First online purchase

[hedonist222]

I already have Opus 1870 Penhaligon's cream, TF&H shaving soap and L'Occitane Cade shaving cream and Cade ASB.

Ordered these:

• Mitchell's Wool Fat Shaving Soap
• Trumpers Hard Shaving Soap with Bowl Rose
• Tabula Rasa
  (Scent: Vetiver/Tangerine)
• I Coloniali Mango Shaving Cream Soap in Terra Cotta Pot
• I Coloniali Soothing Aftershave Emulsion with Rhubarb
• Muhle R41 Grande Safety Razor

 

[dpmtherrien]

With DE shave stuff few and far between in stores around here, I find that on line is the best way to go. That way I'm assured of getting what I both want and need. For me its the only way to go.

 

[clk]

That should keep you going for quite a while. Enjoy!

 

[Elder Scrolls]

That's a bunch of great stuffs you bought, congrats!

 

[AjaxLepinski]

Nice!

 

[celestino]

Enjoy the items!

 

[Useless shaver]

Great new things... but soon you'll be thinking you HAVE to try more and more

 

[hedonist222]

haha yeah prolly.

Thanks guys.

Having more than one soap I'll be able to find out whether I'm face lathering wrong or most hard soaps lather is generally less creamy & more foamy than shaving creams.

 

[CharlieFoxtrot]

haha yeah prolly.

Thanks guys.

Having more than one soap I'll be able to find out whether I'm face lathering wrong or most hard soaps lather is generally less creamy & more foamy than shaving creams.

My vote is you're doing it wrong. Hard soaps tend to like to be soaked prior to loading. Additionally, they tend to have a break-in period. Use one for a week and see if your results change. It never hurts to use more product as well.

 

[mistercitizen]

You will love the I Coloniali products. The scent of both the soap and aftershave balm is out of this world. Great selection for your first order online.

Ben

 

[hedonist222]

My vote is you're doing it wrong. Hard soaps tend to like to be soaked prior to loading. Additionally, they tend to have a break-in period. Use one for a week and see if your results change. It never hurts to use more product as well.

What part am I doing wrong? I didnt get it .
And you're right about the break in period. My TF&H hard soap is giving me better results now.
But I cannot be sure because I changed two major variables just as I started using the soap.

1- I started using distilled water as opposed to tap water.
2- I got a Chubby 3 Manchurian

Is it the softer water thats helping with the soap? Is it the huge brush with magnetic-like powers and a steel backbone rummaging through the soap superficial layer?

Or has it passed its break-in period and being cooperative? I'll never know I guess.

I like to think its a combination of the three but skewed towards the distilled water end of the spectrum.

You will love the I Coloniali products. The scent of both the soap and aftershave balm is out of this world. Great selection for your first order online.

Ben

Thanks Ben!
I am not very keen on the idea of mango as a scent for shaving. But it says mango oil. Does mango oil smell like mango? I recall it not smelling like mango but its been a decade since I smelled mango oil.

 

[lordfink]

Nice order.

Given where I live, I too have to order online most of the time.

Which online store did you use?

 

[hedonist222]

i used Lee's Razors.

he has i coloniali, tabula rasa & Mitchell wool's fat.

too bad no xpec & the Ewe's Milk one from haslinger.

 

[Seadooer]

He's already comming down with the B&B sickness