Review - The Artisan Soap Shoppe / Arctic

Company: The Artisan Soap Shoppe

Product: Arctic / Barber Shop Aftershave Moisturizer

Founder: Jenny & Aaron Peck

Location: Springfield MO

Website: https://theartisansoapshoppe.com/

There’s a buzz in the wet shaving community and it’s all because of Jenny Peck one of the owners of The Artisan Soap Shoppe. Last month when I was visiting Pastures in N.Y. and overheard conversations from a few visitors also included was the person who helps with the ordering of shaving products. They all talked about how great this new artisan is but I had no idea who they were talking about. 

Review - Forge & Foundry / Bay Rum Shaving Soap

Company: Forge & Foundry

Product: Bay Rum Shaving Soap

Founder: Jeff Bridgers

Location: Wilmington, North Carolina

Website - https://www.forgeandfoundryproducts.com/

Jeff Bridgers is a local modern blacksmith in Wilmington, North Carolina. An amazing artisan whose independence and dedication to his craft shows in the quality products he produces. Jeff’s creations are all hand made from the art he forges to the grooming products, handcrafted knives, and razors he makes. You’ll get a better sense of what I’m talking about by taking a quick look on his website. His video explains who he is and what he stands for. An impressive individual.

Review - Palmolive Shaving Cream

Company: Colgate-Palmolive

Product: Palmolive Shaving Cream

Location: New York City, NY

Website - Palmolive

I’ve seen this happen before a new shaving soap or cream comes on the market with the price around $100.00. All the wet shaving YouTubers jump at being the first one on the block to make a video about it. What really excites me is finding something that coast $3.00 that acts and performs like it’s $100.00. Well I found one although it’s not from the US this is a UK product called Palmolive Shaving Cream. This was possible due to my friend from the UK Leslie Asare he subscribes to my youtube channel and thought I would enjoy a few soaps and creams from the UK. This happened once before with my friend Melvin Hollenberg he gave me the shaving soap called De Vergulde Hand from the Netherlands another amazing shaving soap that’s considered a staple and costs very little.

Review - Sudsy Soapery / Twice Mint

Company: Sudsy Soapery

Product: Twice Mint

Founders:  Jonathan and Kaycie

Website - https://sudsysoapery.com

When time permits and the stars are aligned just right which happens less and less these days I head over to Pastures Pharmacy. It truly is the Mecca for all wet shavers to visit. I’ve never seen so many shaving products in one place or like-minded people for that matter like Dave Flores whom I met when I was there. We talked about products we tried and thinking of getting until Leon the owner told us about a package he just received from Sudsy Soapery. They had been sent samples of shaving soap and told us to go through them and pick out the ones we liked.