Thread: dedicating yourself to a single soap for an entire week.

i know certain members here have set aside an entire week at some point or another to really judge a soap.. lately it seems like whenever mitchell's shows up in the rotation i am getting less than steller results. perhaps my woolfat skills have been forgotten or something..

anyway.. i am going to use strictly mitchell's for a solid week and see if i can get back some skills.

who else ever does this and what is usually learned or observed?

well i have tried about 12 different soaps and was not happy with them so i got started trying to make my own ,and about 20 batches later i got it right and have been uesing it ever since, about 6 months havent hade a better soap.

Originally Posted by Pops!

i know certain members here have set aside an entire week at some point or another to really judge a soap.. lately it seems like whenever mitchell's shows up in the rotation i am getting less than steller results. perhaps my woolfat skills have been forgotten or something..

anyway.. i am going to use strictly mitchell's for a solid week and see if i can get back some skills.

who else ever does this and what is usually learned or observed?

I have been using mitchell's almost exclusively for almost a year. good stuff

I am going through a puck of C&E Sandalwood daily and will change soaps when it is finished, but I do have some samples coming soon and when I travel I take Body Shop Maca Root.

Originally Posted by Pops!

i know certain members here have set aside an entire week at some point or another to really judge a soap.. lately it seems like whenever mitchell's shows up in the rotation i am getting less than steller results. perhaps my woolfat skills have been forgotten or something..

anyway.. i am going to use strictly mitchell's for a solid week and see if i can get back some skills.

who else ever does this and what is usually learned or observed?

Not sure if you've seen it or not, but Mantic59 has an entire video dedicated to lathering MWF on Youtube...
Can't do the link, cause I'm at work, and they blocked Youtube....

I've only got one type of shave cream, Truefitt and Hill Trafalgar. I use it daily and love the results. That being said, I have some MWFS in the post from the UK. Is there a trick to using MWF?

Stu

Whenever I get a new soap or cream I will routinely use it exclusively for a week straight. It really helps to discover the product's particular quirks, and to fine tune your lathering techniques to get the most out of it.

Furthermore, when I used to have fewer soaps and creams my rotation would last a week at a time. I had it in my head that my sensitive skin would like a weeks rotation rather than switching products every shave. Well, you know how things go - the collection gets too large to ignore your other products for so long.... plus I discovered that my skin CAN tolerate change every shave. Needless to say I switch it up every time now

Originally Posted by Str8Raz0r

Is there a trick to using MWF?

Well mate, I'll I can say is to do a quick search on MWF and see what threads pop up. You'll see what I mean.....

In my rotation I tend to use a soap for a week or more without switching it out. I like to get a feel for the soap and when I get a little tired of it I rotate.

as an update.. it seems like my face just became spoiled with all the french soaps i normally use.. having so much shea butter buildup seemed to make me immune to lanolin..

after 3 days of the fat.. i started to get good shaves again..

also.. most french soaps require very little product.. mwf requires quite a bit in comparison.. i simply wasn't loading the brush enough and not working it in..

i've come to the conclusion that woolfat doesn't like to be ignored.. use a lot of it.. often.. and you'll be good.