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My first encounter with Stirling Soap Co. came in the form of
a bar soap sample called Pig Trial. I fell in love with the scent right on the
spot. Since then I’ve purchased a few more soaps but none that came close to
that one scent. Then I found Ozark Mountain. Oh man this is it!! I fell in
love all over again. I can say with some certainty that both the Ozark Mountain and Pig Trail must be the same scent or very close to each other. The only
difference being that Ozark Mountain is for shaving.
I love sharing something new that I’ve found with our
shaving community and today I have the pleasure of introducing a shaving soap
called Soap ERA. They hail out of Australia and run by founder Maxi Crow. Maxi
believes that soap can be fun by using only natural ingredients. In our soaps you will find only the finest
essential oils, clays, herbs, spices, and botanicals to impart scent, colour,
and texture. They use all natural ingredients with finest oils and butters
blended in a traditional old-fashioned cold process method in small quality
controlled batches. Each is hand cut and allowed to cure for 4-6 weeks.
This will be my last words on Luxury Barber Box for now. I’ve
come to the end of what I had on the shelf. Yesterday they just released a reconfigured
set of boxes instead of just having one they now have 4 which are Classic,
Shave, Skin and Hair. The classic and shave boxes are close to what wet shavers
would like. The classic is $32.00 a
month compared to the shave box which is only $20.00. I’m waiting for the day
when I can start this up again. I’m hoping soon.
Today I have the pleasure of introducing a new shaving soap
from Brian Hoffman of First Canadian Soap Co. This Cuban inspired soap is called
Maximo Gomez, Cuba named after Maximo Gomez, a Major General in Cuba's Ten Year
War (1868–1878) against Spain. He was also Cuba's military commander in that
country's War of Independence (1895–1898).
When the kickstarter was first announced back on August 23 it
only took 30 days to achieve its mission. 172 backers raised $13,173. Luke
started to ship on the 28th but when he did he upgraded everyone. $5.00 pledges
upgraded to include a soap, the $8.00 pledges upgraded them to include a Brush and
the $15.00 pledges upgraded them to include a Black DE Razor!
So what is this kickstarter all about? Did you ever want to
make your own signature scent for a shaving soap? Well the time has come. Luke
explains his creation as an alchemist kit. It allows the user to experiment with
different scents using an unscented shaving soap or cream as the base. My kit
includes 12 1oz scents, Straight Razor, Purist Synthetic brush, Unscented
Shaving Soap & Shaving Cream, Plastic mixing bowl and a wonderful how to
guide for the care and use of a straight razor and let's not forget the alchemist
card recording all your creations so you can save and share them with
other alchemists.
I've been a happy recipient of the Luxury Barber Box for some time until
last year when unforeseen events accrued. I absolutely enjoyed them. I even
involved my wife in the process of opening the boxes each month and commenting
on each product. If she found something that she liked it was hers to keep. I
still have a few around and recently came across one which has never been touched.
Each box has an index card denoting what year and month it was issued along
with it’s content information. The one I’ve found was from Nov 2015.
Today I bring you another great shaving soap from Canada the
company goes by the name PC Beauty which stands for Pat Costello. Pat has
passion for what he’s does and it shows in all of his products. Only the finest
ingredients are used here but you wont find them pushing the “ORGANIC”
pitch. Pat explains it this way. “We have too many holes in the process to give
it any validity. It’s just not worth paying for it anymore.” His soaps are all
vegan and after using the Three Kings last week I can say it speaks volumes to
quality. Unfortunately, the tin could use a little TLC.
Today I’ll be talking about a great shaving soap from Dr.
Jon’s called Anne Bonny.
She is regarded as the first woman pirate but little is
known about her. What we do know is she was one tuff woman for sure.
This two-ounce tin has a screw on lid with labels showing
the product name and scent notes on top and ingredients information along with
website URL on the bottom. No side labels.
