Thread: Palmolive shaving soap stick?

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

What is it the attracts people to certain shaving soaps,Smell?, cost? (the higher the cost the better?) all my soaps are cheap.Palmolive,Cella,P160,no longer made but I have 2 kilos.My main requierments with shaving soaps are:high fat content (tallow), lubricity (tallow) cost.
I see shaving soaps that cost 30/40 bux for a tiny tub,why?? JMO

Couldn't really say why people buy really expensive soaps but suspect it is for the same reasons as people buy expensive brushes, razors and strops. I am gonna guess it may be chasing the holy grail, a certain scent or just to use something the masses don't. Personally and like in most other things you quickly hit the point of diminishing return on money spent. For me that point would be after the cost of a Tabac or MWF refill puck. My baseline for a good lather starts with the cost point of an Arko or Palmolive stick. I like to play in that range to sample the variety of soaps being offered. So long as a soap is slipperier than snot and I don't gag on the scent I am happy.

Bob

tonight i decided to cut up a palmolive stick and put it in my shrinking bowl which once contained a latoja stick. it whipped up lather really easily. the soapy scent was nice and overall it makes me wonder why i have other more expensive soaps. i like this one better than arko since the scent is nicer. i'll still use up my more expensive soaps....but probably wont be buying anything more expensive than $15 in the future (that covers my mwf/dr harris love).

Originally Posted by jmsodpc

tonight i decided to cut up a palmolive stick and put it in my shrinking bowl which once contained a latoja stick. it whipped up lather really easily. the soapy scent was nice and overall it makes me wonder why i have other more expensive soaps. i like this one better than arko since the scent is nicer. i'll still use up my more expensive soaps....but probably wont be buying anything more expensive than $15 in the future (that covers my mwf/dr harris love).

Exactly the conclusion that I have come to. As much as I like MWF, DR Harris and most of all Tabac I could easily live with only Palmolive stick or cream.

Bob

Alright now does anyone know the difference between the Australian Palmolive soaps and creams vs the European or are they the same. Cheers.

Eddy...pretty sure the Aussie stick is a veggie base not tallow.

I might have a spare Gut 2,2 kicking around the back of the cupboard...

Originally Posted by BobH

Exactly the conclusion that I have come to. As much as I like MWF, DR Harris and most of all Tabac I could easily live with only Palmolive stick or cream.

Bob

+1! Palmolive is AMAZING! As good of a lather (thick, creamy, slick, protective) as any of my expensive ones. MWF gives a great lather but Palmolive matches it at a 1/4 of the cost! Plus it's easy to face lather the stick. Perfect every time in just a few seconds. I love the scent too. I can't say enough about it. Will be buying a case of this stuff next time.

My skin doesn't like the tallow, but it does make good lather and the scent is good. Read somewhere that Figaro from Tcheon Fung Sing is the newer version of P160. Don't know if it's true but the Figaro is one of my top soaps, cella with no tallow.