Company: SkylineSoapWorks
Product: Shaving Soap
/ Sandalwood
Founder: Jennifer
Anderson
Location: Strasburg,
VA
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!
Lately I’ve been cleaning up my office and during this
process I’ve uncovered many items which went unnoticed for a long time. Now
that I'm more organized I’ll be reviewing some of the things I’ve found
and the first one is from Skyline Soapworks. A sandalwood shaving soap for men.
The owner is Jennifer Anderson, Soapworks was born out of a
need to find something to ease the symptoms of her highly sensitive skin as
well as her eczema. Her soap making journey began about 12 years ago, but after
several years she put the lye and oils away and started raising a family as well
as a teaching career. Unfortunately, (or fortunately, depends on how you look
at it!) her oldest son developed the same skin problems that she has, so back
to the soap pot she went! and now lucky for us we can enjoy her creations.
This puck comes wrapped in wax tissue paper and has a sticker type label
holding everything together. This is a tallow based shaving soap with
ingredients like Shea Butter, Cocoa Butter and Goats Milk. I found this refreshing
change to all the vegan shaving soaps that can be found on ETSY.
I’ve never had a sandalwood scent with floral notes before.
I found it strange but not a bad scent at all. The scent from the puck was on
the light side and increased when lathering. After the shave it was still present and
lingered for an hour or so.
For the lather I used a Captain’s Choice bowl and my Zen Shave
custom brush. The soap was kind of thirsty so after adding the needed water I
achieved a good lather and once it was applied gave great coverage along with slickness
and glide. The post shave feel was good as well.
So despite some minor issues a good shave was had. This review was done with the first version of the soap and since then has gone through
some revision. You can expect a new Sandalwood scent and even more thicker,
richer, creamer lather.
Company: Skyline
SoapWorks
Product: Shaving Soap
/ Sandalwood 3oz Puck $4.50
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