies if my previous post wasn't very clear.

sorry I misunderstood you. The lather has worked well for me but I haven't really tried skinfood as a preshave. I've tried some other pre-shave products but lather seems to work just as well. Maybe take a look at the ingredients of the skinfood. Not quite sure