If your into wet shaving, chances are you’ve come across
someone’s SOTD using Soapy Bathman. I have three great scents from them Leather,
Refreshing Mint and Irish Waterfall all fantastic scents and they seem to last
forever. I’ve had mine for over two years now and still have plenty of soap
left for many more shaves.
The tubs are dark amber with black screw on lids that are
filled to 8.0oz. Also a nice wide opening for loading your brush. The top
labels are water proof along with the side label which allows you to identify
the soap it you are into stacking them.
You also have a bottom label with website and ingredients information.
When I first delved into wet shaving Wickham’s Super Smooth lavender
was one of my first shaving soaps. Its scent would fill the den and I always
looked forward to using it. Then something unexpected happened in social media
the word was out that Wickham’s was going out of business. I rushed to the forum’s
and it was everywhere. Wickham was closing its doors after inventory was gone.
Each week as I saw inventory on the website shrink I thought
the rumors must to be true. It was only a matter of time before they closed the
doors for good and the website taken down. Then a metamorphosis the Wickham
Soap Company has risen with the power and enthusiasm like never
before. Gone is the old shaving soap line called Super Smooth. Taking its place
is the completely reformulated shaving soap called 1912.
I love ETSY and if you follow my blog we’ve
discovered some really great shaving products together. (some not so great) Today
I’m happy to report on another amazing find a company called Maison Lambert.
Sebastien is from Paris and currently living in N.Y. A French pastry chef, candle
and soap maker. You can see the care to detail and quality in all of his handmade products. I can say this about his shaving soaps if using Vegan, organic, essential oils
and high quality ingredients are important to you then keep reading.
If you ever had the pleasure of using Dr. Bronner’s pure
castile liquid soap, then you know the experience to be amazing. Especially
when you use the peppermint it’s what I use all summer. Dr. Bronner has been
around since 1858 and making soap in the USA since 1948. They pride themselves
on being organic and I mean truly organic. But as I found out being great at soap making doesn’t always translate into being a great shaving soap maker and
this is true with Dr. Bronner Organic Shaving Soap.
I purchased the 16-ounce tube and when opened I was real surprised
at how runny it was. This dark brown liquid runs out so fast that you have to tilt
it ever so slightly into the palm of your hand in order to control the flow.
Back in May John Cowan the owner of Alluvian announced on
Facebook that he wanted to give out some samples of his products so I sent him
a message expressing my interest and requested to try the Norwegian Spear
shaving soap. After waiting a week without a reply I sent the message again but
still no answer. So I thought I missed my chance and didn’t pursue it
any further . Then on August 27th almost 4 months later John accepted my message request.
It turns out a message filter had prevented my request from getting through to
him. I told him it was ok and no worries I figured after 4 months the samples
must have been gone but he really wanted to send me something so last week a
package arrived.
If your into wet shaving or honing razors I’m sure you’ve
come across Frank Misa. Besides his contributions
to other forums Frank runs his own Facebook group called Culinary Institute of
Shaving. I first met Frank in person a few years back as part of a honing group
which gathered in Belmont Lake State Park, Babylon on an overcast summer's day.
Also in that group was Billy T, Peter Charkalis and 10 other wet shaver’s eager
to learn this new craft. The day flew by as we learned and practice our new
skills. By the end of that day we all had a good time and I was eager to try
out what I’ve learned and meeting everyone was a blast. It wasn’t long after
that when Frank opened his ETSY store featuring shave ready straight razors, minon
inspired shaving brushes and what this review will be based on his Madison
Shaving Soap.
I’ve been reviewing shaving products for over a year now and
in that time I’ve come across a few gems one of them is Jeannie and Alexander
McGeehan the owners of Mcstachio & Co. pronounced Mick-stash-ee-o a husband and wife team from Baltimore, MD. Jeannie’s
motivation for creating shaving products came from her husband's love for
straight razor shaving. He became disappointed in what was commercially
available so Jeannie stepped in and after some research wiped up some shaving
cream for him. About the same time Alex discovered his skin’s intolerance of
traditional oil and wax based grooming product so Jeannie started developing
oil-free alternatives for him and formulated a solid shave soap that was
oil-free which could deliver the same level of lather and lubrication without
any greasy after feel. Now as wet shavers we get to experience these great
shaving products as well.
