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I just wanted to share this site with you: http://www.olivia-seife.de/menshaving.htm
Soaps for those that like pure natural ingredients and vegatable oil soaps.
I have not tried them myself: I am happy with run of the mill stuff and occasionally treat myself to Proraso shaving cream. But noticing that Colleen's soaps are so popular I thought Olivia might be of interest to some.
I read good things about them on Badger and Blade but haven't tried them in person. I've been tempted to for a while though.
I'll be getting some of Olivia's creams sometime soon. I'll let you know how I like them.
Hey LX, did you end up getting any of these soaps to try out? I would not mind hearing a report if you did.Quote:
Originally Posted by LX_Emergency
Thanks guys and hello!
Since my e-mail-customer service kind of :ziplip:
I've set this thread onto topic reply notification (although its kindof old, LOL)
in case you have questions about the soaps (and I'm allowed to answer them here).
*off to read about steel*
Olivia! The Legend!
Question--do you make any tallow based hard soaps? I know your crema is tallowate, but no soaps? I'm dubious of Olive Oil soaps (no offense, I've never tried yours, but they rarely seem to maintain lather) and I was wondering if you had tried to make any harder soaps from other oils.
Just wondering.
Mit Herzlichen Dank,
Jim
Good to see you, Jim!
You do make me blush though :hmmm:
At the moment I don't have any tallow based soaps in the guys section - apart from the creams.
The recipe for the bathing soaps is fairly balanced though, so don't worry.
They're doing their thing.
The only thing for the moment is that the bathing soap site for you guys does not have shopping buttons yet. So its a bit difficult to get to them.
The site is just about to become refurbished though, so thats just a matter of weeks.
(Glad I found someone who does that for me, cause right now I'm more into grits and blades)
Have a great day! :tu
+++1 on Olivia's shaving soaps...especially the crema's. I cant get enough...weird, i know, but i keep going to the bathroom to give 'em a sniff. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Kees
Mac
Howdy from th e sticks!! [Seneca lake, Ohio] Any who, I was very interested in your soap's and or any creams you might sell, HOWEVER, I have very hard well water and even with comercial soaps, ie; Mugo Real, Col. Conk, ect.... I have to use at least 10 to 15 drops of glycerin to make a good useable lather. Quite the chore when a great BBS is all a fellow wants in the morn.!!
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank's for 'yer time.
tinkersd of SRP!!
tinkersd, I have hard water as well and its really a little bit of an issue for the olive recipe (most of the pucks).
You could filter it or use demineralízed water on them but I admit that its not the real fun.
Actually this is what I made the WM-soaps for.
Those and the creams lather well, even under worst conditions.
Thank you, Mac! :)
I admit, that the water i use to boil and shave with, comes out of a Brita water filter pitcher...Quote:
Originally Posted by tinkersd
I live in a 1960's apartment, ex-coal mining town, where the water comes out of the tap nice and rusty brown. I wont drink it or shave with it, until its filtered...'blinks with third eye.' JK!
The waters not that bad, but it is very hard and packed with minerals...the simple, inexpensive filtering helps alot.
Mac
Olivia,
I've never ordered from overseas before. Right now the site is behaving badly. I was wondering what the shipping charge is to the U.S. and if there's a long wait at customs.
I'm pointing the wife to a couple of your soaps to buy for me next month.
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by tinkersd
Glycerin doesn't lather...???
Well actually it doesn't, on its own.
CableDawg customs was never an issue. It takes about ten days to ship them, though.
Just go through the process,
but maybe read here before: * How do I order Olivia's Handmade Natural Soaps *
;)
I'm sorry the site is in less than perfect condition.
There is a new one coming soon and then everything should be taken care of properly.
With regards to Olivia's soaps, I have one I obtained from another member on another site. I have hard water at my location which makes for an interesting challenge on several soaps, i.e. MWF, Olivia's. What I have found to work well, and it is discussed in the Wiki I believe, is a shot of Kiss My Face unscented cream (superlather). This allows the scent of Olivia's, which is quite good, to remain while the KMF assists in building a very nice lather. Five or so drops of glycerine adds to it as well (uberlather). The soap I have is easy on the skin as well, which is an added bonus.
Joe
Joeman, how funny! :)
Since when do you have it?
I have revamped the recipe a lot.
Would be interesting to know how old yours is.
The scents are US manufactured btw. :)
Ambra I believe Ma'am. I got in Feb of this year from someone on B&B in a trade. Love the smell, the water here is tough. Until I figured it out I went through two pucks of MWF :aargh:
Joe
Oh, LOL, well MWF is a toughie as well!
Basically all the "clean" recipes are.
What about filtering your water like Mac does it?
We actually looked into that at one point. Not sure we will be here long enough for that to be an issue. Honestly, a shot of KMF works wonders and allows the fragrance to remain while just giving it a boost, similar to a little higher octane in the old gas tank.
Joe
Thank you all, and Olivia, for all the great info! I will look up "WM-soaps" on your site and order some ASAP. I will get a water filter before useing so as not to waste any soap or time trying to build lather with my water as it comes out of the bloody tap. Here's hoping the economy isn't hitting you quite as hard as it is here in the US, Have a great G/Day' people!!
tinkersd Of SRP!
Oh thats a very kind wish, thank you so much and the same to you!
someone on 'another' forum is sending me your Dark Rhassoul cream and WM edition Dschinn shave soap. Woot! I like your style.
Also a friend of mine is living in Berlin at the moment, trying to make it as a classical pianist. Doesn't mean anything, but it's just a cool thing to know two different people on the other side of the world.
Thank you again for all your help, I tried to buy some WM-soap[what's the "WM" stand for again?], the King Kong in the tin, which I believe was 9 eros', about maybe,......$17 or so American money's??? I don't know why this didn't work for me, I'm not a computer person, when I started learning about electronics, tube's[vacuum valves] were in vogue!!! If there's a way for me to buy some through you, please let me know.
Thanking in advance I still am..................
tinkersd Of SRP![I love the way that sounds!]
Tinkersd, no problem,
just shoot me an e-mail with your full address and what you'd like to have.
I'll enter it into the cart for you.
oliviaseife (at) web.de