First time trying soap

[tinashubby]

So last nite I gave it a swirl with Mystic Water Lily of the Valley sample. It wasn't difficult, had to experiment a bit. I did face lather, seems like the easiest and most sensible way to me. I used a dollar store disposable (seriously), and I got a real smooth shave! The soap shave was much different/better than using Barbesol from a can. This weekend I get to put on my big boy pants and try my new Edwin Jagger DE87, pretty enthusiastic! I had a floppy old brush from my teenage years, so I think I want a brush with a good backbone, gotta start looking!
Quick note on Mystic Water-I was quite happy with the way business is done, order shipped next day, and their freight charges are the most realistic of any company I've delt with on anything. I really hate when vendors inflate freight!

 

[The Kiwi]

. . . I did face lather, seems like the easiest and most sensible way to me. I used a dollar store disposable (seriously), and I got a real smooth shave! The soap shave was much different/better than using Barbesol from a can. This weekend I get to put on my big boy pants and try my new Edwin Jagger DE87, pretty enthusiastic! I had a floppy old brush from my teenage years, so I think I want a brush with a good backbone, gotta start looking!

My personal startup with "real soap" versus canned foam is so far back (58 years) that it's difficult to separate out specific memories that old. I was gifted with a very complete Old Spice set, it had everything: aftershave, brush, cologne, deodorant, mug, soaps (I think both mug and bath bar soaps), and talcum. But I used canned foam the most. I also didn't stick with any DE, although I had three to try. Your use of Barbasol seems a good product to compare against.

Barbasol has seemed less changed over that span of years than other brands, however I wasn't even aware that Noxzema still sold a shave foam, and that's one of the brands I used a lot at first. I've been collecting a few cheap "plastic" razors to compare what may be used as acceptable air travel products without being multi-blade monsters, and want to settle on one canned product to use with each of them. I bought my first can of "Foamy" in many, many years to potentially be part of the plastics tests.