I was so thrilled when it was announced they were adding to
the Clubman Pinaud product line last year. Amongst the additional shaving
products was the pomade called Clubman Pinaud Brilliantine so I quickly placed
an order. Unfortunately, it started to go downhill from here. I waited over 4
months to receive my order even after contacting them on twitter they just
didn’t seem have their act together. Regardless of this I was still happy to
see the products arrive and was eager to try them.
I first reached out to James about a week ago. I was asked
to do a review on his shaving soap from one of our community members who saw a
posting of it. When I emailed James to ask if he would be interested he told me
he’s been a member of Wet The Face on google+ including my other social media
outlets for about 8 to 9 months and would be happy to send me a sample. After
our conversation I took a look at his ETSY store. Its jam packed with amazing shaving
products not to mention face & body, skin moisturizers and gift sets.
I don’t have to tell you how hot the summers can get in New
York and last week was one for the books. When I turned my car on the dashboard
read 108°degrees and with the humidity it felt more like 120°. To top it off I needed to attend an outdoor
engagement party that afternoon. Just the thought of it was stressing me out. Knowing
that I would need to rely on a pomade strong enough for this kind of day I went
with Dapper Dan a water based pomade from the UK.
Last week Razorock had a few announcements a new shaving
soap and something that caught my attentions a German 37 slant razor. I always wanted to try one but didn’t want to
dump money into something that I might not like. The best part about this razor it only goes for $20.00 so no worries if it doesn't work out.
It took awhile to arrive because of the popularity of the
product but it finally landed safe and sound. The razor was nestled in a black
cardboard box with the words Classic Wet Shaving on one side and company’s logo
on the others. Inside the box was a 5 pack of Derby Extra razor blades
this reminded me of Men’s Soap Company they do the same thing with each shaving
puck or tub. So after I removed the pack of blades there wrapped in tissue was the
razor. I couldn’t wait to unwrapped it and once revealed I saw an assembled chrome
plated highly polished 3-piece razor with bull dog handle just waiting for a
blade.
A few weeks back I did a review on the newly released razor
called “The Single Edge” a real great razor and now Supply Provision
has sent me the follow up to their new collection of wet shaving products. One is a tallow
shave soap and the other post shave tonic.
The shaving soap comes in the standard plastic dark brown
based tub with black screw on lid with side labels so if you stack your soaps
their easy to identify. The label information educates on the product
formulation and what the
I have to thank my sister for sending me gift cards during
the holiday season last year. This allowed me to spend money on pomades that I normally
wouldn’t have been able to try and one of them was LAYRITE Original. I’m so
glad I had the chance to try this its such a great product although I had some
issues with the scent it just didn’t do it for me at first.
This is a thick gel like pomade which is easy to scoop from
the 4oz tub. I would say the color to be a very light translucent yellow with a
touch of magenta mix almost orange. It’s very easy to apply without any pulling
or tugging. The scent is described as a mild vanilla but I just had an issue
with it. As I used this pomade over time the scent become more inline to what I
was accustom to. Seems like from the tub it didn’t release the true vanilla as
when it was in my hair. Now every time I use it I get complements on it’s scent.
I probably would have never known about Taylor of Old Bond Street if it wasn’t for my Luxury Barber Box subscription. In fact, I found many new items for myself that came from having that and was really upset that I had to cancel but as soon as things get back to normal in my life I’d like to turn that back on again.
I have the travel size sandalwood shaving cream which is about 2.5 fl oz it may not seem like a lot but a little goes a long way and this size is perfect if you just want to give it a try.
