Thread: What's better soap or cream?

Both have their place. I use both of them, add glycerine to each, and it is hard to tell the difference. Water here is hard, so I sometimes use distilled H2O. Try both and see what you like best, badger for cream and bristle for soap.

I hate Tabac, and I find it to be among the most over-hyped products on the market. The reason it has such a cult following is absolutely beyond me.

Don't Flame me, Bro!

Soaps:
Well, there just aren't as many great ones as there used to be...
Art of Shaving
Czech & Speake
I also love Mitchell's Wool Fat

If you want shave sticks:
Valobra
Palmolive
Speick

these are among the best performers, IMHO, and 3 of the 5 are valobra based soaps (AoS, C&S, and obviously Valobra)

Creams:
Penhaligon's
Castle Forbes
Domenico Caraceni 1913
St. James of London - Cedarwood & Clarysage

These are all very good options. Of course there are others. No disrespect intended to anyone else, but I personally have no use for mixing creams with soap and glycerin or any other products to make a quality lather. If I can't get greatness from a single product, I don't bother with it (a possible exception is Creed soaps with AoS unscented cream because the scent of Creed is unreal).

I like soap.

Originally Posted by richmondesi

I hate Tabac, and I find it to be among the most over-hyped products on the market. The reason it has such a cult following is absolutely beyond me.

+1

For me, Tabac performs only slightly better than Williams and it doesn't smell nearly as good.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Most place in the US are close enough to a large Mall and the mall will have "The Body Shop" in there.. Try their Maca Root shave cream..

According to their website, the nearest one is 125.8 miles from my location.
I guess farmers aren't their target market...