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Yep we get the short end of it that is for sure. And I have to pay 15% tax regardless of the cost of my order
Time to move up in the soap world and need some recommendations.
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Yep we get the short end of it that is for sure. And I have to pay 15% tax regardless of the cost of my order
My orders from both shops take 18-20 days to get to me in London Ontario. Because of COVID however, Maggard does state it can take up to 75 days on the invoice. My last order from them was at my door in six days.
Not when buying from outside of Canada. I've not paid tax on any order I've placed and there have been no customs duties.
+1! Good company to deal with!!
I’ve been impressed with Fendrihan. A few quality soaps already mentioned should put you in the 50$ range to qualify for free shipping. Fast shipping, great customer service and a variety of products. You could nab a handful of top notch shave sticks for added value and stretch that $50 qualifier.
Mitchell’s Wool Fat is awesome. It’s got a bit of a learning curve, but once mastered, slickness will be your reward.
Tabac, Mitchell's Wool Fat, La Toja are all on Amazon (and presumably amazon.ca, as well?) and work supremely well.
I like any Saponificio veresino soap. Try the Opuntia or the Cubebe
Looked through the amazon.ca site.
Pre de Provance No. 63.
"Free delivery on your first order".
La Toja Shave Stick is also there with free shipping.
Awesome soaps. Definitely not a bad place to start your soap journey.
YMMV
Pre de Provance No. 63.
"Free delivery on your first order".
La Toja Shave Stick is also there with free shipping.
Awesome soaps. Definitely not a bad place to start your soap journey.
YMMV
Check out Top of the Chain www.topofthechain.ca, a Canadian company with reasonable shipping. It's my go-to store.
Seeing how youre in Canada, Id highly recommend Tallow + Steel. They make amazing soaps with equally amazing scents. You should also check out Prohibition Style. They are located in Canada and carry a wide range of soaps.
+1 on Pre de Provence. #63 creates lather like packing foam. Likely the most protective shave you will receive.
I have to agree with everything stated about this soap. Great price (in Europe), unique scent, unbelievable performance and very wide glass jar.Since you’re in Canada ,
I strongly suggest that you should try this one :
An italian croap-almost a cream- with amazing lather.
Easy to lather ,with second to none cushion,glide and post shave care.
It’s scent is quite extraordinary
and has also the largest glass jar ever !
Overall quality is top-notch ,very-very close to the quality
of the much pricier and luxurious Saponificio Varesino soaps.
Trust me ...
Get one now ,before it’s price
skyrockets ,
when this soap will be widely known (as happened with SV soaps ) .
Bad thing is ,that after trying /using the OAM soap,almost every other shaving soap will seem “poor” and “lacking” ...
Personally I love Wickham Soap Co. 1912 shaving soaps. Great performance and great ingredients for your skin. The Canadian distributor is Top Of The Chain.
Chan Eil Whiskers
Fumbling about.
There are a great many very good soaps. I've tried a great many of them. I'd have saved a whole lot of money had I tried Vitos Red early on.
Vitos Red is also called Vitos Super Coco.
One of the main selling points of many soaps is their scent. Vitos Red has two scents. One is coconut. The other is marzipan. Frankly I don't like the scent of marzipan so I leave a piece of my Vitos Red out in the open air on a shelf or chest of drawers for a week or two or three to get rid of the marzipan scent. What remains is a great soap with a very faint coconut scent. The scent is so light I have to try hard to appreciate it.
Obviously scent doesn't much matter to me in shaving soaps (unless the scent is terrible).
What matters to me is the overall shave as improved by the soap. Vitos Red loads easily. It lathers well. It works fine with not much water, but will handle a lot of additional water if that's what you like (and I do). It's slick. It also has great ghost lather (or residual glide). No other soap gives me a better shave.
Vitos Red rinses easily and doesn't stop up my pipes (as do some artisan soaps).
The downsides to some soaps (other than scent) are lack of post shave comfort and a drying effect on my skin. Vitos Red is not drying at all on my skin. My post shave comfort is good with Vitos Red.
It's also very inexpensive, but that's not why I like it. It's price isn't relevant to me except as a nice bonus.
Nothing wrong with trying a million soaps of course, but this is the soap I've been using almost every day for a pretty long time. When I try one of the others in my stash I'm not impressed.
Please understand that I tend to have dry skin. Some great soaps - MdC comes to mind - don't work very well for me because they're drying. You have to take into account you whiskers and your skin. My skin gets into trouble easily. I also have wiry, tough, old man whiskers.
Free advice: Stick with one soap long enough to really learn it. Jumping around is confusing.
Happy New Year,
Jim
Vitos Red is also called Vitos Super Coco.
If buying the Kg box, look for the sticker saying Cocco on the end of the box. Connaught also has 100 ml sized containers and one offering without any container. |
One of the main selling points of many soaps is their scent. Vitos Red has two scents. One is coconut. The other is marzipan. Frankly I don't like the scent of marzipan so I leave a piece of my Vitos Red out in the open air on a shelf or chest of drawers for a week or two or three to get rid of the marzipan scent. What remains is a great soap with a very faint coconut scent. The scent is so light I have to try hard to appreciate it.
Obviously scent doesn't much matter to me in shaving soaps (unless the scent is terrible).
What matters to me is the overall shave as improved by the soap. Vitos Red loads easily. It lathers well. It works fine with not much water, but will handle a lot of additional water if that's what you like (and I do). It's slick. It also has great ghost lather (or residual glide). No other soap gives me a better shave.
Vitos Red rinses easily and doesn't stop up my pipes (as do some artisan soaps).
The downsides to some soaps (other than scent) are lack of post shave comfort and a drying effect on my skin. Vitos Red is not drying at all on my skin. My post shave comfort is good with Vitos Red.
It's also very inexpensive, but that's not why I like it. It's price isn't relevant to me except as a nice bonus.
Nothing wrong with trying a million soaps of course, but this is the soap I've been using almost every day for a pretty long time. When I try one of the others in my stash I'm not impressed.
Please understand that I tend to have dry skin. Some great soaps - MdC comes to mind - don't work very well for me because they're drying. You have to take into account you whiskers and your skin. My skin gets into trouble easily. I also have wiry, tough, old man whiskers.
Free advice: Stick with one soap long enough to really learn it. Jumping around is confusing.
Happy New Year,
Jim
Tabac stick. Nice and cheap, smells great, and works wonderfully.
Stirling would be my first recommendation, as well. Awesome products at a great price point. With sensitive skin, they'll surely have something suitable for you. Samples are highly recommended first.
Fwiw I'm moving 'up' from Stirling and it's proving a tough nut to crack, considering the price point
if your looking for a soap with good post qualities and good skin food:
Barrister and Mann
or
Wholly Kaw
camo
My favourites are
Tabac
Speick
Nuavia Blu
Saponificio Varesino
Acqua di Parma
Castle Forbes
Mike’s Naturals
Wholly Kaw
Samples are a great way to try things out and see what works for you. Shavedash is a good resource.
Tabac
Speick
Nuavia Blu
Saponificio Varesino
Acqua di Parma
Castle Forbes
Mike’s Naturals
Wholly Kaw
Samples are a great way to try things out and see what works for you. Shavedash is a good resource.
Owen Bawn
Garden party cupcake scented
I'm in the U.S. and I spend a considerable amount of money at Ontario's Italian Barber. I enjoy Italian products, and they seem to have the best selection of Italian items in North America and at reasonable prices to boot. Many of the products sold under their own Razorock label are excellent as well. I've also bought from Fendrihan and from Top of the Chain, but there are an awful lot of products in my shaving press from Razorock/IB.
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