Thread: Hard Soaps vs. Creams?

I find they both work well. I always add glycerin to cream or pucks. Pucks you need to work a little more to lather which saves you $ as you waste less IMO. I even get a good shave with Williams. Although my fav is T&H scentless.

Originally Posted by LikesBBS

Variety? Convenience? Preference?

Just like deoderant bro, which do you prefer, roll-ons, clear, spray etc?

I'd rather use a cream than a soap cause I can just load my brush and face lather.

Shave creams/shave soaps are like "deodorant" ?

No, not really,,,sorry. Maybe they are for you, but regardless of the brand or type of application, I have never gotten pleasure from applying my deodorant.

I have always used a cream, but recently saw a YouTube clip on making a better lather by mixing a couple of drops of Glycerine with a pea-sized drop of cream and then load your brush on a soap bar and then "whisk" it all up.
The result is a firm Mr Whippy ice Cream lather, which just keeps giving when you add a couple drops of water between passes.

I found this soap in ASDA
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...9QEwBQ&dur=392
Its called Wrights and it smells quite musky and adds a real pleasant after smell to my brush too. It's only 80p and I would recommend trying it if you haven't already.

I never used soap bars before because they are quite inconvenient in shape (especially when wet) so I melted half of one into a soap dish and now it's easy and mess free.

See....Everybody has their own opinion. That's why. Coke or diet coke? Pepsi? Life is about choices and merchants know this.

They do it because they know we all have both SAD and SCAD. We're all doomed...

I'm a fan of both soaps and creams, depending on the day. A good compromise is Truefitt & Hill shaving cream tub and Castle Forbes shaving cream tub. I would describe them as a soft soap or a firm cream.

I like the proraso green and red tubs but every so often I use the soap to justify my purchase of a skuttle.