Being a soap artisan has to be one of the toughest jobs. Always
trying to top your last creation has to keep you on your toes. Well I’m happy
to say Shwan from Men’s Soap Company has done just that. This time with Everest,
a lavender shaving soap that was just released. His new creation has improvements in many areas.
The packaging is a welcome upgrade from just the cardboard box
offered with Himalaya. I for one would like to see a refresh for Himalaya and
have a tub designed as an option. Maybe not to load your brush from but to
store it when not in use. Everest comes in solid white plastic bottom tub with
a black screw on lid for the top. Side labels listing the ingredients Net Wt.
4.0oz and website information is repeated on the top label along with the
company logo.
Company: Suavectio Product: Suavectio Original Location: Santa Ana, Ca
Today I’ll be reviewing one of the most beloved and controversial
water based pomades in the community. My first introduction to it came from a
Luxury Barber Box and it’s called Suavecito. All products have some sort of
following but Suavectio has reached cult like status. I think you’ll be hard
pressed to find a pomade user who hasn’t at least tried it once. You can buy
just about anything with the company logo on it and what a great logo it is. A male
skeleton combing back his hair into a pomp. Once you see it you’ll never forget
it.
Brian Pollard found making shaving soap very interesting.
After purchasing a few shaving soaps online and getting horrible results
he wanted to try it for himself. After many attempts failed batches, research,
money and time he had the eureka moment and made a batch that was worthy of production. In
fact, this current formula if it didn't work would have probably been his last.
After using it himself for a while he decided to give some to his friends on
Facebook and the feedback was all positive. So now a hobby is turning into a business
and Brian offers two shaving soaps Barbershop Clean and Original Formula which
is what this review will be based on.
Last week I noticed a twitter conversation describing a
shaving soap that just arrived on the door step of my friend Magnus who lives
in Sweden. I commented that the soap looks interesting and thanks to Melvin
Hollenberg I had the same soap delivered to my front door as well. That shaving
soap is called De Vergulde Hand or The gilded Hand a Dutch company located in the Netherlands. I was told the soap is a big part of the
Dutch shaving culture there. In fact, this company origins dates back some 450
years.
I’m so glad I came across Queens City SoapWorks. This artisan’s
name is Corder Phillips working out of Cumberland Maryland. Corder’s hard work
and dedication to his craft has paid off. His shaving soap is truly outstanding.
I have two soaps one called “Mint Condition” and the other “Gentlemen’s Cut”
which is what this review will be based on.
Craig Bruce once said “You usually have to wait for that
which is worth waiting for. The same holds true for my new razor called The Single Edge
from Supply Provision Co. It took almost a year to arrive. This was a kickstarter
which had a great following. The project launched on August 4, 2015 and on
August 5 with 890 backers they successfully raised $78,279 and the project was
funded. Great example of why startups are avoiding banks now days. The way I
backed this project $80 was at the level which allowed me to get a case, 3 shaving
head settings and a set of blades.
At some point when using grease based pomades your going to
have remove all that buildup this is commonly known as de-greasing. I’ve seen many
methods. Some simple others convoluted and time consuming to say the least. After
doing some research by watching videos reading articles and a few weeks of
testing I’ve narrowed it down to some easy and simple methods you can follow. Here
are the results:
The first method
will prove to be economical and easy to do. It’s best to start this process going
into the weekend like Friday night or Saturday morning. During my research the
two products that come up most often are Groom & Clean and BrylCreem.
Around this time last year, I reported
on the opening of Deluxe Shaving Co. They have a unique line of shaving cream. Fast forward to present day Anthony has
expanded on his product line. Not just selling shaving cream his line
now includes Shaving Soaps, and After Shave Balms. Let me start with the shaving
soaps. The current offering includes British Green, Deluxe 13, Dolce Vita,
Espresso Amaretti, Mods, Light Mods, Rockers, and Speedster. In last years’
article Anthony hinted on Mods and Rockers when I asked him about what future
products ideas he might be working on. Also introduced are the aftershave balms
but I only see them paired with the shaving cream scents. Again in last years’
article Anthony told me he waits to sees what’s popular before he commits to an
aftershave.
