Today I learned that the canned goo can never compare to quality soap. I'm traveling and didn't have a convenient way to bring my soap in bowl. I settled for a shaving gel as a base and used Nivea shave cream. It was not a forgiving shave to say the least. Def the worst that I have had in my few weeks of de shaving. Worst part is it isn't very smooth either. I avoided a clean up pass to save some skin. I've learned my lesson. From now on, my regular shave soap will travel every where that I do before shaving is even considered. are there any shave bowls that anyone knows of made for traveling? Maybe with a screw on lid or something?