Item Description
Morocco is the first soap I've tried from St. Charles Shave, and a new one from Sue. This one uses red Moroccan clay and looks like the red clay in Georgia (or the red cliffs in Sedona, AZ) as a result. I wanted to try it because of the clay; I've tried different formulations with kaolin and bennonite clays. I think clay content can be one of the most important parts of a shave soap's formulation. On to the review:
Price- At $6.00, Sue's soaps are pretty darn cheap. Her shipping is a wee bit high, but she posted awhile back about the need to increase shipping to cover her actual costs. I ordered some other soaps, so it really wasn't unreasonable, plus she tossed in some generous samples of some of her other products.
Quality- I've been reading others laud Sue's products for several years now, and I can see why.
Scent- For some reason this one smells a bit like calomine lotion to me, but maybe it's just the reddish color of the soap. It's not an unpleasant smell at all and lasts quite long.
Lather- It doesn't explode with suds like some soaps (ie. Tabac), but I'm not a big fan of meringue-like lather anyway. It was plenty for three full passes, maybe four.
Efficacy- Here's where this soap really shines! This is SLICK! This clay must really do the trick. This is the only soap I've found that can compete with tallow-based triple milled soaps. I got a great BBS shave with nary a nick or weeper in sight.
Moisturizing- Not bad. I think the clay might be a tad drying, but I always use a balm or lotion anyway with any soap and even most cremes.
All in all, I think Sue has something different with this formulation and a real winner. Please use this thread for discussion if you don't wish to write a review.
Price- At $6.00, Sue's soaps are pretty darn cheap. Her shipping is a wee bit high, but she posted awhile back about the need to increase shipping to cover her actual costs. I ordered some other soaps, so it really wasn't unreasonable, plus she tossed in some generous samples of some of her other products.
Quality- I've been reading others laud Sue's products for several years now, and I can see why.
Scent- For some reason this one smells a bit like calomine lotion to me, but maybe it's just the reddish color of the soap. It's not an unpleasant smell at all and lasts quite long.
Lather- It doesn't explode with suds like some soaps (ie. Tabac), but I'm not a big fan of meringue-like lather anyway. It was plenty for three full passes, maybe four.
Efficacy- Here's where this soap really shines! This is SLICK! This clay must really do the trick. This is the only soap I've found that can compete with tallow-based triple milled soaps. I got a great BBS shave with nary a nick or weeper in sight.
Moisturizing- Not bad. I think the clay might be a tad drying, but I always use a balm or lotion anyway with any soap and even most cremes.
All in all, I think Sue has something different with this formulation and a real winner. Please use this thread for discussion if you don't wish to write a review.
