Apologies if this is an old chestnut for those of you who've been on here a long time, but in half a year on here I haven't seen this discussion so thought it would be a good one especially to people newer to DE shaving, and may introduce us to great new products too.
I always notice from the forum index that there are roughly twice as many topics (and three times as many posts) in ‘Shaving Soaps' than there are in ‘Shaving Creams' and so I guess there is a reason for this and wanted to find out what it is.
I've been using cream since I started, as it seemed it would be a good transition from ‘canned goo'. I've not really been interested in exploring soaps until using a sample of Castle Forbes Lime this week. I understand it's kind of an inbetweener (I guess this is what a ‘Croap' is?) as it took longer to lather, but then the lather was incredibly rich and luxurious. So now I wouldn't rule out trying soaps at some point. So, a few questions:
I always notice from the forum index that there are roughly twice as many topics (and three times as many posts) in ‘Shaving Soaps' than there are in ‘Shaving Creams' and so I guess there is a reason for this and wanted to find out what it is.
I've been using cream since I started, as it seemed it would be a good transition from ‘canned goo'. I've not really been interested in exploring soaps until using a sample of Castle Forbes Lime this week. I understand it's kind of an inbetweener (I guess this is what a ‘Croap' is?) as it took longer to lather, but then the lather was incredibly rich and luxurious. So now I wouldn't rule out trying soaps at some point. So, a few questions:
- Do you use mainly cream or soap?
- What do you prefer about your choice to the other?
- Is the extra time & effort of loading a soap worth it, when creams seem so much easier to work with?