New Kent Shaving Soap Formulation (no longer MWF)

[Mr. Blonde]

Lucky that I have never been tempted by Trumpers or even Harris, liked OSP. MWF and Hampshire Woolfat are good for me.

Harris make very good shaving soaps, same ingredients as Salter. Well worth a try, with Arlington being a strong favourite.
Trumper’s creams on the other hand are exceptional.

 

[Zorro]

Unfortunately, I will always mentally associate the brand name "Kent" with crappy car accessories....

 

[pjgh]

Harris make very good shaving soaps, same ingredients as Salter. Well worth a try, with Arlington being a strong favourite.
Trumper’s creams on the other hand are exceptional.

I'd second that ...

Joking above about Harris, the joke being that one of the more regarded houses might follow onto this (awful) formulation.

 

[Gairdner]

Dear D R Harris,

It ain’t broke - dinna fix it!

Yours sincerely,
A’body wi Common Sense

 

[Sabre]

Kent:

Sorbitol, Stearic acid, Sucrose, Propylene glycol, Glycerin, Lauric acid, Water, Sodium hydroxide, Myristate acid, Vitamin E, Sodium chloride, Lanolin, Coconut oil, Olive oil, Shea butter, Jojoba seed oil, Fragrance

The closest ingredient set I can find that makes any sense is an older formulation used by Haryali:

Propylene Glycol, Sucrose, Stearic Acid, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Glycerin, Palmitic Acid, Water, Lauric Acid, Sorbitol, Fragrance, Sodium Chloride, Disodium EDTA, CI 77891, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter), Cocos Nucifera (Coconut Oil)

Sorbitol at the front (if ordered for the purposes of INCI) makes no sense. It is a minor ingredient and can be found in all sorts of soaps including shaving soaps and creams, but it's waaaaay down the ingredient list. I think that's a (deliberate) mistake. Propylene Glycol and Sucrose at the front of the heap, along with Stearic Acid and Glycerin is reasonably common.

In some respects, it's the sort of formulation I would have expected from Erasmic.

Sodium Laureth Sulfate in shaving soap? Seriously!

 

[pjgh]

Sodium Laureth Sulfate in shaving soap? Seriously!

'twas VERY popular ... moreso in creams.

Thing is, it's from an era where cosmetics did not have to list all ingredients. Some legacy brands who carried on (like Erasmic) into the era of full INCI listings shine a spotlight on what was a VERY widespread practice. Across the board.

 

[donnie_arko]

I found a random shaving soap on eBay. I have a suspicion this could be the same one as the new Kent.

What a strange looking set of ingredients.

 

[pjgh]

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This is the same ingredient order as the Haryali that I mentioned above. They ran with that ingredient set for prior to their latest formulation which is the same as Trumpers latest.

Kent is certainly a play on this formulation and so guess its the same producer. Funny that it's an old(er) formulation.

 

[Nav]

The Kent ingredient list suggests it's a melt-n-pour base.
Sorbitol, sucrose, propylene glycol, SLS/SLES are all ingredients found in most MnP soap bases.

It would have been better for Kent to continue stocking veggie MWF, especially given the latest improved veggie formulation.

 

[pjgh]

The Kent ingredient list suggests it's a melt-n-pour base.
Sorbitol, sucrose, propylene glycol, SLS/SLES are all ingredients found in most MnP soap bases.

It would have been better for Kent to continue stocking veggie MWF, especially given the latest improve veggie formulation.

It certainly would have! Kinda shot themselves in the foot there ... hopefully they can land on any one of the other excellent British reformulations that are going on at the moment.

 

[Nav]

It certainly would have! Kinda shot themselves in the foot there ... hopefully they can land on any one of the other excellent British reformulations that are going on at the moment.

It seems unfathomable to me!
Switching from MWF tallow to an MnP soap is literally going from the best to the worst!