Company: The Blades
Grim
Product: Shave Scents
- The Shave Soap Solution
Founder: Luke Webster
Location: Sandpoint,
ID
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.
Some of the artisans of the wet shaving community had reservations
allowing the user to have total freedom of mixing scents. So I posed this question
to Luke on Aug 24th “Knowing
you could add a drop or two of an essential oil to an unscented soap to give it
a scent is fine but doing so without having the proper knowledge of essential
oils could make your skin burn or cause irritation.” Luke answered this
question by responding with “We are
providing recipes and suggestions for the shaver’s enjoyment. We have a very
nice use, care and understanding Shave Scents pamphlet that we are including
with all orders.”
That pamphlet never appeared inside the box. They seemed to have gone in a different direction which I verified on the website. “We have custom mixed the scents to our
extremely popular Pre-Shave Oil. This oil has recently been re-formulated to
mix with our soap which allows our savvy customers to build a 2 in 1
lubricating luxurious lather with pre-shave properties built in (think of it
like shampoo + conditioner + your desired scent + awesome). We know
you're going to love it. We have been working on this for nearly 2 years.
We are excited to see the unique scent recipes / potions you discover
with our alchemist kits
The scents included are – Smolder, Cinder, C4 (Citrus +
Spice), Vanilla, Mahogany, 6th Sense, Bay Rum, Sandalwood, Tobacco, Hot
Chocolate, Toxxxic and Vanilla Ice. For my scent creation I used the following
Vanilla, Smolder, Cinder, Toxxxic and Vanilla Ice. I would have selected
sandalwood but it had rose added to it and that kind of killed it for me. Also
provided in the kit was the plastic tub I noticed some ridges at the bottom of it
to help promote lather. Having the oils in front of me I began to create my sent
a drop at a time.
I decided to use the shaving cream as my base. Using my
brush, I just dabbed it in making sure I had the correct amount and began to tub
lather. After what seemed to be seconds a luxurious lather appeared with silky
smooth texture that’s rich and creamy. Forget about the the scents this shaving
cream is amazing all by itself. It went on like a dream and when the shave was
finished the post shave feel was terrific along with some of the some of the best
slickness and glide from a shaving cream.
The alchemist kit was fun to use and I’ll be using it again
but not right away. They solved the potential problem of having the user harm
themselves with powerful fragrances by diluting them in pre shave oil a smart move
for sure. If I had the chance to do it over again I would have gotten the
smaller one with less scents not all of them were to my liking.
For Your information:
Company: The Blades
Grim
Website - TheBladesGrim
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