Grooming Dept

The alcohol free splash formula is nearly ready, and will come out with a couple of scents with the next soap scents release in about 19 days! I have been working on this formula for about a year. I hope you like it, here is the ingredient list.

Water
Witch Hazel
Aloe Vera Juice
Beet Sugar Extract
Calendula Extract
Chamomile Extract
Sea buckthorn Extract
Grapeseed Extract
Marshmallow Root Extract
Hydrolyzed Oats Protein
Burdock Root Extract
Sacha Inchi Extact
Sodium Lactate
Allantoin
Aspen Bark Extract
Sodium Citrate
Gluconolactone
Sodium Benzoate
Fragrance

Cant wait to give the splash a run for the money. If anything like the soaps, it will not disappoint!

Here is my report on Neroli Di Bois - a new vegetal/vegan shaving soap by GroomingDept. To begin, I did a test lather in a suribachi bowl, so I could take photos at different stages of the process. For my shave I cleaned the brush, loaded again for 30 seconds and face-lathered. The shave was absolutely delightful and tranquil. This vegetal soap's lather feels lighter than the one I got from the Aether, but without any adverse consequences to its shaving properties or post shave feel. The residual slickness is not as pronounced and long lasting comparing to the lather I got from the Aether either. However, it was more than enough to ensure that the razor glided smoothly and effortlessly for the entire shave and clean up. I used the same Weber/Astra combination. I waited 15 minutes after the shave and I did not feel that I needed to apply any aftershave. However, I could not pass on using my other favorite aftershave - the Genuine by Floid.

Scent is very subjective and my nose is not the most educated instrument Smile. However, I must say that I liked the strength and the sophistication of the Neroli scent. From the four soaps that I purchased, Neroli is my number 3, the Aether and Voyage are holding the first and second places.

Here are some pictures:

30 sec loading


30 sec loading


1 minute lather


2 minutes lather


final 3 minutes outcome


could not wish for a better one:


SOTD

Here is my report on Magnolia - a new vegetal/vegan shaving soap by GroomingDept. To begin, I did a test lather in a suribachi bowl, so I could take photos at different stages of the process. For my shave I cleaned the brush, loaded again for 30 seconds and face-lathered. The shave was absolutely delightful and tranquil. This vegetal soap's lather feels lighter than the one I got from the Aether, but without any adverse consequences to its shaving properties or post shave feel. The residual slickness is not as pronounced and long lasting comparing to the lather I got from the Aether either. However, it was more than enough to ensure that the razor glided smoothly and effortlessly for the entire shave and clean up. I used the same Weber/Astra combination. I waited 15 minutes after the shave and I did not feel that I needed to apply any aftershave. However, I could not pass on using my other favorite aftershave - the Genuine by Floid.

Scent is very subjective and my nose is not the most educated instrument Smile. However, I must say that I liked the strength and the sophistication of the Magnolia scent. From the four soaps that I purchased, Magnolia is my number 3, the Aether and Voyage are holding the first and second places.

Here are some pictures:

30 sec loading


30 sec loading


1 minute lather


2 minutes lather


final 3 minutes outcome


could not wish for a better one:


SOTD

Amazing photos, wow! Magnolia is my most elaborate scent, has many interesting dark incense notes

Great report Alex! The lack of any air bubbles and 'tightness' of the lather looks great in your pics.

Gentlemen, I was made aware that, while thinking that the soap above was Magnolia, it was another scent - Neroli Di Bois. My apologies for the incorrect information!

Wonderful pics and review, ANG69 ! Really looking forward to using the Neroli now!

This brand has tremendous potential. Thanks for bringing this to the community, brother. Looking forward to more scents

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Cool! I swear i did not arrange it! But I liked it a lot!

I cant unsee this

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I love it, good eye! I have made several test batches of shaving soaps with lard, I recently made a big batch of lard bar soap to use up the big jar I bought