Friday when I got how from work I had a nice surprise waiting; a box of shaving stuff from Krissy!
The box already smelled wonderful so I couldn't wait to rip into the box. I had ordered the following tallow shaving soaps (all are made with Aloe):
Cedar
Vanilla Extract
Essential Oil Blend (Lavender EO, Peppermint EO, Tea Tree EO and Eucalyptus EO)
I also ordered Krissy's Golden Balm and a Shea Body Butter (for SWMBO).
Krissy also included a sample of her Spiced Rum tallow shaving soap, her Teak and Sandalwood Aftershave balm and a bar of her bath soap. It was the Spiced Rum and the bath soap that made the box smell so good!
The scents of the shaving soaps, for me, are rated in this order:
Essential Oil - Very nice scent, minty with a hint of lavender
Spiced Rum - A nice strong scent to this one, very spicey! I like!
Vanilla Extract - I didn't want a sweet buttercream scent, Krissy delivered. Much more like sniffing vanilla extract.
Cedar - Not at all what I was expecting but not bad either. To me it is smokey and woody and my wife says she gets a bit of a spice hint.
So on Saturday, I gave the Cedar soap a go. Prep was a hot shower while my scuttle was full of hot water to warm it up and my brush, Rooney 3/1, was soaking in the scuttle.
I shook out the brush and started swirling it on the cedar soap. It took longer to load the brush than it normally does when I use Tabac but it didn't take much longer.
I put a little water in the bowl of my scuttle and started building lather. Like all new soaps, the water/soap ratio is tricky sometimes but I did not find it so with this soap. I got a nice amount of thick creamy lather that looked like it would be enough for a 3 pass shave.
The lather on my face was slick and had great cushion. My rinses between passes showed how slick this soap is; my face was very slippery with the first splash of water.
I finished my third pass and found that I had more than enough lather for a 4th pass so I did a 4th - what the heck?!
I finished off with a hot water rinse and then a cold water rinse to close my pores. Then I used Krissy's Golden balm. I really like the balm! I absorbed quickly and left my face feeling great with no irritation. This stuff is a winner!
I am really happy with Krissy's shaving soap. Great shave and it looks like this puck will last a real long time. Krissy was also great to work with. She put up with all my questions and requests and considering that it is just her dealing with all this (making product, customer service, order filling, etc.) she is a class act!
I will be concentrating on the cedar soap for a few shaves before moving onto the other scents but I will post back once I try the others.
The box already smelled wonderful so I couldn't wait to rip into the box. I had ordered the following tallow shaving soaps (all are made with Aloe):
Cedar
Vanilla Extract
Essential Oil Blend (Lavender EO, Peppermint EO, Tea Tree EO and Eucalyptus EO)
I also ordered Krissy's Golden Balm and a Shea Body Butter (for SWMBO).
Krissy also included a sample of her Spiced Rum tallow shaving soap, her Teak and Sandalwood Aftershave balm and a bar of her bath soap. It was the Spiced Rum and the bath soap that made the box smell so good!
The scents of the shaving soaps, for me, are rated in this order:
Essential Oil - Very nice scent, minty with a hint of lavender
Spiced Rum - A nice strong scent to this one, very spicey! I like!
Vanilla Extract - I didn't want a sweet buttercream scent, Krissy delivered. Much more like sniffing vanilla extract.
Cedar - Not at all what I was expecting but not bad either. To me it is smokey and woody and my wife says she gets a bit of a spice hint.
So on Saturday, I gave the Cedar soap a go. Prep was a hot shower while my scuttle was full of hot water to warm it up and my brush, Rooney 3/1, was soaking in the scuttle.
I shook out the brush and started swirling it on the cedar soap. It took longer to load the brush than it normally does when I use Tabac but it didn't take much longer.
I put a little water in the bowl of my scuttle and started building lather. Like all new soaps, the water/soap ratio is tricky sometimes but I did not find it so with this soap. I got a nice amount of thick creamy lather that looked like it would be enough for a 3 pass shave.
The lather on my face was slick and had great cushion. My rinses between passes showed how slick this soap is; my face was very slippery with the first splash of water.
I finished my third pass and found that I had more than enough lather for a 4th pass so I did a 4th - what the heck?!
I finished off with a hot water rinse and then a cold water rinse to close my pores. Then I used Krissy's Golden balm. I really like the balm! I absorbed quickly and left my face feeling great with no irritation. This stuff is a winner!
I am really happy with Krissy's shaving soap. Great shave and it looks like this puck will last a real long time. Krissy was also great to work with. She put up with all my questions and requests and considering that it is just her dealing with all this (making product, customer service, order filling, etc.) she is a class act!
I will be concentrating on the cedar soap for a few shaves before moving onto the other scents but I will post back once I try the others.
