Thread: So I went looking for a new bar of soap

My Williams is about done and I went to my local upscale mall looking for a nicer soap. I wanted to try one of the big three t's (trumpers, truefitt and hill, or taylors), but couldn't find any. Found some art of shaving soap that was $24 for a refill cake, but I didn't remember reading a review of it so I passed.

Went to crabtree and evelyn and picked up a bar of sandalwood for $7.50. When I got home, I was amazed at all of the chemicals in the label. Stuff that http://www.ewg.org/reports/skindeep/...ing%20Products warns against.

Before I mail order some primo stuff, I want to know what's in it. Anyone have an ingredient list for Trumpers or taylors?

Truefitt and hill I found here: http://www.drugstore.com/qxp142385_3...ooden_bowl.htm
(not encouraging)

Any other suggestions for a good++ soap that is more on the natural side?

Thanks!

Check out the glycerin based soaps at QED. Click on the other products link. I own his entire line with a few exceptions and love them! If you like sandalwood give his a try. It's the closest you'll come to single note sandalwood soap. Charles makes a special effort to use the best essential oils available.

Ever looked up what you inhale, taste, swallow, smell, touch, carry and absorb ......?

There are limits to worrying.

Live,
Hoekie

Originally Posted by HoekmanX

Ever looked up what you inhale, taste, swallow, smell, touch, carry and absorb ......?

There are limits to worrying.

Live,
Hoekie

I hear you, and I do look it up and stay away from most bad stuff. I personally do better that way. I just figure if I'm going to spend 20 on soap, I want it to be great on all levels.

~Michael

Originally Posted by Rik

Check out the glycerin based soaps at QED. Click on the other products link. I own his entire line with a few exceptions and love them! If you like sandalwood give his a try. It's the closest you'll come to single note sandalwood soap. Charles makes a special effort to use the best essential oils available.

Thanks, I just made some using a homemade recipe. I'll try this and then order some QED.

Greatings Michael,

Ray's Sandalwood classicshaving (glycerine) soap has a pretty authentic fragrance. I do enjoy using it, but recently I've been experimenting with hard milled English soaps. I really enjoy the Taylor Sandalwood and the Trumper's Sandalwood, but neither of them smell like Sandalwood. They may have Sandalwood as a base fragrance, but have so many other fragrances mixed with it, that it is unrecognizable, at least for my schnozz. Even so, these two English soaps have a very pleasant fragrance, (although it might not be to your liking). and also generate a terrifically rich lather, particularly suitable for my beard type. The T & H Luxury shaving soap (not sandalwood) also provides quality lather and a really smooth shave.

Hal

Greetings mpols1968,

You want to specifically be looking for soaps and creams that are created using the mysore varient of sandalwood.

Aside from Charles' soaps, you may want to give Crabtree and & Evelyn's Sandalwood line a try. Their cologne is the only single-note sandalwood offered. It could be longer lived, but the fragrance is well worth it!

Thank you for your email.

Please find below the ingredients for: Rose Shave Soap, Almond shave soap, Rose shave cream.

ROSE SHAVE SOAP: Potassium Palmate, Sodium Palmate, Potassium Stearate, Potassium Palm Kernelate, Water (Aqua), Sodium Stearate, Glycerin, Palm Kernel Acid, Fragrance (Parfum), Isopropyl Myrisate, Geraniol, Citronellol, Hydroxycitronellal, Tetrasodium EDTA, Sodium Chloride, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Pentasodium Pentetate, BHT, Linalool, CI 77891, CI 12490, CI 11680.

ALMOND SHAVE SOAP: Sodium palmate, Potassium palmate, Sodium palm kernelate, Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Potassium palm kernelate, Fragrance (Parfum), Stearic Acid, Isopropyl Myristate, Tetrasodium EDTA, Amyl cinnamal, Sodium Chloride, Hexyl Cinnamal, Coumarin, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, BHT, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Pentasodium pentetate, Limonene, Citronellol, Linalool, Geraniol, Titanium dioxide (CI 77891), Yellow 5 Lake (CI 19140), Red 30 Lake (CI 73360).

ROSE SHAVE CREAM: Aqua (Water), Stearic acid, Myristic acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Coconut acid, Glycerin, Parfum (Fragrance), Triethanolamine, Sodium Hydroxide, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, CI 17200 (D&C Red 33), CI 16035 (FD & C Red 40), Citronellol, Cinnamyl alcohol.

I hope this is the information you require.



Kind Regards

Miss Rebecca Baron

Geo. F. Trumper Ltd
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London N19 3HT
TEL: +44 (0)20 7272 1765
FAX: +44 (0)20 7281 9337
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WEBSITE www.trumpers.com

I can tell you that both trumpers and taylor of bond St have about 5 lines worth of ingredients on the soap box mostly all chemicals. Haslinger which is sold by Shavemac only seems to have a couple of chemicals, the rest are herbal extracts and it is an excellent soap.

I suspect many of the ingredients you've been warned about are only dangerous by themselves...for instance the potassium or sodium hydroxides used in making soaps/creams are extremely toxic, (not to mention bad for you as they would burn your skin like acid....) they are only the beginning ingredients, and not in the actual final product. Some of you chemists out there feel free to help me out, but soaps aren't the same as their ingredients, rather they are an entirely new entity.
Potassium Palmate, Sodium Palmate, Potassium Stearate, Potassium Palm Kernelate, for instance, I think are simply palm oil derivatives....
the -parabens and a few of the others are simply preservatives, to keep the soap from going "off". I've noticed the British manufacturers like to break the oils down into their component parts, although those ingredients make it pretty obvious that their soap is saponified palm oil, perhaps with a little of another oil added.
Also remember, if soap did not have ANY harsh chemicals, it would be a nice big glob of grease.... or wouldn't lather. its a balance.
well anyway I know there are folks here who know more about this than I, so I defer to their knowledge, but this is my understanding anyway.
John P.