BURT'S BEE'S

I don't know how many of you soap fellows care that much, but a while back i was trying to purchase some of this mug soap from a couple of the Burts Bee's dealers here in Utah. I was told that it was discontinued and gave up on the quest since one lady who sold it told me that she even called them directly and asked for some and was unable too. Well i just happened to stop by thier web site and saw that they had it listed. I ordered a few pucks. SOOOO i don't know if it was actually unavalible, but i thought i might pass along that is avalible now.

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Thats great thanks for the info.!!!

I think I made a mistake today when I bought the Burt's Bees shave cream. It seems more like lotion that my wife would use than shaving cream. I tried to lather it up, and I just got a slimy coating on my bowl and brush. I guess I'll try it in the morning, and see what happens.

I've tried the Burt's Bees aftershave lotion. Too greasy and it smells a little like booty.

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Originally Posted by artilleryo

I've tried the Burt's Bees aftershave lotion. Too greasy and it smells a little like booty.

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Shouldn't this be moved to the reviews section? The most concise review I've read in a while.


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It was just slimy, almost sticky, goo. It was so bad that it has already been returned. The only good thing about it was that I appreciate my Proraso even more now.

i hope the soap i bought doesnt smell like booty, thats just sick..

My wife just picked some up for me yesterday, so I gave it a try today. The only thing I can compare it to is Lush shaving cream. The one plus is it did smell better than Lush, and I could actually rinse it off my razor. The Lush no mater what you did you couldn't get it off. The only way I could ever recommend this stuff is if some one absulutly didn't want to use a brush, it works bettter than Lush and actually used brush less better than Kiss my Face. Now before I get blasted I'm not saying it's better than Kiss my Face with a brush it is one of the better shaving creams out there. Brush less though Kiss my Face just dosn't cut it. I hope I can talk the wife in to using it to shave her legs and keep her hands off my Taylor avocado.

Ray

The soap is likely being discontinued because it sucked. The lather was typically thin and sudsy (that Herban Cowboy stuff even lathers circles around it) and often caused irritation as well. The only two things it had going for it IMHO (and I may still have a puck of it somewhere) were the fact that it was slick and that it has a very nice bay rum smell to it.
Unfortunately it sucked to shave with.

I heard a rumor they were trying to reformulate it, but I never saw any of the reformulated version, at any rate.


John P.

Ditto on the suckiness but you can use it with Glycerin & shave cream a la uberlather and make the best of a bad situation - or not.
For the price I'll just use it as a bath soap.

IIRC my wife recently mentioned that she heard Burt's Bees was purchased by the Clorox Corporation. That could have something to do with certain BB discontinued products?

Chris L

The Burt's Bees Bay Rum shave soap smells awesome but the lather is horrible. I don't think it is a glycerin soap and not even sure if it is double milled. I have a complete review for some products I bought a while back. Hope this helps.

Kyle

http://straightrazorpalace.com/after...aving-set.html

The BB shave cream is not to be used with water. It is more of a burma shave type of thing, orsort of like shave gel which doesn't foam. I had a tube and gave it to a buddy of mine who used it to shave his head....he really liked it for that use.

The shave balm is kinda greasy, but does well in the winter months. Burt's Bees has reformulated some of their stuff to me more manly, and the new stuff is pretty good, just not the shave cream. I wish it was like proraso, but it isn't.

Wish I read the reviews before I purchased this stuff. It was the only shave cream at the drug store when I was out looking for a shave cream, got home and tried to lather it up. A slimy watery mess is all you get. If you rub it on with your hand you can at least get some on your face. I was in a hurry so just use a march 3 razor and it worked good for that. I was not in the mood to try it with my straight, may be able to do it but I am too much of a rookie to try it myself. Don't waste you money.

crom

Yeah Crom, not very good reviews about this one. I am surprised the this was the only shaving cream they had, you mean without the can, right? The funny thing is that some of Burt's Bee's products are great... ;-)

Al raz.

You are right they had the standard full shelf of the can stuff. I live in a small upstate ny town, you are lucky to find any soaps or creams. I have read more about shaving in the last 2 weeks than I have in 40 years. It strange how such a boring (so call chore) has gotten me so interested. I love this web site btw. I have log in every day for the last 2 weeks since I have started straight razor shaving. I hope to get this down pat in the next few weeks. It hard to remember being a rookie at shaving when I have been doing it for over 30 years.
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crom

The way to use Burt's Bees shave cream and soap is to use them together. Put an dollup (about almond size) of the shave cream on the soap,add water and wipe up your lather. This will make a good lather that lasts better. Try it out and see what you think.