First Soap Sin?

[Talal]

Gents,

So i pulled the trigger as per a recommendation on my first soap ever. For some reason ive always been a cream guy, i guess the word soap equates with dryness to me so i never bothered.

In any case i just realized that my first choice, "Speick Active " although fine looking, is a VEGAN soap.

For some reason i feel as though i have sinned by trying a vegan soap as my first soap.. can anyone else relate to this?


have a good day

 

[strop]

The first soap I ever used, many years ago, was Col. Conk. Nothing wrong with vegetable based soap, but I'm not sure that the one you picked would have been my first choice. I've never used it, but IIRC, the reviews here have not been nearly as favorable as with the Speick stick.

 

[August West]

Say an act of contrition and lather with some bacon grease my son.

 

[RobW]

A compromise?

http://mamabearssoaps.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=433

 

[xxvaleria]

It's only a venial sin, not a mortal sin.

 

[Talal]

Say an act of contrition and lather with some bacon grease my son.

ha ha!

It's only a venial sin, not a mortal sin.

i shall sleep easy tonight..

 

[rand77]

Speick makes some some very high quality products, so I would be surprised if they bungled the vegan soap formulation. I believe my first soap was a vegan soap as well, it was one of the RazoRock soaps (XXX). I love my tallow soaps, but my favorite soaps are actually non-tallow (Calani, MdC, RazoRock/TFS). I'm not sure if these are 'vegan' though.

 

[Talal]

Speick makes some some very high quality products, so I would be surprised if they bungled the vegan soap formulation. I believe my first soap was a vegan soap as well, it was one of the RazoRock soaps (XXX). I love my tallow soaps, but my favorite soaps are actually non-tallow (Calani, MdC, RazoRock/TFS). I'm not sure if these are 'vegan' though.

good to know, i just wanted to make sure that i wasnt doing soap an injustice.

 

[Senshi]

Say an act of contrition and lather with some bacon grease my son.

 

[Mr. Flay]

The first soap I used was PdP. I was new enough to this game to not know veggie from tallow from whatever. It turned out to be a great soap, veggie or not, and still my favorite. A good soap is a good soap.

That being said, mmm bacon.

 

[rand77]

Well I just placed an order of Speick active in a bowl as well. Given how much I like their other products, I'm hoping this one is a winner too. The lather pics in the other thread are very promising:

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/368871-New-Speick-shaving-soap-in-bowl

 

[Riff Raff]

Nothing wrong with veggie soaps. As stated before, some of the best soaps are veggie. Technique is a big part of making a viable lather. Soap to water ratio varies from soap to soap. It all comes down to experience. And, needless to say, using soaps for the first time is a crap shoot. What works for me may suck for you or vice versa. If you can't get it to work, PIF it. If you can, then Bob's your uncle.


No. Really. That guy named Robert over there is your uncle. You know, that guy no one ever talks to at Thanksgiving.

 

[Talal]

Well I just placed an order of Speick active in a bowl as well. Given how much I like their other products, I'm hoping this one is a winner too. The lather pics in the other thread are very promising:

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/368871-New-Speick-shaving-soap-in-bowl

Yea it was Xillion (the poster you took those pics) that recommended this soap to me.

Unfortunately i do not consume pork! Will Ghee do?

Nothing wrong with veggie soaps. As stated before, some of the best soaps are veggie. Technique is a big part of making a viable lather. Soap to water ratio varies from soap to soap. It all comes down to experience. And, needless to say, using soaps for the first time is a crap shoot. What works for me may suck for you or vice versa. If you can't get it to work, PIF it. If you can, then Bob's your uncle.



No. Really. That guy named Robert over there is your uncle. You know, that guy no one ever talks to at Thanksgiving.

Thats great to hear from another as well. Yea i figured a good soap is a good soap but a part of me went , how dare you betray fat?

aaah well

 

[KW Driver]

so.... get a Speick stick, grate it into a bowl and bam! you got the basis for another review/comparison thread.

with pictures, obviously.

 

[Talal]

so.... get a Speick stick, grate it into a bowl and bam! you got the basis for another review/comparison thread.

with pictures, obviously.

i can already see the face of SWMBO as i grate shaving cream into a bowl..

 

[Talal]

Well I just placed an order of Speick active in a bowl as well. Given how much I like their other products, I'm hoping this one is a winner too. The lather pics in the other thread are very promising:

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/368871-New-Speick-shaving-soap-in-bowl

do let us know how you liked it in this thread. i shall be updating there myself