Thread: my first big order of soaps/creams

+1 to Stubear's recommendation for Mama Bear's glycerin soaps. I also recently tried some goats milk / shea butter / earth clays soaps from 1846HouseSoaps sold on Etsy that have proved great as well.

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Razors: 1965 PAL adjustable injector | 1966 Schick M1 adjustable injector | 1974 Schick/Int'l Silver "Paul Revere" injector
Blades: NOS Schick Platinum Plus | Personna Platinum Chrome
Brushes: 2002 Shavemac Thuja wood 23mm Silvertip | 2007 Rooney Faux Ivory 2/1 22mm Super | 1999 Shavecenter German 19mm Pure | 2010 Omega/Marvy Beechwood 24mm Boar
Creams: Taylors (avacado; rose) | Trumpers (coconut)
Soaps: Mama Bear (various) | 1846HouseSoaps | Surrey/VdH
Scuttle: Feats of Clay

no updates yet have to wait till tomorrow so i can shave sposed to go out and be a leprechaun tonight lol

but it smells good, is super slick and lathers ok in my hand

Originally Posted by ShawnWmDavis

no updates yet have to wait till tomorrow so i can shave sposed to go out and be a leprechaun tonight lol

but it smells good, is super slick and lathers ok in my hand

Figured WTH and placed an order for his sampler. He was nice enough to agree to substitute his earthy-fresh for the almond. I have an allergy to ingesting those nuts and recently found out the hard way with my first ever use of an almond shaving product (Truefitt & Hill's sample almond cream) that they too produce a nasty reaction. As a retiree you'd think I'd know better but over all these decades of wet shaving I simply never tried anything almond. That is until I got the T&H sample pack..... BIG lesson learned!


I also just heard back from CarrieM and decided to sample these scents:
--Black Raspberry Vanilla
--Sage & Citrus
--Orange
--Patchouli
--Dragon's Blood

Should prove interesting

Originally Posted by paco

You should also try The BOMB, from Alraz and CarrieM's creams also. Both are made by members of this site.

Huge +1 to Alraz's "The BOMB" shaving creams. Protects like a soap, smells like a cream, and conditions like an aftershave. Send Alraz a PM for info.

are the patchouli's over powering like the ones the burners wear??

and shamrock packages his stuff well he even black tapes the lips so they dont leak or spill out. earthy fresh is a nice old spicy kinda manly scent you can see the ingredients if you look close enough

Originally Posted by ShawnWmDavis

are the patchouli's over powering like the ones the burners wear??

Mama Bear's was rather subtle and quite nice, so I'm hoping CarrieM's will be too.

and shamrock packages his stuff well he even black tapes the lips so they dont leak or spill out. earthy fresh is a nice old spicy kinda manly scent you can see the ingredients if you look close enough

Good to know.... thanks!

thats also good to know i was worried id smell like a hippie lol

there will be some leakage when you open the container its a nice metal canister but thats how i know its super slick try washing it off its like oil and water. the large size im not sure how his samples come

i like the lime nice and clean and bright scent, earthy fresh is just rugged smelling


i see he has the soap i ordered the cream but im sure it will be packaged well, he is a straight edge shaver too so he must be a good guy lol

Shawn,

His samples are 4 oz plastic cups. That's a healthy size for a sample

BTW enjoy St Patrick's Day. If I were in Syracuse I'd be at Coleman's (do a search... great classic Irish pub but noted for both their small leprechaun door and the traffic light on the corner with green on top.... Tipperary Hill.. only one in the US of A) but here I'm attending the last game of the season for the Rapid City Rush ice hockey team. They've made the playoffs too

sounds like a sweet place, and as you can see below lol its a tradition

ok so i shaved today with shamrocks soap cream, i cannot get a high lather with it, it goes fizzy/lacy in short time it is very slick but maybe im not using my brush right so dont let it sway anyone its probly my technique.


but no major bleeding, took my time and did my whole face cept goatee with my Griffon #60 carbo mag now i need a strop lol.