I’ve recently bought a new simpsons chubby 2 “sovereign fiber” synthetic brush as the online Australian retailers here only sell synthetic brushes now (I hadn’t noticed the crossover to synthetic as I haven’t bought a brush in 10 years or more - been using my old Edwin jagger best badger all this time. It’s shedding too many hairs nowadays so figured I should replace it and couldn’t find any badger brushes locally here in Australia, read many great reviews on the simpsons synthetics so bought one to try out.
After a week of daily shaving with the simpsons synthetic I switched back to my old badger today and really can’t see why/how everyone raves about the synthetic brushes. It feels lovely on your hand when dry, so soft yet firm, much nicer than my badger, but it just doesn’t work very well on your face. At least that’s been my experience so far. The synthetic fibres kind of clump up when wet and don’t deliver lather the same way a badger brush does. The synth whips up a good lather in a bowl/mug, but not so good at face lathering, whereas the badger is great at both.
I can see online retailers in the UK and USA still offer badger brushes but the shops here on oz don’t stock them anymore. Any Australians here know of a local source for badger brushes? (Shipping from Europe or the US to Australia is very expensive from what I’ve looked at).
(Soaps/creams I’ve tried with the synthetic: Mitchell’s wool fat (old tallow one), tobs sandalwood, simpsons bay rum, tabac, and phoenix and beau bay rum. I’ve had best results making lather in a bowl with softer soap like Phoenix & beau, and tobs and simpsons creams)
After a week of daily shaving with the simpsons synthetic I switched back to my old badger today and really can’t see why/how everyone raves about the synthetic brushes. It feels lovely on your hand when dry, so soft yet firm, much nicer than my badger, but it just doesn’t work very well on your face. At least that’s been my experience so far. The synthetic fibres kind of clump up when wet and don’t deliver lather the same way a badger brush does. The synth whips up a good lather in a bowl/mug, but not so good at face lathering, whereas the badger is great at both.
I can see online retailers in the UK and USA still offer badger brushes but the shops here on oz don’t stock them anymore. Any Australians here know of a local source for badger brushes? (Shipping from Europe or the US to Australia is very expensive from what I’ve looked at).
(Soaps/creams I’ve tried with the synthetic: Mitchell’s wool fat (old tallow one), tobs sandalwood, simpsons bay rum, tabac, and phoenix and beau bay rum. I’ve had best results making lather in a bowl with softer soap like Phoenix & beau, and tobs and simpsons creams)
