What soap/cream did you use today?

Route 66 / Barber Shop hop

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Declaration Grooming/Chatillon Lux La Quatrieme Ville

Tcheon Fung Sing Bergamotto Neroli shaving soap

Art of Shaving Rose Absolute shaving cream (vintage)

It should have been called Absolutely Amazing Rose. Best ever rose by light-years.

Traditionnel v. (Le Père Lucien) lemon, rosemary, thyme, lavender, eucalyptus

Most of us enjoy shaving with a different soap each day. Picking a soap each morning to match the weather or our mood can be entertaining, and collecting soaps from around the world is one of the more pleasurable parts of this odd hobby. One of the side effects of this diversifying approach to shaving, though, is that many of our soap tubs sit on the shelf for months between uses. Is this what the soap makers had in mind when they designed these products? Are soaps really meant to be drenched and then dried for weeks between latherings?

One of my first shave soaps, a wooden tub of Windsor, was an immense pleasure to use. I have to admit, though, that my first shaves with it were abysmal. Windsor is a very hard puck, and at first I just couldn’t get enough soap into the brush to make a protective emulsion. After a few days, however, the puck softened up and got easier to load from. The more I used it, the better that lather came out. I soon found myself dipping into Windsor nearly every day. This was a good approach, and I only abandoned it because I went hog wild for the gazillions of soaps that started to appear online.

Now I’m thinking of going back to the old ways for a spell. For the next month I’ll try to stick with a soap for three to five days (maybe longer if I really like) to see how it responds to repeated use. That’s why today I went with this tin of Traditionnel again. It’s much softer than it was yesterday, and the lather came together with only half as many swirls. Today the fragrance seemed more intense, especially the lemon, and the slip was even slicker than before. Results like this make me really curious to see what may happen in the next few days.
    

Traditionnel v. (Le Père Lucien) lemon, rosemary, thyme, lavender, eucalyptus

Most of us enjoy shaving with a different soap each day. Picking a soap each morning to match the weather or our mood can be entertaining, and collecting soaps from around the world is one of the more pleasurable parts of this odd hobby. One of the side effects of this diversifying approach to shaving, though, is that many of our soap tubs sit on the shelf for months between uses. Is this what the soap makers had in mind when they designed these products? Are soaps really meant to be drenched and then dried for weeks between latherings?

One of my first shave soaps, a wooden tub of Windsor, was an immense pleasure to use. I have to admit, though, that my first shaves with it were abysmal. Windsor is a very hard puck, and at first I just couldn’t get enough soap into the brush to make a protective emulsion. After a few days, however, the puck softened up and got easier to load from. The more I used it, the better that lather came out. I soon found myself dipping into Windsor nearly every day. This was a good approach, and I only abandoned it because I went hog wild for the gazillions of soaps that started to appear online.

Now I’m thinking of going back to the old ways for a spell. For the next month I’ll try to stick with a soap for three to five days (maybe longer if I really like) to see how it responds to repeated use. That’s why today I went with this tin of Traditionnel again. It’s much softer than it was yesterday, and the lather came together with only half as many swirls. Today the fragrance seemed more intense, especially the lemon, and the slip was even slicker than before. Results like this make me really curious to see what may happen in the next few days.
    

Very interesting proposition.  I've thought to do the same thing so I'm in.  I'll follow your lead my friend.

Saponificio Varesino Alpina

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What's the story on that brush?  It's awesome

Red Leaf Basil Lime Shave Soap

Reef Point Soaps / Classic Barber Shop

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