bath soap of the month

Stirling Barbershop.  I already love Stirling bath soaps (as well as the shampoo bars and, of course, shaving soaps) but I just started a sample bar of ezlovan's Barbershop bath soap.  I had not tried the scent in the shaving soap formulation.  For me, all I can say is Rod nailed what I think of as a barbershop scent.

Freddy thats one of my favourite bath soaps.

Ironically, Marko in my last Stirling bathsoap order, one of the four or five I purchased was Barbershop but I had not yet gotten to it.  A friend got me a Stirling tuxedo brush for the holidays and he put the sample bath soap that Rod and Mandy included in the order in the gift.  Now, once the sample is finished, I have a full cake of Barbershop soap to look forward to.

As an aside, if you haven’t tried Rod’s and Mandy’s shampoo bars, I highly recommend them.  I ordered two (along with a Peach bathsoap ) and have been using the first one for a while.  It is easily the finest shampoo I have used in a very long time.  Not only does it leave my hair soft, it is non-drying, a quality I don’t find in most commercial shampoos.  Also, because it is a shampoo bar, all of it gets used and there is no plastic bottle thrown into a landfill somewhere.

Stirling Barbershop.  I already love Stirling bath soaps (as well as the shampoo bars and, of course, shaving soaps) but I just started a sample bar of ezlovan's Barbershop bath soap.  I had not tried the scent in the shaving soap formulation.  For me, all I can say is Rod nailed what I think of as a barbershop scent.

Freddy thats one of my favourite bath soaps.

Ironically, Marko in my last Stirling bathsoap order, one of the four or five I purchased was Barbershop but I had not yet gotten to it.  A friend got me a Stirling tuxedo brush for the holidays and he put the sample bath soap that Rod and Mandy included in the order in the gift.  Now, once the sample is finished, I have a full cake of Barbershop soap to look forward to.

As an aside, if you haven’t tried Rod’s and Mandy’s shampoo bars, I highly recommend them.  I ordered two (along with a Peach bathsoap ) and have been using the first one for a while.  It is easily the finest shampoo I have used in a very long time.  Not only does it leave my hair soft, it is non-drying, a quality I don’t find in most commercial shampoos.  Also, because it is a shampoo bar, all of it gets used and there is no plastic bottle thrown into a landfill somewhere.

Thanks for the tip Freddy , I'm currently using a PAA Atomic Age Bay Rum shampoo bar and I quite like it I'll pick up some Stirling to try once I've used up the PAA bar. I like the shampoo bar format for shampoo. They also take up less space than a large plastic bottle that stays the same size as you use it up - I just have a slightly larger soap dish and both body and shampoo bars of soap reside in it. I also like getting the shampoo bars in some of my favourite scents.

I started in on this bar on December 30th or 31st...I picked it up in the French Market while I was visiting New Orleans in November:



the soap works just fine. I wish the scent strength was amped up a touch or two though..

Stirling Soap Company Glacial Lemon Chill

Mitchell's Wool Fat bar soap

The Country Escape Citrus Splash

Stirling Soap Co.Sharp Dressed Man Bath Soap

Soapy Bathman Whiskey Lullaby

Razorock The Rock. Scent is very nice but mild. Bar is hard so I suspect triple milled. It's lasting a lot longer than softer soaps from Stirling ( which I love and will use again).

Razorock The Rock. Scent is very nice but mild. Bar is hard so I suspect triple milled. It's lasting a lot longer than softer soaps from Stirling ( which I love and will use again).

Same here. It's basically unscented. All I get is a faint herbal smell like thyme or something. The bar is a lot harder than Stirling but it's also about half the size. It does make a nice lather though. I think I read somewhere here that they're made by Saponificio Varesino.