Bogart Shaving Soap by Terralyn

[Hagbardr]

I bought this soap on Friday in the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. My initial thoughts are here and I'll put up a review after further use.

This is an all-natural hand-crafted soap. The ingredient list reads as follows:

saponified oils of olive, coconut, palm & shea butter, (w/retained glycerin), water, essential oils, French green clay, sea salt, vitamin E

The price was $3.75 for a 3.75 oz bar.

It has a pleasant, mild, masculine scent, with notes of rosemary and lemon verbena.

I had no trouble lathering it with my Body Shop synthetic brush or my Marvy boar brush. While I usually prefer the body shop brush for VdH and creams, the boar brush outperformed it on this soap.

I shaved in the shower with a '53 SS and a fresh Feather blade.

I made two passes (WTG and XTG) using lather made with the synthetic brush. The lather had somewhat large bubbles and was a little thin. The lather didn't seem to have a lot of staying power, but was still slick and protecting. For my third (ATG) pass, I loaded the boar brush and added it to the existing lather.

It was here where the soap really started to shine. I got a dense, thick lather that let me get BBS with no irritation. If I can do that with this soap with a $4 Marvy brush, I'll have to see what it can do with a better boar or badger brush.

This is a recommended buy for anyone who has a chance to visit the Reading Terminal Market in Philly.

 

[Devish D]

Did you get an stable lather from a soap which first ingredient is olive oil???I would be really amazed if you did....

 

[Hagbardr]

The lather didn't to have a lot of longevity, and I had to whip it in the bowl before each pass. It did stay on the face long enough for each pass though.

After I added more product with the boar brush, the lather was thicker and lasted longer.

 

[Devish D]

The lather didn't to have a lot of longevity, and I had to whip it in the bowl before each pass. It did stay on the face long enough for each pass though.

After I added more product with the boar brush, the lather was thicker and lasted longer.

Very interesting.Thanks a lot for your comments.Is the name of the soap Terralyn or Teralynn?,just curious..

 

[Hagbardr]

The contact info from the label:

Terralyn Inc
Reading Terminal Market - B5
Philadelphia, PA
215-922-3170
[email protected]

She has a variety of other soaps for sale. The "Bogart" soap was the only one advertised to be a shaving soap.

 

[Devish D]

The contact info from the label:

Terralyn Inc
Reading Terminal Market - B5
Philadelphia, PA
215-922-3170
[email protected]

She has a variety of other soaps for sale. The "Bogart" soap was the only one advertised to be a shaving soap.

Interesting,thank you so much for the info.

 

[Loric]

My GF picked this soap up for me when she was at a conference in Philly this past spring. I had similar results of unstable thin lather, though I admit I did not attempt to reload. To me the scent seemed to have a strong clove note to it, while I am not a big clove guy, this was not to bad. The soap does have a lovely green hue to it though, and the picture of Humphry Bogart on the wraper is actually kind of nice. It makes you feel like your using some real old timey shaving soap.

This artisan does have some really nice bath soaps. My GF picked up 3 or 4 and all smelled lovely and were very softening/moisturizing on her skin.