Signature Soaps Review Thread

Boycie83 said:
Just done another test lather, this time with the Hibernia. Another great smelling soap and a very nice feeling lather. I can see these soaps becoming some favourites!
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micheal said:
Used the Goat's Milk this morning and was very impressed! Hollywoodjohn describes it very well. Will point out that I have photosensitive skin and many of the shaving soaps that are for 'sensitive' skin still irritate me. The Goat's was so nice that post-shave I did not feel an urgent need for an aftershave balm to calm things down. Bottom line (with the caveat that it has only been one shave) - excellent shaving soap! Looking forward to seeing the review(s) of the Mamicium.

Micheal
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Glad it suited your skin. Goats Milk shaving and bar skins do seem to help users with skin difficulties
Regards Brian
 
BrianH said:
The Goats Milk is particularly good for Eczema Psoriasis and those prone to skin sensitivity - it is unfragranced but I'm going to do a couple of fragranced versions using essential oils that are compatible
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Brian,
The Goats is great as it is, however, if you could add just a bit of nicely scented essential oil without adversely affecting the outstanding qualities it currently has then think it would be excellent. Suppose it can be a bit of a tightrope if you try to and improve a product that is already superb though.
Micheal
 
micheal said:
Brian,
The Goats is great as it is, however, if you could add just a bit of nicely scented essential oil without adversely affecting the outstanding qualities it currently has then think it would be excellent. Suppose it can be a bit of a tightrope if you try to and improve a product that is already superb though.
Micheal
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The goats is unfragranced as it's ideal for those with Eczema and psoriasis but I'm planning a couple of fragranced versions
 
I was going to wait till tomorrow to try out my sample, but I arrived home cold, wet, miserable and with what felt like the starting of a cold, so as I came in through the door I decided to have a nice hot shower. On the stairs in front of me were 2 not so little pots that had arrived yesterday, so I thought “Why not?”.

Because I was feeling a little sniffly, I chose the Eboracum sample “That'll clear my tubes out a bit...”

Now, like @Tony'schin , Peppermint isn't really my thing. Well, it is now.

Plenty has been said upthread about the consistency and lather by people with a far better turn of phrase than me so I'm not going to labour the point, but this is a very, very good soap which produces a rich, slick and cushioning lather. It's a little thirsty I think, but (that's) not really an issue.

I bloomed the soap while I was in the shower, and used about half of the blooming water as a pre-shave, then used the remainder to help load up the brush (MÜHLE Silvertip synth). I wanted a big hit of the Peppermint so I face lathered and wasn't disappointed, it definitely got the sinuses working again! Like @donnie_arko I didn't get much of the cedar, the dominant scent is clearly the peppermint.

With my iKon OSS and a fresh Polsilver Łódź I got a great 3 pass BBS, and there was enough lather left in the brush for me to squeeze it out for a nice face wash, leaving me with a great post shave feel.

This soap is definitely going in my rotation, it's really, really good, buy some.

@BrianH, nice one!
 
Rob998 said:
I was going to wait till tomorrow to try out my sample, but I arrived home cold, wet, miserable and with what felt like the starting of a cold, so as I came in through the door I decided to have a nice hot shower. On the stairs in front of me were 2 not so little pots that had arrived yesterday, so I thought “Why not?”.

Because I was feeling a little sniffly, I chose the Eboracum sample “That'll clear my tubes out a bit...”

Now, like @Tony'schin , Peppermint isn't really my thing. Well, it is now.

Plenty has been said upthread about the consistency and lather by people with a far better turn of phrase than me so I'm not going to labour the point, but this is a very, very good soap which produces a rich, slick and cushioning lather. It's a little thirsty I think, but (that's) not really an issue.

I bloomed the soap while I was in the shower, and used about half of the blooming water as a pre-shave, then used the remainder to help load up the brush (MÜHLE Silvertip synth). I wanted a big hit of the Peppermint so I face lathered and wasn't disappointed, it definitely got the sinuses working again! Like @donnie_arko I didn't get much of the cedar, the dominant scent is clearly the peppermint.

With my iKon OSS and a fresh Polsilver Łódź I got a great 3 pass BBS, and there was enough lather left in the brush for me to squeeze it out for a nice face wash, leaving me with a great post shave feel.

This soap is definitely going in my rotation, it's really, really good, buy some.

@BrianH, nice one!
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Thanks Rob, glad you liked it. You'll have to pop over to Ramsbottom Farmers Market (2nd Sunday of the month) or Rawtenstall Farmers and Artisan Market (4th Sunday of the month) and see the full range. They're not far down the road from you.
Regards Brian
 
Yes, fantastic quantity of soap will let you have a few shaves to really get the feel for it, unfortunatly I have still not tried any of the two because circumstances...but tomorrow will be a defo. The scents are different to what I know, so really looking forward to the shave to see how they come over when lathered. Will report more when tested.
 
gave the Britannia soap a try today. Great soap, great performance and scent. Going to give the goats milk soap a try tomorrow

Will have to put an order in once Ive finished these samples.

On a side note..Im getting some very poor shaves with my puck of Gillette Platinum
 
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