The first time I heard about this pomade was six months
ago by the actress Julianna Margulies. She was a guest on the Jimmy Fallon show.
Julianna was explaining how she was contracted to do a photo shoot in the south
of France and they had to make her hair look wet. If they spritz her hair with
water it would cause frizzes so they told her about a pomade that would achieve
this look called Cock Grease. After they had a good laugh and went to
commercial I took the opportunity to google it. I found it's sold in just
about every online pomade stores around so I ordered one. You have to admit
it’s a funny name for a product plus the company name is a shocker too. They even have a product called beaver cream. Regardless of that your sure to get strange looks when you tell people what
you have in your hair.
You have to admire Erica. Not long ago I remember her first
post to my community, a video from her YouTube channel. During her video you
could see some of the technical issues she was experiencing could also see what a great time she was having and was a natural in front of the camera. Post after
post her knowledge was growing along with her enthusiasm. Other wet shavers
noticed her too and started PIFING and sending her some great products. Soon she
had a den full of wet shaving gear like she’s been doing this for years.
I been using pomades for over a year now and in that time
I’ve tried all kinds. Like with shaving soap, I’m now doing the same thing with
pomades, collecting. I have to admit the labels are part of the attraction but performance
is always paramount. I started out with water based but gradually moved to
grease. In the course of a few months my grease collection has grown considerably.
The one I’d like to talk about first is Goon Grease which I own two.
The Lockhart’s hale out of Michigan and have created some of
the most beloved artisan pomades on the market today. The line is extensive with
Clay, Water base and Grease offering Light, Medium and heavy holds. The Goon
Grease pomades I own are both heavy hold and are exactly the same ingredients except
for the scent. My introduction began with the citrus and cucumber which has a
great scent that stays with you the entire day. When I found out about the
Special Edition Lemon I just had to have it.
Wet Shaving can be an exciting hobby it can also get out
of hand if you let it. At first you just want to try and use everything which can be fun but before you know it your spending hundreds and in some cases even
thousands of dollars. Let's try to remember one of the reasons why you got into this hobby in the first place to save
money right? So if your new to wet shaving take my advice and head over to the Italian
Barber website. Do a search on shaving soaps and creams under the Italian Barber brand and take a good look around. Great performing products lots to choose
from and best of all reasonably priced. Which brings me to my next review of the
Italian Barber’s Milionario.
I was lucky to come across this amazing shaving cream from a
tweet a few weeks ago. The post included a picture of a hand crafted luxury
wooden box which was perfectly constructed for it. So within a week I had my
own tin and some lucky person reading this will have one as well but I’ll talk
about that later.
Last week on twitter one of my followers had officially announced
they had opened for business the Viking Soap Cosmetic company. The roll out
included a line of Shaving Soap, Balms, Aftershaves and Body Soaps. I looked
over shaving soaps and found these offerings Hedeby, Ironside, Old Norse and Citron
which is the one I purchased and the basis of this review.
The packaging used with this soap is a plastic cobalt blue tub
with a black screw on lid. A bright yellow label on top with the Viking logo
right in the center. Two side labels are present the first allowing to easily read
what’s inside if you happen to stack your soaps and the second with ingredients
list website and company location along with how many ounces 5.5oz
Let me preface this article with an update to Jennifer Anderson’s
Shaving soap. I thought it would be a good idea to contact Jen in order to let
her know I was going to finally release a review of her shaving soap. It’s been
close to a year since I purchased the puck and she really wanted to know what I
thought. During our conversation I had two issues which I disclosed to her. These
issues have been corrected plus, her soap will be featured in a new subscription
box called “The Shaving Room”. What a difference a year makes!
