Company: PC Beauty
Product: Three Kings
Founder: Pat Costello
Location: Brampton, Ontario Canada
Website - PC Beauty
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.
Three Kings comes in a light gauge 122 grams’ tin with
labels only on the top no side labels so if you stack your soaps your out of
luck. In extremely small print the company website URL, location and grams are
here and in slightly larger letters the product name. It took me a long time to
find any information regarding the company name but after 5 min of looking in
very small print I found the letters PCB sitting inside a graphic star placed
in the design. Being around advertising for most of my thirty-year career I
find this label lacking in brand identity. I know I’m nit picking and this has
nothing to do with the performance of the product but I can’t help it. Also this
type of tin I’ve seen before and doesn’t fair well with postage. Furthermore,
they can dent very easily when dropped or stacked. These are my only issues to
an other wise amazing shaving soap.
The scent is combination of 11 essential oils. Finding all
of them could be tuff even for the most experienced nose. We have Cedar wood,
Bergamot, Benzoin, Frankincense, Coffee, Key-Lime, Vanilla (10), Clove,
Vetiver, Orange Sweet and Peppermint. This makes for a very interesting scent
indeed. One would think with a combination such as this it might be overpowering
but the scent turns out to be on the light side. After being with for a while I
have noticed the woodsy scent up front and as hard as I try I can’t detect any
peppermint.
The tools for this shave are my Maison Lambert brush and
German Razorock slant. I bowl lather and had no issues with soap. It was very
soft and easy to place into the bowl. I ran warm water over the brush and emptied
it right into the bowl and created a rich, creamy, lather in less then two
minutes. It was 5 days since I last shaved and the lather was able to cover my
face getting into my thick beard with ease. The razor was gliding over my face
with no irritation allowing me to go over tuff spots without the need for more
lather or a second pass.
Regardless of my nit picking the tin and label this is a
great shaving soap. The scent is truly unique and the performance outstanding. Although
this has a light scent don’t let that turn you off from giving this a try. The great
lather, slickness, glide and post shave feel will make up for the difference.
For your Information:
Company: PC Beauty
Product: Three Kings 122Grams $18.50
Website - PC Beauty
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