Thread: Favorite Non-Tallow soaps

I tend to prefer tallow shaving soaps but there are a few non-tallow soaps that really shine for me. My favorites are:

I Coloniali Mango Oil Shave Soap

Klar Kabinett Soap

Pre de Provence Shave Soap

What non-tallow soaps make your list?

Ogallala, Pre de Provence, Provence Sante, I Coloniali, Mama Bear's and VDH Delux. I find these soaps are easier on my face than any tallow based soap I've used, in particular the first 2. I don't know why but they are. If tallow, MWF and QCS.

Valobra Soft Soap, VdH Deluxe, et fini...

Most of the non-tallow soaps I've tried just don't seem to do it right for me. That being said, I haven't tried I Coloniali yet.

i love the french soaps.. pre de provence, provence sante, institut karite..

i've also recently started using ogallala.. not too keen on the scent.. but it lathers amazingly.

For me the only non tallow based soap that's on top of my favorite performing list is SRD's Bulgarian Rose.

Pre de Provence makes excellent bath soap. I take the bath soap and grate it into melted VDH and make a franken soap that is a killer shave soap. Non talllow based.

I just acquired some Valobra Soft and MdC. I have about 3 or so shaves with each and find them every bit as good as my tallow mainstays: Harris Marlborough/Arlington, Cella, and P160.


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Mama bears masonic lodge and SRD opus X and sandalwood

klar kabinett works fantastically....if you dont mind rose scented soaps and dont mind a 500 gram chunk of soap that lasts a long time.

Martin de Candre (fougère) - only non-tallow I've kept for more than 5-10 shaves (other than TGQ soap which I used to really enjoy too...). Of those I've tried, they're the only two that have impressed me enough to have ever held a long-standing place in my rotation.