Pig Cat said:Perhaps you have an allergy of some kind to one of the ingredients? Usually people get a rash of some kind if they are affected by a particular shaving soap. Which soaps have you tried?
juice said:Has anyone noticed the effect of 'shaving soap' on the skin?
One morning whilst shaving, I accidently splashed shaving soap lather on the inside of my upper arm. After shaving I washed it off, but the soap had left a mark or a kind of stain on my skin. The stain was the same shape as the soap splash had been; the mark lasted for several days. I got the same result using a different shaving soap; it left a mark.
Try it for yourself...
I realized it was making my face look a lot paler after shaving.
Has anyone else noticed the 'just shaved look' on peoples faces?
Shaving with normal bath or hand soap has no effect - what is it in shaving soap that causes the blood vessels in the skin to shrink?
I would also like to know; is there a shaving soap out there without this 'ghost white pale' ingredient.
Cheers Juice.
Pig Cat said:Well Juice, I don't know what the ingredient would be (possibly the fragrance?), but you could try other soaps which are less likely to produce the reaction. If you've browsed the board you've probably come across Nanny's Soaps. I don't recall anybody having a problem with these so might be worth a go.
nannyssillysoap.com/ps/
JohnnyO said:Can't say I've noticed any gr8 probs with most "serious" shaving soaps, although once or twice some highly scented ones I've been given have given me a bit of a highly flushed and tingly skin.
Having had skin probs since my teens I did find that my skin really felt good & over the months I had fewer outbreaks on it once I discovered glycerin based soaps. My fave was Mama Bear's up until our own Prof B came on the scene & made up some glycerin soap, which I can't recommend highly enough. Artisan Soapmaker & our very own Nanny, as mentioned, also produce specialist soaps which are very gentle on the skin.
JohnnyO. \:icon_razz:
hunnymonster said:Can't say this bleached effect has ever appeared on me, but then I'm pale blue naturallyNor any blood vessel shrinkage (and I think that's not likely to happen from a topical application of soap - the temperature of the water is going to be a far more significant effect on the capilliaries in your skin than the ingredients of the soap anyway).
There's nothing in shaving soap that you won't find in a standard bar soap (assuming it's not a synthetic detergent bar as opposed to a traditional soap) - perhaps not in every example, but then not all ingredients will be in every shaving soap either...
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