Wet The Face

Saturday, February 13, 2016

Review - Uncle Jon's Soap - Pipe Smoke

Jon Conley

Company: Uncle Jon’s Soap

Product: Pipe Smoke Shave Shop

Founder: Jon Conley

Location: Berlin MD

I was on Facebook last week, I just finished releasing one of my videos when I got into a conversation with Frank Misa of “The Culinary Institute of Shaving” We had gone back and forth about shaving soaps when Frank brought up Uncle Jon’s. I never heard of the company. Frank was sure that I would find them amazing. I had to see for myself so I wrote Jon Conley a letter and he was more than happy to send some samples out to me.

Review - Wet Shave Club / Over 4 Months

This Wet Shave Club review takes place over a 4 month period from June - Sept of 2015. I tried to let you, the future subscriber see just what you would be getting during that period.. I noticed a few things with THIS subscription:

1) First box was the best (In fact I think this is true with all of them)
2) Repeat Products will always happen (Even if you don't like them)
3) The value of each box is often questionable
4) I noticed less items in the box as time went on

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Review - Puddle Duck Soap / Smooth Criminal Shaving Soap

Company: Puddle Duck Soap

Product: Smooth Criminal Shaving Soap

Founder: Elizabeth

Location: Lawrenceburg, Kentucky,

I found myself looking at ETSY again and came across a shaving soap from a company called Puddle Duck Soap. So I contacted Elizabeth and asked if she had samples. She told me the way her soaps are made she didn’t have any but was nice to offer me a discount of her products. A few months had gone by because of personal things but I finally got back to buying one of her shaving soaps called smooth criminal and was still able to use the discount code she gave me.

Review - L.A. Shaving Soap Company Topanga Fougere

Company: L.A. Shaving Soap Company

Product: Topanga Fougere
Hand Made / Vegan

Founder: John Brown

Location: Los Angeles

Last week I came across L.A. Shaving Soap company. John Brown the owner and founder of the company agreed to send me a few samples. After sending messages back and forth I asked him a few questions. How did you get into soap making? I got into soap making after seeing a certain film about a guy who becomes a soap maker and starts a small business with his friends and falls in love and lives happily ever after. (You may have seen it, it stars Brad Pitt and Ed Norton.) It was obvious to me John was talking about Fight Club he seems to have a good sense of humor. I continued with the next question about how difficult it might be keeping all this going being a one-man operation. It's been fairly reasonable to keep going, which is nice.

Review - Every Knight Forge / Citrus Clove

Company: Every Knight Forge LLC.

Product: Citrus Shaving Soap/Beard Oil

Founder: Jason Mcfry

Location: Rome, GA

Last week I saw on Facebook a post of a shaving soap that looked so interesting called Every Knight Forge. The name invokes images of medieval times and it had a picture of a sword and shield on the label. I became intrigued and wanted to know more so I contacted Jason Mcfry the owner, after some texting back and forth he was kind enough to send me Citrus Clove Shaving Soap, Vintage Barber Beard Oil and Hinterland Styling Wax.

Review - Vivian Shaving Soap

Company: Mason Boutique

Product: Vivian Shaving Soap

Founder: Jenny Marting

Location: Fort George Meade, MD

It’s not often I come across a soap with such a beautiful label that makes you take notice and it happened to me last week with a soap called Vivian. So I did some research and contacted Jenny Marting of Mason Boutique and after explaining about my Wet the Face community she agreed to send me samples. During our email conversations I asked Jenny a few questions. I always find it interesting on how people get into the soap business. Here is what she had to say.