With regards to soap, I ordered a ToBS Sandalwood in a bowl from Amazon. It arrived yesterday, but it was just the refill, minus the bowl. I rang up the seller and fair play to them, they said, "Yes, sorry we sent the wrong item, we'll send you the correct one, and keep the refill as a gesture of goodwill." Which was nice!
So I'm going to be ok for soap for a while, but I'm always happy to try new stuff, so thanks for the suggestions.
Actually, I need some advice re brushes. I'm confused about knot sizes and lofts.
I appreciate a bigger knot diameter will result in a bigger fan but what are the advantages of this, if any? Is there a sweet spot?
I'm probably going to bowl lather, so do I go for a higher loft to whip up the lather, and if I want to face lather do I get a stubbier brush? Or again, is there a sweet spot that will do both?