Any experience with these soaps?
Hey, all.
Quite often those who are economically capable get the advantage of ordering hand made soaps and luxury soaps that sometimes run over 10 dollars a round, but those who aren't as blessed are relegated to scraping or trying to find cheaper alternatives and sometimes just getting a less pleasant shaving experience than others due largely to the soap
I've been experimenting with affordable ingredients to come up with an alternative for the less financially blessed while providing some variety. I've been using the cup soaps I can buy at the local beauty stores as a comparison but unfortunately I've found that most of those have a single scent (they must all shop at the same fragrance store) and are little more than glorified glycerin, and can cause problems for sensitive skins.
I've known for quite some time that walgreens carries cup soaps but I hadn't bought any until now. I'm curious, has anyone used the "williams" mug shaving soaps or the "Van Der Hagen" deluxe cup soaps from walgreens? It will be a while before I get to test these so I wonder if anyone has any input on these.
The one thing that impresses me about "Van Der hagen" is the fact that they use aloe and lanolin and claim to have over 40% moisturizers in their bar. The Lanolin is a renewable (albeit animal) product that really helps with sensitive skins. The smell of the Van Der Hagen is similar to the soaps from the beauty supplies but at a $1.59 a round The cost is virtually unbeatable if it's a decent soap.
The Williams soap is not as thick at 1.75 ounces versus 2.5 ounces but both appear to be close to 2.5 inches in diameter. The Williams soap has a scent that I can't quite place, almost citrus but not quite. I'd almost compare it to ginger but again not quite.
The williams soap lists the ingredients and does have tallow, which I don't like. The Van Der Hagen does not list the ingredients but the texture leads me to believe it's another highly glycerin based soap. Most tallow based soaps have a thicker, duller consistency that would flake well into a good laundry detergent. I've seen very few that can fool me into thinking it's a vegetable based or non-tallow based soap.
Anyways, I'm interested in anyone who's had experience with these soaps and what your opinion is of them.
Glen F