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Glasgow Soap Company?Some boar brushes are prone to "drinking" the lather ... so much so that there's nothing left for a second pass, but you already said you're using synthetic. By dissipating, we mean it kinda goes bubbly and then disappears.
@donnie_arko I can't remember the name of the company, but recall it's in Glasgow ... they make for a number of the British big name shaving brands.
Yep, and vintage Williams, even cheapo Van Der Hagen stuff for three bucks!Place your trust in Arko...
Yep, and vintage Williams, even cheapo Van Der Hagen stuff for three bucks!
i give mine a light squeeze & when i’m finished i squeeze the brushHiya. It's quite a posh Floris one. No 89 I think. I really liked the smell.
Your face lathering guide is very helpful. Does anybody actually squeeze their brush before loading? Or would that make things too dry?
Crichton’s ???Some boar brushes are prone to "drinking" the lather ... so much so that there's nothing left for a second pass, but you already said you're using synthetic. By dissipating, we mean it kinda goes bubbly and then disappears.
@donnie_arko I can't remember the name of the company, but recall it's in Glasgow ... they make for a number of the British big name shaving brands.
Thanks for this pjgh. It's helpful to know what does and doesn't contain tallow!! I'm afraid I have had to entirely forgo all the American artisan stuff for this reason.Several threads on ATG about Trumpers seem to point to Soapworks Ltd Glasgow as the company behind the poor performing hard soaps. T&H used to have a terrible reputation also but have changed formulation within the last couple of years and it's very good now - I have the Sandalwood bowl. DR Harris is known good throughout. Actually, Trumpers Oxford Blue and Officer & Gentleman are good, but the ingredient list is different to their main brand soaps and bears a strong resemblance to T&H and Cyril R Salter.
There is a thread confirming the latest Floris formulation (with Shea Butter) to be good ("Trumpers ... are you listening?") so that bodes well @Ian5 @donnie_arko
... so, yes, if you wanted other "posh" soaps, T&H are good (lathering ... and veg based), those two Trumpers mentioned above and DR Harris (although these have tallow fat in) Naturally, MWF is outstanding (but again, tallow and lanolin).
I had a look at the ingredients on the infamous Bulldog shaving soap in Boots just now to test your potassium thing and you are 100% correct, it is just loads of different sodiums hahahaSome shaving soaps have formulations that are heavy on sodium compounds with no Potassium ones. Some of those can be prone to dissipating.
Cheers for the info Paul. I think it was a good observation.
A lot of these Culmak made soaps right?
I had a look at the ingredients on the infamous Bulldog shaving soap in Boots just now to test your potassium thing and you are 100% correct, it is just loads of different sodiums hahaha
Thanks for this pjgh. It's helpful to know what does and doesn't contain tallow!! I'm afraid I have had to entirely forgo all the American artisan stuff for this reason.
Luckily for me the posh European stuff seems to be much more plant-based
I had a look at the ingredients on the infamous Bulldog shaving soap in Boots just now to test your potassium thing and you are 100% correct, it is just loads of different sodiums hahaha
Thanks donnie_arko, those LEA sticks look great value. I think I'm OK with lanolin cause I'm just vegetarian as opposed to full vegan and I think lanolin is from the wool? I've never heard of Signature Soaps so I will look now!!
The bamboo pot it really nice, though. I have mine filled with the EcoWarrior shaving bar. I'm led to understand that has since been reformulated and is not as good as the first release ... but still usable, I think.
I'll second the suggestion for the LEA sticks. Superb! Pleasant marine scent, too. Bath House is a high-brow toiletries kinda store and they have a trio of shave soaps: https://thebathhouseshop.co.uk/?s=shaving - I have the Orange Flower. @Satanfriendly likes their soap, too.
Anyhow ... let's get lathering nailed. Any better?
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