Thread: Is any soap good for shaving?

I've just shaved myself with a La Toja bar soap, did 3 passes and started soaking my face, when I remembered a La Toja Magno soap I had lying around somewhere. It's not a shaving soap, it's for the hands and face, but I love the Magno smell, so I did a quick lather and did a fourth pass with it.

It was great! Maybe it's just I was already shaved, but the razor went very smooth over my face, I liked it... I have to make a full shave with it to be sure, but I think it could be better than the la Toja shaving bar.

So, I'm wondering... what makes a "shaving" soap? whats the difference with a "normal" soap? It's just the amount of lather it makes, or is it something else?

LOL I once had a woman ordering a Bay Rum bathing soap bar from me. Three months later she called and wanted that shaving soap again. Of course I sent her a shaving soap Bay Rum scented because I had forgotten about her first order. Her Husband complained and she called me again for another one of the SQUARED shaving soaps!

So it should be possible!

Technically a shaving soap is made from other oils than a bathing soap because you need a more stable lather and not so many big bubbles.
Most contain tallow or olive and stearic acid.
On top of that different recipe from bathing soaps, shaving soaps have clay, silk or other additives in them that make the blade glide well and give a close shave.

Thanks Olivia,

this was the soap in question:

Magno Classic Soap 125g / 4.4 oz Bar - Jabon by LaToja from Londons Bathecary

It has a quite characteristic aroma.

Oh ok!
A glycerine soap with salt!
Amazing