A few months ago I was about to give a review on the Chisel
Shaving Club Subscription box when they just disappeared. I think they only
lasted about 3 -4 months. I received two of their subscription boxes for review
which I must say I happened to like. In one of them was a Shave Soap for Men from
the company Suds Bar Soap and in that same box was a Solid Cologne from Bawston
& Tucker. The big surprise happened to be the Chisel razor which was
included with every starter box.
In Oct of 2015, I came across an ETSY company called
Skinplicity. Later I found out they also have a .com website under this name http://www.skinplicitynw.com. The product
line is pretty extensive; there’s soap for just about every part of your body
including Men’s Shaving Soap. Diana calls it a Glycerin soap but that ingredient
ranks about 3rd on the list. This soap is made in small batches and has no
animal fats or by-products. I had a small conversation with her and she was
very secure in the fact that I would enjoy her product so I purchased one. This
soap comes in 7 scents: SENSUOUS SANDALWOOD, BLUE VELVET, TOBACCO & BLACK
TEA, BARBER SHOP, BAY RUM, FRESH LIME and PEPPERMINT which is what this review
will be based on. I have a confession to make here, with so many things going
on in my life I’d forgotten about this package until now six months later – My
Bad.
I’m revisiting a shaving soap company I looked into about a year or so ago called the First Canadian Shave Co. At the time, Canada was not the hotbed for soap artisans but what a difference a year makes. Some of the best performing soaps come from Canada and FCSC is no exception. Brian Hoffman the owner really has some amazing products and I’ll be reviewing the tallow, lanolin & silk based shaving soap called Esther’s Peppermint & Grapefruit for this review.
It all started New Years Eve Dec 31, 2015 with my first
email to Alexandra or Alex as she likes to be called. At first, she wasn’t too
keen on the idea of having her soaps reviewed but knew who I was from my
videos. Alex has witnessed the drama that goes on in the wet shaving community
and didn’t want to be part of that scene but after a few emails back and forth
she decided to give it a go. I’m glad she did, she makes wonderful shaving
soaps. During our conversations I learned that she had moved from Sydney to a
country town around Feb 16th of this year and her website was about
to open at that time as well. Finally, 4 mouths later on April 6th
2016 the package arrived.
2015 was a busy year for new soap makers, they seem to have
sprouted up everywhere. So many offerings it’s mind blowing. So how do you
stick out from the crowd?Having a great
product is definitely one way, but putting the word Goat in the company name
always gets my attention. That’s what happened when I saw the tweet for The
Distinctive Goat. I followed the tweet to the ETSY website and noticed a whole
lot more than just shaving soap. Roger and company take hand crafted to a new
level. Their brushes and shaving bowls look amazing. The bowls are hand crafted
out of Walnut, Mahogany and Maple. The Acrylic handle brushes are stunning with
selection from Amber Water, Explosion and my favorite Creamy Coffee. He has
other offerings but they're currently out of stock, they seem to go quickly.
Not too long ago my Luxury Barber box (a monthly
subscription service) came with a sample of a water based pomade.Not having tried one before I was curious to
see what I could do with it. I remembered how my dad used to comb his hair, parted
on the side in the 1950 style. So I started to do mine in the same way but
added a little update pomp to it. I had some great responses to the new look so
I kept the style. like everything else you want variety and you seek
alternatives to the same old thing. Such is the case with my on going pomade journey.
In the quest for knowledge I starting searching for anything I
could read or watch on the subject I used FaceBook, YouTube, Twitter etc. I asked the typical Noob questions and felt more comfortable as my knowledge grew. So far I’ve
found the basic types of pomades are waterbased, petroleum or grease and Gel. I
have seen mention of Clay, Wax, Creams and Serums but I’ve never used those
before. My experience is mostly with waterbased and Grease pomades and today I will be talking about a waterbased pomade called Prospectors – Gold Rush
Back in December of 2015 I noticed a new startup coming
online called L&L Grooming and sent off an email to introduce myself to
Scott Stewart the owner. So after about a month had gone by I just figured he
just wasn’t interested and moved on but Scott did reply, in fact he replied only
an hour later but I never noticed it. The email became buried on my system until
February 3, of 2016.So I rushed out an
email to him apologizing for my mistake and he was kind enough to send me a
sample of his shaving soap.
