PIF: Osma Savon à Barbe

The results are in:
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And the winner is @DevonStan!!
I already have your address, Kevin, (unless you have moved) and will send you the soap soon.
 
OH MY WORD!! That really, REALLY was a lovely surprise. I am so pleased and grateful.

Yes, same address ... The Big House at the end of the Mall, London SW1A 1AA (knock twice and ask for Lizzy).

I shall advise safe receipt ASAP and further advise results. Like I say I'm determined I shall like it and get it to produce more frothy stuff than you can shake a stick at.

Thanks most muchly.
 
DevonStan said:
OH MY WORD!! That really, REALLY was a lovely surprise. I am so pleased and grateful.

Yes, same address ... The Big House at the end of the Mall, London SW1A 1AA (knock twice and ask for Lizzy).

I shall advise safe receipt ASAP and further advise results. Like I say I'm determined I shall like it and get it to produce more frothy stuff than you can shake a stick at.

Thanks most muchly.
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It's on it's way. 2nd class, not signed for... should arrive later this week.
Now I'm left with just one rubbish soap... Crabtree&Evelyn Sienna - won't lather, but it smells divine, so it will stay with me until one of the soap makers here wants a sniff to create a lathering version of it :D:D
Off to the cupboard to have whiff of Sienna...
 
Right you are. Ta for the advice re. despatch. If the postman has a scowl and his nose is turned up and hands me the parcel at arms length then I shall know there's a challenge afoot.

However, as stated, I'll be damned if it beats me. Not going to 100% guarantee that I'll provide photographic evidence as the sights, sounds and goings on in my bathroom are not generally for public consumption but my word is my bond.
 
DevonStan said:
Right you are. Ta for the advice re. despatch. If the postman has a scowl and his nose is turned up and hands me the parcel at arms length then I shall know there's a challenge afoot.

However, as stated, I'll be damned if it beats me. Not going to 100% guarantee that I'll provide photographic evidence as the sights, sounds and goings on in my bathroom are not generally for public consumption but my word is my bond.
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Don't worry... It doesn't pong... The scent is rather boring.
 
It has arrived! It came in the post along with two new replacement kitchen under unit fluorescent tubes... both of which were snapped in half. And so, did that bode ill for the soap one asks oneself?

Not a bit of it. Admittedly the puck looked a bit shrunken in the pot but a drop of water and a few moments in the microwave enabled it to be pressed into the container. Then upstairs.... I used a shavemac 2 band Silvertip 24x50 brush and rogered the puck vigorously and produced a respectable wodge of gear which was then transferred to my specialist artisan container... a bright red Christmas Pudding container courtesy of Buckfast Abbey. (Apparently the pudding was devoid of extraneous unwanted additives - not even a dash of Buckfast's own Tonic Wine, "Buckie" to those in the know, and I can confirm the efficacy of the aforementioned produce... sweet, strong and quite drinkable. The good folk of Scotland are apparently fond of it).

The upshot is... it lathers up a treat. I used a Weber/Wilkinson Sword on 36 hours growth and thoroughly enjoyed the whole affair. The smell is a bit indistinct but not unpleasant... it did everything that any of my other soaps do and was no worse in its ability to produce a good usable lather. It's got a spot in the bathroom cupboard and will be used regularly.

What more can I say? Other than thanks indeed to upside down Andreas. It more than made up for the broken fluorescent tubes.
 
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It looks like there's a few bubbles in it but by the time it had been chucked around my mush on the brush it was fine.
 

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