Thread: Shaving cream or soap?

Some of your decision between soaps and creams may come down to your brush. If you have a firm bristled brush, then soaps may be a better choice. If your brush is softer, then you may want to look at creams. Or join the club here and have many brushes, creams, soaps and we won't even talk about razors! Good luck and let us know what you've decided.
-Fred

I find soaps easier to use. For travelling, I have a cake of Cavendish Black in a plastic container with a screw-on lid that came from a hand cream. So far, I have been getting a great lather that was just the right consistency from Colleen's soaps. Tried a few others -- Wilkinson on the cheap side, C&E Sweet Almond cream and the Nomad soap on the pricier side, but they can't compare.

Give me cream anytime. Great lather easy to use.

When I ordered my Thuringer hone from Manufactum I had to order something else to get to 25 euros because they don't take orders for less. They happened to carry Proraso so I took that. Used it this morning. Liked the smell and coolness. The shave was really nice but the cooling effect of the menthol caused some "goosepimpling" of my skin. Due to that the razor grazed the skin in my neck a bit and left me with a slightly burning feeling in my neck all morning.
In the afternoon it had gone.

Anyone ever had a similar experience?

Not from proraso, but once I was using my tongue inside my cheek to pooch it out a bit, and accidently let my tongue get too far in front of the razor. Left a long scrape next to the corner of my mouth.

I feel this question about soap vs creams is like the everlong question of "which came first the chicken or the egg"

If you really want a shave that is pure luxury, try the Honeybee-Spa shea butter shaving soap. This stuff has all the attributes of a soap and cream with none of the negatives. It lathers great, provides an excellent and comfartable shave and leaves your face feeling really moist and fantastic afterwards. It is the beat of all the creams and soaps that I have tried. It can be fouind at: http://stores.ebay.com/Honeybee-Spa-Soaps

Bud

They only ship within USA so that disqualifies me.

I just read on another forum that they will hope to provide shipping to Europe in the very near future. You may inquire as to when by contacting Sue (the owner) via her web site. The soap is fantastic!

Bud

Originally Posted by Kees

They only ship within USA so that disqualifies me.

Kees,

You may consider some of Colleen's soap.
I'm sure you have taken note of her thread
in Vendor's Corner.

Below is her email address. I believe she ships
overseas.

thegentlemensquarter@hotmail.com

She has some really nice soap. The Orange Patchouli
is outstanding.

Just a thought.....


Terry