It’s been over a year now since I started Wet the Face and in
that time I’ve been into all kinds of Social Media projects like Google+, Twitter,
Blogger, Tumblr, Facebook, Pinterest, StumbleUpon, Instagram, YouTube, I even
have my own line of shaving soap and online Store. It’s hard trying to keep
track of all it but occasionally something crosses your path that makes you
take notice. Such as when Bull and Bell started following me on my twitter feed. I
mean, right off the bat the name had me interested. The first tweet from Bull&Bell went something like this: Introducing
@bullandbell Amber
Sandalwood Shaving Soap! A luxurious shaving soap handmade in… This was Feb 18
and the link took you to the Instagram account but no website. So I email Chris
Rooney one of the founders and he was interested in giving me a sample of his shaving soap for
review.
I came across Passionately Natural simply by chance. I
noticed a picture of their shaving soap after doing a google search for natural
shaving soap. About a thousand images came across my screen but I locked on to a picture
having a brush and puck with the name Spring fresh on the label. That sounded
great to me so I click the images which took me right to the website. All I
had to do was read the words Lemongrass & Eucalyptus and I was hooked.
Lemon is one of my favorite scents. This is the second shaving soap for Passionately Natural the first one is called Mossy Woods with notes of Amber, Sandalwood and
rosemary which is also an amazing scent. After speaking with William he was nice
enough to send me samples. I will be using Spring Fresh for this review.
A week or so ago one of my google+ members of Wet The Face told
me about a shaving soap they wanted me to review called Cinder and Stout.
Looking up the product I found them on ETSY, twitter and also a dedicated
website as well. Here is a little background of the company as told by Mark. Gustafson Shaving Supplies was established
in 2012 Today my stepson and I have teamed up to provide our customers with
products that will ensure a high quality, smooth shave that will start your
days out right! Our customers are so very important to us and we like to
establish a close connection with every person that we meet. Each razor is made
one at a time to ensure perfection.
A few weeks back I reviewed a shaving soap called Smooth Criminal
by a company called Puddle Duck Soaps. After the review went public I’d
received many emails telling me they too had the same experience with the
lather as I did. Some even went as far as writing to the owner asking them to please
change the formula but that request went unanswered. Over the course of my experience
buying shaving soaps from ETSY and other online stores I thought I would never find one with
olive oil that didn’t have this disappearing lather issues, but
I was wrong.
Company: 
Company: Soap E.R.A.Product
Product: Maximo Gomez, Cuba
Product: Shave Scents
- The Shave Soap Solution
Company: Dr. Jon’s
Company: Soapy
BathMan
Company: Maison
Lambert
Company: Dr. Bronner
Product: 
Company: Strike Gold
Shave
Company: Mcstachio
& Co.
Company: Clubman
Pinaud
Company: FuzzyFace
Soaps
Company: Dapper Dan
Company: RazoRock
Company: Supply
Provision Co. 
Location: Mesa, Ca
Company: Taylor of Old Bond Street
Company: Suavectio
Product: De Vergulde
Hand
Company: Queen City
SoapWorks
The Art of Degreasing
Company: Cock n kitten
Company: Stache SoapWorks
Company: Italian
Barber
Company: Viking Soap • Cosmetic
Company: SkylineSoapWorks 
Company: Suds Bar
Soap
Company: Skinplicity
Bath & Body
Company: FirstCanadian Shave Co.
Company: Whispers From the Woods
Product: Shaving Soap / Brushes / Bowls
Company: Prospectors 
Product: Shaving Soap
Company: Bull And Bell
Company: 
