Keeping soaps pure?

[Azza]

Hi guys,
I need some opinions or tips.
Some guys who want to keep their cream jars 'pure' use a popsicle stick or small spoon to scoop out the cream.
Is their a way to keep soaps 'pure'?

The reason I ask is the other day I used my (white) puck of Cade and I noticed some hair in the soap. Must've come off my brush. This seems a little OCD but just wondering, is there a way to keep the soap pure or is it part and parcel of using soaps that little bits of hair will eventually get into the soap.

The only thing I can think off is give the brush a really thorough clean which I pretty much do.

Hope what I am asking is clear.

- Aaron

 

[mdunn]

I cant think of any way other than picking the odd hair that does fall in out

It happens to me sometimes and thats all I do.

 

[Tzar]

The only way to keep a soap "pure" is to never use it at all and keep the lid on it

Soaps are made to be used. If you're the only one using it, I wouldn't worry too much about contamination or anything.

It's not a big issue if you notice once in a while an odd hair of the brush into the soap. Just remove it. If it is embedded into the soap, you can take tweezers to get it out.

 

[82R100]

Unlike creams, soaps can be rinsed.

Obviously, you lose some soap in the process, but it would help avoid what bothers you.

- Chris

 

[nav]

I am so OCD with my pucks. I never soak or rinse them. I load the brush enough to last my 3 passes so I don't have to return to the puck. I also use the paste that remains on the puck after loading the brush as my pre-shave.

The puck returns to the cupboard looking like it has never been used LOL

 

[strat1117]

It's soap. Just rinse it off.

It will still last for months, if not years. I promise.

 

[andrew98]

The only thing I do is make sure my soap is dry before I put it away. I leave the lid off until the soap is dry (doesn't take too long). Otherwise, rinse to clean if foreign bodies (cling-ons) get into the dish.

-Andy

 

[cfriend]

Just pick the odds and ends out. I used to clean the puck meticulously before putting it away, nowadays I just throw it back in the cupboard after the shave. 99% of the time it's already dried in the course of my shave.

 

[strat1117]

The only thing I do is make sure my soap is dry before I put it away. I leave the lid off until the soap is dry (doesn't take too long). Otherwise, rinse to clean if foreign bodies (cling-ons) get into the dish.

-Andy

If any of these get into your dish, you've got a problem --

 

[andrew98]

That would exceed the "stubble in the soap dish" problem for sure.

I really like the term cling-on for anything that sticks to something you don't want it on (white cat hair on a black suit, for instance). Makes me laugh every time.

-Andy

 

[gone down south]

I think a lot of people use sticks or scoops because they want to consistently use the same amount of product.

 

[WhosYerBob]

I think a lot of people use sticks or scoops because they want to consistently use the same amount of product.

Yup - that way one can determine if a particular soap produces more benefit or not compared to another, using the same amount of product.

 

[Cuttingboard]

I've had a few stray brush/badger hair that I've just picked out with tweezers but never facial hair...how did you get facial hair in your soap?

 

[Azza]

I used my brush to apply lather to my chest to shave it (first time I have done this). I guess some stubble got caught in the brush when I re-applied lather because I didn't wash off the already cut hair. I rinsed the brush then went to create some new lather for my face, wanted to use Cade that day. When I started loading the brush with the soap there was stubble in it. I just realised I have shared my chest shaving 'experience' ...

My thoughts are that it can happen with facial hair too because my puck of C&E Sandalwood has a few (3) tiny bits of stubble in it, just checked. I only just started applying lather to my chest with a brush, before I just used Gillette shave cream. I was thinking of getting a new brush just to chest lather but then thought that solution might not work because brushes will always have a little stubble in them. I think it might be that because the brush hasn't dried from previous use, when I go to puck lather the stray hairs in the brush stay in the brush, so they are spread around in the soap. So my solution is going to be to buy a new brush (for experimental purposes) solely for facial use and keep the old one for chest use only. I could of course stop shaving my chest so please no funny comments about that.

That lead me to wonder about the pure cream and soap thing. The comment above about using scoops to keep the amount of cream consistent is something I didn't think about.

Bottom line for me is, if you're using soap you will get hair in it.

- Aaron