Just had a baby girl, Mother-in-law took over shave den, what soap do I take?

OK, now, I had this conundrum following the birth of my first child on Monday. We came home yesterday to a house overrun by Mother/Sister-in-law. My shave den is also the main guest bathroom, so I had to choose. I don't have a lot of soaps, but I had to take only one because our bathroom is fairly packed with my wife's needs and with a baby it's more than usual. So I had to choose from my limited selection. For some of you this would be nigh unto impossible, but I only have about 15 soaps.

So I thought about it and narrowed it down to:
Sir Irisch Moos
Valobra
Vito's Extra
Razorock
and,
L'occitane

For those of you with these in your collection, what would you choose?

I will tell you what I chose tomorrow!

I don't have near that many. I'd have to go with a vetiver QED called 'Luxury Lather'. Congrats on your newborn. :tu

Jimmy, he wanted you to pick one from his list...

I would pick the L'Occitane, top notch stuff.

Oh, yeah, who cares about soap when you got a new DAUGHTER!!! Congrats!!!

Congrats on the newborn. Hope you get to sleep.

Take the RazoRock, and run for the hills.

Congrats on the baby. :angel:

As for the assault on the Shave Den; get them one of these, while they are there. It might help expedite their retreat.

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Take it from one who has been there done that,wellcome the woman with open arms.
At this point you are useless to your wife,her mother is golden.
When the last of our 3 was born 27 yrs ago,my wifes Ma and sis came in with packed bags ready to roll.
I went duck hunting for a week.

First, congrats on the little princess :)

Then to the important part :p

I have all of the mentioned except for Vito's, I would have gone for either Irisch Moos or Valobra (given that it is the stick?), both are IMO excellent performers with a scent I love.

Jimmy - that number 15 includes the things like Col. Conk Lime that I got for $3 and the Godrej, Figaro, and Kappus Cremes I got dirt cheap. Thinking about it though, maybe I should have grabbed the figaro.

Joe - That is the comment of the day! this is my first child, a little baby girl named Jewel Audrey and I care BECAUSE of her. She's amazing and only 4 days old. But I want to be BBS for her of course... I don't want her nuzzling into Grizzly Adams.

Crazy Lizard man - Ok... Why? :)

Hirlau - Funny, but I actually like my M-i-L, she is cleaning and cooking and making life bearable, she even let me sleep one night taking over baby duty, kinda sad she has to leave on Monday! Addresses Pixelfixed too to some extent.

Pixelfixed - Honestly with this being the first, I really need to be here through all of it. Our first night home I took baby for an hour long walk outside at 1:00am in my boxer shorts, flip flops, and a t-shirt because mommy needed a break from feeding... she hadn't gotten more than an hour straight of sleep, so I let her get two and a half before bringing baby back up for feeding. Then baby gave us about two hours between each of the others.

This is good stuff guys, thanks.

Zephyr, yes both are the sticks and they are both on my list because of the performance and smell! Just which one do I choose (well, already done for me, but I will give my reasons after the break)!

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Originally Posted by Yochatman

Zephyr, yes both are the sticks and they are both on my list because of the performance and smell! Just which one do I choose (well, already done for me, but I will give my reasons after the break)!

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I would have picked Valobra based on the more neutral scent than the IM. If I had to use the same soap over several days I find a neutral scent to be more practical.

CONGRATULATIONS!! :y
I hope both mother and daughter are well and healthy!
As far as the soaps, I haven't the foggiest...

Congratulations on your first born! :)

If it were me I'd have just built a new bathroom. Or, better yet, a self-contained granny flat out the back because I am pretty sure that new child of yours will be a grandparent magnet for years to come.

James.

:y CONGRATS!!! Soooo happy for you! Glad to hear everyone is fairing well, just love her name too... definitely fit for a bitty princess. <3

Don't know diddly about soaps, but I'm so happy for you.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!


That is great news brother

Congratulations! It's amazing and beautiful how that little baby will change your life :)

I'd agree with the above comment, pick one thats the most natural and least amount of scent. New baby is very sensitive to this stuff. Might want to skip the Bay Rums for a little while lol.

Yochatman:
I just re-read one of your posts and noticed that you named your daughter Jewel Audrey. I think that's a crackerjack of a name!

So, as promised, I am going to reveal the soap I chose for the week:
Vito's Extra.
The reasons are varied and many.
1) It has a very neutral scent that not only smells nice, but is manly at the same time
2) It lathers VERY easily both in the bowl and on the face.
3) The glide on it is phenomenal without needing to work on it's consistency, a little dry or wet doesn't hurt it's abilities.
4) There's no mess to worry about, just leave it in it's ceramic bowl and let it dry, no rinsing out the bowl.

Now there is no hard and fast rule here, but for me the Vito's is by far the easiest to lather and while there is definitely an optimal consistency for it, it works well under most conditions... At least with my water.

Thanks for all the comments and congratulations guys. I really appreciate it!

Yochatman:
Would it be out of the bounds of good behaviour to request a picture of Jewel Audrey? If so, I do hereby apologize for the inappropriateness of my request.

This is so easy for me anyway. Why? Because I only have the L'occitane soap.

I'm very relieved. The only part of the title I can see on my IPad is:"Just had a baby girl, Mother-in-Law took"

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Originally Posted by AFDavis11

I'm very relieved. The only part of the title I can see on my IPad is:"Just had a baby girl, Mother-in-Law took"

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That literally just made me LOL. It's very fun to see how some messages are truncated perfectly!

Congrats!!!!!

This is my baby girl. She's my little Jewel!

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She's sitting in her auntie's arms just waiting until the day she too can use a brush and razor! I just won't let her near them when she's a teenager and wants to kill me for intimidating her boyfriends!:

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And now, peacefully sleeping waiting for the next mealtime! :angel:

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There she is gentlemen! And ladies...

A beautiful little princess!

Adorable! I think she will have you wrapped around her little finger in no time flat.

Congratulation! Beautiful little girl!

My little princess is now 22 years old, and last week she came to my shave den and asked for a brush and cream for her to use on her legs, made me feel good and proud to be able to give her the best brush and cream for her legs. Now, if I can persuade her to shave with a DE at the very least, then she'd be ahead of the game. Double O

Congrats!
Yet another baby is born with more hair on its head than me! :D

In situations like this I would leave the den as is (or maybe try and box everything away, safe and sound...) and just get a cheap soap like a Palmolive Shave Stick - at the price these go for over here, I wouldn't worry about losing it, etc. Just buy another one!