Has anyone here bought any of the hand/home made shave soaps. Some of them have great prices and shipping. They sound good but figured I would ask here to see if anyone has had experience with any of them and what did you think?
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Has anyone here bought any of the hand/home made shave soaps. Some of them have great prices and shipping. They sound good but figured I would ask here to see if anyone has had experience with any of them and what did you think?
I've had good and bad experiences with ebay purchases. Will G made an excellent soap. He shut down for knee surgery, or something similar, and next it was announced that he had terminal cancer. I bought some Old Spice scented soaps from artifactsoapworks, and all I got from them was foam, no lather. I used one for a bath soap and one for an air freshener in the car. There is soap on ebay called Pirates Cove, I can't find it tonight, but I have heard good things about it.
RT
so far I've had only one experience and that was a bad one. Don't buy any shavesoap from"The Soap Lady of Oregon." (soaplador ebayname) Good soap, just not good shave soap.
I was looking for the Will G soap also but saw he was gone. There were like 3 different soaps that I found I was interested in but I am going to wait to see if anyone else chimes in.
there is a seller called "shippingisextra" who actually ships free to the USA. He has nice soaps, I used to give out free samples with my shaving brushes, but his customer service was the pits. MY customers who got FREE samples of his soap that I PAID FOR, came back and complained about his service. I ended up ordering a bunch of soaps and sending them to my customers that he wouldn't/couldn't/overcharged. I haven't dealt with him due to the hassles, but I believe that if you're in the USA he ships free, with little problem.
I was buying his soaps and including small pucks with my brushes, simply because they were good soaps. It cost me about 0.50$ per puck. I had an overseas customer get in touch with me because he wanted to buy some of the soaps, based on the free samples her received. The seller wanted $20 to ship one single 4oz bar of soap. Acting as a middle man, I bought and shipped this customer 8 bars of soap, overseas, for less than $20. It seems he clearly operates as a hobby, not a business, and isn't interested in really marketing his stuff.
I also had trouble with the size of the soaps, too. The 4 oz bars would be 3 oz sometimes. sometimes they would be a little big too, but mostly smaller than noted.
the soaps are quite good though and for the price of about $3 per puck, a solid glycerine shave soap.
I think mamabear sells her shave soap on eBay and, well, that stuff is fantastic.
-- Gary F.
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Originally Posted by pitbulls20
Honeybee Spa Soaps makes a shea butter shaving soap. I never tried the Will G soaps but since he used to by his shaving soap from Sue at Honeybee prior to making his own soaps, I assume they are very similiar to Will G's soaps. Honeybee can be found at http://stores.ebay.com/Honeybee-Spa-Soaps.
I find the Honeybee shaea butter shaving soaps to be exceptional in all aspects and they leave my face feeling great. The also have a variety of excellent scents to choose from and at an exceptional price.
Bud
Thanks for the reply. I actually bought some of the honeybee soaps and I thought the scent was horrible but it gave a really nice shave. For example I got a lemon-lime one that made me think more of sweet cookies than lemon or lime. I got 2 others from a sample pack but never used them because I disliked the scent so much.
Great lather and smooth shave but poor scent. Just my opinion.
I was very pleased with the scents I got which were the Very sexy for men, Old Spice, and I the Dakkar which I especilly liked. I'm not much of a fan of lime. What other scents did you get so that I know for future reference. I relalize our preferences my differ, but I'll put the scents you tried at the bottom of the list of ones I would like to try.
Bud
Sacrilege! :) I'd bathe in lime juice if I could heh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gundog
-- Gary F.
I had the Oakmoss and Mountain Mist. WHen I get a bit more time I might mail these 2 to someone if they want them or trade.
Martin de Candre French Shaving Soap MDC Scented 50 Gram Jar New in Box | eBay
martin de candre for buy it now
If you go to eBay and type in goats milk shaving soap you will get a huge listing. Look for shaving soaps from a seller named evenest. She produces a wide variety of soaps and shaving soaps. I have a few of them and find them decent to work with. She does recommend that before first use take an old toothbrush and scrub the top skin off. She is in Oregon and doesn't brag about anything. A solid product and reasonable. Often adds an extra or two unasked for.
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Originally Posted by jmsodpc
Thank you for that link, I will now finally have this "legendary" soap
+1 on lime shaving soap. My favorite summer drink is, of course, Limeade.Quote:
Originally Posted by gfoster
now you can join the happy mdc shavers club :rofl2:Quote:
Originally Posted by sinnfein
Martin de Candre is so worth while. You will not be disappointed. ENJOY!!!
Really is a thick comfortable easy lather.
The scent isn't my favorite but not bad at all.
I tried a puck of 'Love My Skin' shaving soap and really like it. The lather is thick and rich with decent cushion. IMHO, the price is very reasonable for a good quality soap @ $3.95 BIN plus $2.45 shipping and pleanty of scents to choose from. I've only tried the Cedarwood and found the scent pleasant but not overwelming. Do a search for 'love my skin shave soap' for a list of scents.
i bought some handmade bath soaps off ebay and didnt like when the soaps got towards the end, they became mushy.
Dude I just got a puck of "love my skin" I went with almond... i've never had an almond shave soap mind you but wow... it is HORRIBLE! It literally smells like a urinal cake! like a really sweet urinal cake. Its over powering. I've heard nothing but good things, just don't get almond!Quote:
Originally Posted by DoughBoy68