Thread: Is there a truly unusable soap/cream?

Originally Posted by rum

Yes there is. It's called L'Occitane Cade Shaving Cream. Impossible to lather if you ask me!!

There are some people reporting (on other forums) that the new formulation of Trumper's soaps are no more useful than paperweights, but I've yet to get my hands on such a puck.

See now I find the exact opposite of this soap it's great to me I get a nice thick leather with it! I do not like Jack Black's beard cream or creamo however. Very fond of any type of tobs creams!

There you go, works for one but not the other. Maybe I just trying to get at that I think there is nothing basically wrong with the soaps/creams ability to produce decent usable lather but some other factors that make them miserable for some to use. Factors like suitable water, brush type and technique. For the most part I think most all here have a good brush and technique so that really leaves water as the main culprit in poor performance. That has to be the biggest part of success, finding a soap/cream that agrees with the chemical make up of the local water supply. Some soaps/creams being much more sensitive to that than others for some reason.

Bob

Solvol. It lathers OK, but the shave is quite rough.

James.

I have read that the new Musgo Real shaving soap is unusable. In my experience, the Mystic Water soaps are terrible, of course YMMV...

I haven't used any brand name soaps/creams that were truly unusable, but I've tried some artisan and homemade (not by me) products that definitely fit that description. A couple were so bad that they bypassed the shower and went straight to the garbage bin.

Originally Posted by HoracioAR

I have read that the new Musgo Real shaving soap is unusable. In my experience, the Mystic Water soaps are terrible, of course YMMV...

Just got a tube of Musgo Real cream a month ago and it works as well as others I have, maybe old stock?

Bob

Yea, similar experience with a couple of artisan shave soaps that I tried, direct to the garbage also.

Bob

Actually, I do have an unusable soap. Dr Harris came out with an unscented, all natural soap and I tried a puck a year or so ago and it was the worst soap I ever did see. The lather was non existent and what little there was evaporated in seconds. It made VDH look like a super premium soap. I wound up using it as a bath soap.

I do have very hard water however I have a water softener so my water is in effect totally soft.

Be interesting to see what the difference in ingredients is, if any, from DR Harris Arlington. I have been using the Arlington and it lathers/performs well.

Bob

The worst soap I ever tried was Shea Moisture Shave (Shea butter & African black soap Shave Butter) While the scent is grapefruit citris heaven, The soap is impossible to generate even the hint of lather. It's almost comical they even call it shave cream.



Run dont walk away from this tub!!!