What is the best soap / cream for mild razor / sensitive skin

What is the best soap / cream for mild razor / sensitive skin??


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What is the best soap / cream for mild razor / sensitive skin??


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Tallow based soap.

There used to be so many good mass market ones at reasonable prices. Now, almost all the tallow based soaps are expensive "artisan" brands. Is Mtichell's Wool Fat still tallow based? I would recommend Cella but some people are allergic to the almond oil ingredient.

What is the best soap / cream for mild razor / sensitive skin??


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I'll throw out a couple of suggestions.

Elvado Woodland Reserve - Vegan
KaliFlower Organics Cedar Citrus - Vegan
ETHOS F base Unscented - Tallow
Grooming Dept/AION Skincare Unscented - Tallow
MacDuff's Soap Company Aspen Parkland - Tallow

Let me second Ethos Clean and MacDuff's Aspen Parkland, as well as PAA Scentsless

I'm going with an oldie but still the best post shave I get, Mystic Water

I have a tough beard and sensitive skin. I spent many years evaluating more than 100 soap formulations (more than 250 soaps) from numerous producers, both traditional and artisan. I was looking for soaps that are easy to load, easy to lather, provide exceptional slickness, both primary and residual (slickness remaining after visible later is removed), provide skin protection to minimize skin irritation from the blade, and finally, to leave my skin feeling smooth, moist and conditioned for many hours after the shave.

Most of the traditional formulations failed to provide what my skin needed. The only two traditional soaps that came close to being sufficient were Mitchel's Wool Fat and Tabac tallow formulations, but both of these soaps have been reformulated and I have not tried the new versions, so I cannot recommend them.

My favorite soaps are from Grooming Dept, now marketed under the AION Skincare label. The Maxima, Mallard, Optima and Kairos SE formulations are phenomenal. These soaps represent nearly have the soaps in my rotation of 75 soaps. Other soaps that are good enough to remain in my soap rotation (in alphabetical order) are:

Ariana & Evans K2e formula
Barrister & Mann Omnibus formula
Declaration Grooming Milksteak formula
Ethos Grooming Essentials F Base formula
Gentleman's Nod Cardinal formula, especially C4+
House of Mammoth Tusk Formula
Murphy and McNeil Kodiak formula (AON is almost as good)
Noble Otter most recent formula
Oaken Lab V3 formula
Wholly Kaw Siero formula
Zingari Man Sego formula

Although I have tried a lot of soaps, there might be soaps I have not tried that are also excellent. However, do not expect a soap costing less than $20 per 4 ounce tub to preform as well. High quality skin care ingredients are expensive. However, high pricing does not guarantee superb performance. I have been disappointed by some expensive soaps like Saponificio Varesino, although some shavers love it. My evaluations are from the perspective of someone with sensitive skin. Those who have oily skin might not agree with my listing. Those whose skin is oily might not need the skin conditioning I appreciate.

RayClem makes a good point. Those of us like me who have a tough beard but oily skin probably shouldn't be recommending specific soaps to people with sensitive skin. There are a lot of ingredients than can cause irritation/allergic reaction for some people. I just wanted to make the point that tallow soaps in general seem to give better skin treatment and less razor damage than non-tallow soaps, even at low price points for the tallow soaps. That has been my consistent experience. The problem is that there aren't many "cheap" tallow soaps available anymore, and some of the artisan tallow soaps frankly are not that great. I honestly can't think of any vegetable based soap, and I have tried many, that is as good as a quality tallow soap. I certainly have not tried all the vegan soaps, and some are pretty good (Cella green/blue) so obviously there may be exceptions.

Ones that contain alcohols are (usually the cheap mass produced) ones that I try to avoid as they dry out my skin and make the sensitivity worse. Just my experience.

Ones that contain alcohols are (usually the cheap mass produced) ones that I try to avoid as they dry out my skin and make the sensitivity worse. Just my experience.

I am not aware of any soaps/creams that have alcohols.

I have folliculitis and psoriasis.  

To me it's simple, Ethos is by far number one.  

There are many that I thought would have been number two, but consistently Stirling with the mutton base is a solid number two for me.  I would say two "b" would be regular Stirling.

I've tried a bunch of soaps, wasted 1000's of dollars and for now that is all I'm buying besides vintage Tabac (tallow).

Good luck!