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- Location
- Bangor. Northern Ireland
I recently purchased two Phoenix & Beau shaving soaps - Spitfire and Citra Royale- and have shaved with each on 3 occasions with massively differing outcomes even when loaded in exactly the same way. Firstly, the Spitfire soap lathers up very well and provides enough lather for a very comfortable 3 pass shave. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the Citra Royale soap. Each time I've tried to lather it up I've been left with a rather mediocre, thin looking lather which has just about provided enough soap for a first pass. After that the lather has completely collapsed leaving nothing for even a 2nd pass. I've been bowl lathering the P&B soaps after loading my brush for around 30 secs and cannot understand why one works well and the other fails so badly, particularly after reading so many positive reviews. Just for the record, I also use MWF soap in the same way with good results so I don't think it's technique that's causing the problem. If any of you gents can shed some light on this mystery or provide a solution it would be very much appreciated?