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    I like the expensive stuff as much as the next guy, but I just tried this and got a really great double pass shave. Take a bar of Dove bar soap (I used the men's, but I'm sure the basic Dove will work fine) and nuke it for a couple minutes in a microwave safe container. When it's melted, pour into mug and let cool/refrigerate. When ready to use, put a few light squirts of glycerine (available at Walmart) and a little hot water and work up lather. Very little fragrance, so doesn't get in the way of your favorite aftershave stuff.

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    It works there are some members that do similar stuff with other soaps cause there skin can't handle most other soaps.

    I just can't see doing this when I can go pick up a puck of vdh deluxe for a buck and change at Walmart.

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    No doubt. I think the extra glycerine makes a difference tho, and it's only $4 +- for a bottle that will last a long time.

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    My Grandfather uses handsoap as lather, and not even with a brush; he just lathers the bar in his hands, rubs it into his whiskers and shaves. I don't ever remember seeing him use anything else, not even canned goo, and I'm pretty sure he can not fathom why I would spend the money I do on soaps, creams, brushes etc when a bar of ivory costs $1.

    Personally, regular hand soap wouldn't cut it for my sensitive skin, but perhaps when I'm pushing 90 my skin might be a little tougher

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    If you're enclined to shave off the soap aisle of a grocery store, give Clearly Natural Glycerin soap a try. Locally I can get Honeysuckle or Aloe Vera at just about any supermarket but I'm pretty sure health food stores/ hippy stores would have some of the more exotic scents. It also comes in Rainforest, Lilac, Cucumber, Lemon, Strawberry and Peppermint. It really does work great as a shaving soap, thick and slick, doesn't dry out. I normally load a brush straight from the bar and then either face or mug lather it. for ID purposes, it looks like this:
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    It runs a buck and change a bar and honestly works just as good or better than most any purpose built shaving soap I've tried
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    Pears glycerin soap also works in a pinch,Buck a pop at the doller store.
    Anyone tried lava as a shaving soap)

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    Haven't tried Lava, but we've all seen pucks that go for over $50. For that I'd want a Victoria's Secret model to shave me included.

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    I've been doing this for awhile How to Make a Shaving Cream for Men: 9 steps - wikiHow and it works really well!!


    Quote Originally Posted by agbowes View Post
    I like the expensive stuff as much as the next guy, but I just tried this and got a really great double pass shave. Take a bar of Dove bar soap (I used the men's, but I'm sure the basic Dove will work fine) and nuke it for a couple minutes in a microwave safe container. When it's melted, pour into mug and let cool/refrigerate. When ready to use, put a few light squirts of glycerine (available at Walmart) and a little hot water and work up lather. Very little fragrance, so doesn't get in the way of your favorite aftershave stuff.

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    I have mixed a dove bar with williams before...was very impressed with the result of the soap/lather

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    One more thing for me to try out

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