My Calendula & Rosewood soap from Gwella arrived today, 10/10 for speed of delivery.
On their website and ebay listing for this soap they claim it is a shaving soap then on the packaging they state its a pre shave soap, uh?
So what is it? To cut a long story short its a pre-shave face and hand soap.
The soap smells really good, lathers really well and easy, just what you would expect from a shaving soap. Unfortunately not much in the way of slip and my enthusiasm dissipated along with the soap I had applied to my face. I quickly found myself face lathering trying to rescue the fast disappearing lather I had already applied, which I did manage to get it on rather thick. The shave from here on in seemed rushed but by the time I got half my face done the lather on the other side had dissipated to a very thin layer. As I decided to oil my face due to the lack of slip I carried on shaving without re-lathering for a third time.
Would I buy, use and recommend this soap, absolutely yes, but only for its great scent and smooth lather, and only for its recommended use as on the packaging... as a pre shave face wash soap. I think for a luxury face soap that smells so great its really good value, in fact its probably under priced at £3.50 per 80g, especially as this also includes postage!
Ingredients;
Propylene Glycol: Sodium Stearte: Sodium Laureth Sulphate: Glycerine: Sucrose:
Sodium Cocate: Sodium Xylene Sulphonate: Stearic Acid: Tetrasodium EDTA:
Tetrasodium Etidronate, Titanium Dioxide, Aniba Rosaedora, Polyquarternium-7,
Calendula Officalis, Daucus carota, Citrus duicis.
