Thread: www.soaptopia.com

Originally Posted by leadduck

Try calling them. They are great to deal with over the phone and if there's a glitch with the code, I'm sure they'll take care of you if the order hasn't gone out already.

Called them, gentleman who answered asked if this was "Scott" & took care of it. Two pucks on the way. Man, I hope their soap is as good as the customer service...could have a winner if so.

Thanks again everyone for such great support and kind words.

Yes you can call if you have any trouble, but the codes to seem to be working. You just need to:
1) Pick your TWO soaps and put 'em in your cart.
2) Use the code TWOBITS at checkout -- one word, all caps.

OR if you wanted the shaving dish+ soap combo plus a free soap, put them in the cart and use the code KABLAM

And, yes, if you have any trouble, just give us a ring.

Thanks again.

Originally Posted by vthomlinson

any updates on the soap guys? anyone tried it yet?

That's what I was wondering.

Originally Posted by markevens

I've got a sample packet on the way. I'm looking forward to getting it and hopefully starting a nice relationship with this company. I'll give an update here when I get some shaves in with it.

They have a sample pack now? Cool.

Originally Posted by leadduck

My package arrived yesterday morning, just after I had already shaved. I tried the Almond scent for the first time this morning. Here are my initial impressions:

First of all, the ordering process. Customer service was excellent. They worked diligently with me to process the order (my card was new and as it turned out, not activated though it should have been) and were a joy to deal with. With standard shipping it arrived in two days from the west coast to the east. Before I even opened the box, I could smell the eucalypsis. As I said, I tried the almond first. To be honest, the fragrance of almond was barely present as it was overpowered by the medium. Lather wise, it whipped up a foamly lather, but not much substance. As others have commented, it evaporates very quickly. The shave I got was certainly adequate, equal to what I usually get with the best of the glycerin soaps I use. Would I recomment it? It depends on what you're looking for in a soap. If you need a thick, fragrant cream to fully enjoy your shave, you might want to keep looking. If you want a well-lubricated shave, that ends with smooth skin, this will defitely do the trick. My opinion only. Your mileage may vary.

Kind of what I was afraid of with this. Thanks for posting the review.

yeah... why wasn't i told of a sample pack?

Originally Posted by leadduck

My package arrived yesterday morning, just after I had already shaved. I tried the Almond scent for the first time this morning. Here are my initial impressions:

First of all, the ordering process. Customer service was excellent. They worked diligently with me to process the order (my card was new and as it turned out, not activated though it should have been) and were a joy to deal with. With standard shipping it arrived in two days from the west coast to the east. Before I even opened the box, I could smell the eucalypsis. As I said, I tried the almond first. To be honest, the fragrance of almond was barely present as it was overpowered by the medium. Lather wise, it whipped up a foamly lather, but not much substance. As others have commented, it evaporates very quickly. The shave I got was certainly adequate, equal to what I usually get with the best of the glycerin soaps I use. Would I recomment it? It depends on what you're looking for in a soap. If you need a thick, fragrant cream to fully enjoy your shave, you might want to keep looking. If you want a well-lubricated shave, that ends with smooth skin, this will defitely do the trick. My opinion only. Your mileage may vary.

I, too, felt the lather lacked body and was too thin, but it was very slick. I thought if I used it with any of my favorite creams it might work. It did! I have used the soap, a clove scented soap, with C.O. Bigrlow cream my last two shaves - and the results have been wonderful! All I can say is the resulting product has been quite spectacular. I will try another cream today, and I am sure the results will be the same. I used two mugs: One mug I placed a half puck of Soaptopia's soap, in the other mug I placed a small strip of my cream. I wet my brush and proceeded to whip up a nice amount of lather on my brush from the Soaptopia puck; when there was plenty of lather on the brush, I moved to the mug with cream and proceeded as normal. Well, so far I am really impressed with the results I have gotten. The resulting lather seemed to soften my whiskers better than any soap, cream, or combination used previously.

My conclusion is that as a stand alone soap, I was not too impressed. but, as in combination with a good cream, Spectacular!

Just my humble opinion,

Steve

Originally Posted by zepplin

I, too, felt the lather lacked body and was too thin, but it was very slick. I thought if I used it with any of my favorite creams it might work. It did! I have used the soap, a clove scented soap, with C.O. Bigrlow cream my last two shaves - and the results have been wonderful! All I can say is the resulting product has been quite spectacular. I will try another cream today, and I am sure the results will be the same. I used two mugs: One mug I placed a half puck of Soaptopia's soap, in the other mug I placed a small strip of my cream. I wet my brush and proceeded to whip up a nice amount of lather on my brush from the Soaptopia puck; when there was plenty of lather on the brush, I moved to the mug with cream and proceeded as normal. Well, so far I am really impressed with the results I have gotten. The resulting lather seemed to soften my whiskers better than any soap, cream, or combination used previously.

My conclusion is that as a stand alone soap, I was not too impressed. but, as in combination with a good cream, Spectacular!

Just my humble opinion,

Steve

I agree totally with Steve. I have not tried the Soaptopia soap on its own, because I always mix soaps and creams when I shave. I received a puck of Eucalyptus and the Almond/Clove. I've used them both mixed with Proraso cream with a small squirt of glycerine. Both performed wonderfully in this manner. I am very satisfied with Soaptopia's customer service, delivery time, and the product.

so far i have used the almond as a stand alone and have no complaints about the lather's thickness.. and i love the eucalyptus with my c.o. bigelow.. after reading this i'd like to try the almond with the bigelow.. does the scent come out alright? i'll be picking up the clove puck later today.

what are peoples thoughts on the scent of the rosewood?

Originally Posted by vthomlinson

so far i have used the almond as a stand alone and have no complaints about the lather's thickness.. and i love the eucalyptus with my c.o. bigelow.. after reading this i'd like to try the almond with the bigelow.. does the scent come out alright? i'll be picking up the clove puck later today.

what are peoples thoughts on the scent of the rosewood?

If u like the scent of the almond and just want to smell that u should get KISS MY FACE shave cream in the pump at wholefoods u can get unscented and when combined with any soap i have it is some of the slickest moisturizing lather ive used. Just one pump is all it takes too

good idea.. i have the patchouli kmf and love it.. but only use it when i'm feeling hippy. i'll go pickup the unscented.. have you ever tried the vanilla? i'm tempted to give that one a shot too.

I receivd a message on my machine that one of the soaps is out and that they can substute another one or I can wait. I called them back and customer service was great no problems I have decided to try the clove vanilla. This must be a new one as I don't see it on the web page.

Richard