Happy to report that Arran now has a soap that performs as well as their container looks! They now use the same formula as the new Truefitt & Hill Apsley and the new Floris pucks. Just had an excellent shave with an Arran Machrie puck this morning.
I believe it's only Apsley that has been reformulated (happened a couple of years ago). T&H Apsley, Floris and Arran all use the following base ingredients:Interesting, sounds like T&H must have reformulated again what would be wonderful since their older soap base is considered terrible by vast majority of users. Floris was another classic that got messed up over the years and broke many people's trust in the classic brands.
I believe it's only Apsley that has been reformulated (happened a couple of years ago). T&H Apsley, Floris and Arran all use the following base ingredients:
Potassium Palmate, Potassium Palm Kernelate, Potassium Stearate, Sodium Palmate, Glycerin, Aqua (Water), Sodium Palm Kernelate, Sodium Stearate, Palm Kernel Acid, Parfum (Fragrance), Sodium Chloride, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Pentasodium Pentetate, Tetrasodium Etidronate, Panthenol, Limonene, Hydroxycitronellal, Citronellol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Linalool.
I have found that heating a puck of soap or if it's kinda soft to just press into the bowl. Try the microwave in short 5-10 second bursts. Or in a plastic bag in a pot of hot water.Was anyone able to reuse their nice-looking shaving soap bowl with a refill other than the Arran soap? What would fit inside?