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Bechet45 said:Sodt, soft water. I used a combination bowl and face lathering technique - compressed all the bits of the coconut hardsoap into a shaving bowl, softened it with a few drops of water left while I farted about. Lather began as soon as I started swirling but didn't build in th bowl so much as on the by now well loaded brush. Face lathered a treat - surprised me for a hard soap it was so good. Nice easy WTG, good slick and slide. Wet the brush tips and swirled in the bowl some more and then face lathered and got a thicker result, a bit drier and thus a tendency to dry out. Same again for third pass.Gave me a bloody good, comfortable shave with a Lab Blue in an ARC Weber.
Scent - a bit cocnutty and that 'bit' suits me to the ground.
Conclusion: a bloody good hard soap! Fine as is for me.
globalm said:Finally, a question. Is the brown colour of the soap an artifact of the scent ingredients or is it intrinsic? I think the colour, while irrelevant to the shaving hobbyist might discourage casual purchases.
globalm said:Third day with the hard soap. I was going to try the Spice Trade Super Smooth today but I'm enjoying the hard soap too much and wanted to experiment further..
i changed the razor to the much milder Weber but kit otherwise the same.
I specifically wanted to experiment today as the last two shave have evinced neither alum nor AS sting, which is quite unusual for me, so today I used Lotion Opaline as an AS. This is both very strong alcoholically and full of fresh citrus with loads of citric acid. If anything will sting, this will! I face-lathered today which works very well and shaved to an excellent finish.
Alum - no sting. Lotion Opaline - no sting!!!!! Skin feel - perfect
My conclusion is that this hard soap has two major strengths. It is highly protective, particularly on what we might all the 'micro-abrasion' level, the little scratches one cannot see but which happen anyway. It also leaves my skin in the best shape of any soap I have ever used.
This is now top of my shopping list!
Darron - when do you reckon you might bring this one to market? Any thoughts on scents?
Mr_Smartepants said:I received my samples yesterday (I was travelling) and I'll give them a whirl later.
I have the coconut hard soap and Spice Trade super smooth.
I have Darron's first batch of Spice Trade, so I'm curious to see how it has changed.
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