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mand said:I have the sandlewood, and found it got much better once there was a small depression formed in it. Almost as if the outer most layer is skin like and lathers less than the soap a few millimetres under the surface. Perhaps that is why milling it works?
Mand
johnboy615 said:As I'm only 5 miles from you Jim I am well aware of the hard water round here, what a pain! Since grating the soap it's been lathering beautifully.
Palmolive is one of the most overlooked wonders in shaving. If ranked by value, there may be none better. You can sneeze on it and get lather. It should be the de-facto beginners soap IMHO. Now I rarely use mine because there are too many other soaps which smell nicer but I still use it when shaving my neck as I'm guaranteed a protective shave even when twisting my arms and razor around backwards.johnboy615 said:Well, despite being cheap, I was very impressed with the quality of lather I generated with Palmolive. I decided to give this soap thing a try and ordered the C&E sandalwood.
Well I just can not get it to lather.
johnboy615 said:I've been using creams for the last six or so years but recently bought a Palmolive soap for convenience on a trip.
Well, despite being cheap, I was very impressed with the quality of lather I generated with Palmolive.
Norfolkdick said:Greetings
I think it is the same old problem with C&E as with many of Trumpers soaps, namely by whom and where they are made and what reformulation they are currently selling.
Now that we all know that Soapworks near Glasgow are openly advertising C&E. Trumpers and Trufitt and Hill amonst their clients and that they only make veggie soaps this may be where the problem lies. But in reality who knows if these examples are made there or are old stock that were were made at The Standard soap company before Soapworks took them over, some of these were superb and some formulations were completely hopeless.
The entire business with many of these once quality soaps is now in utter confusion and a complete mess, some are just ok, some are superb and some are so bad that they are completely unfit for purpose. If you live in the Outer Hebrides and your tap water is still the colour of India Pale Ale and as soft as silk the just ok examples may be quite good, the superb ones will be wondrous and the rubbish ones just usable, elsewhere you are likely to have real problems.
Regards
Dick.
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