Looking for opinions

[sisk]

I'm chooseing some soaps to try out, but I'm having to limit my purchases to stay under the radar of SWMBO lest I be forbidden to buy more before I've settled in the quest for my favorite soap. To that end, I would like to inquire if any of you have used:

This soap or any others from Goat Milk Stuff. One thing I was considering was getting their unscented, melting it down, and adding some menthol (I've really liked everything mentholated I've tried so far, but I also like the sound of goat milk soap)

This melt and pour again with an eye towards adding menthol to it.

Are there any other mentholated soaps you could recommend in the $5-$10 price range?

 

[Teppanyaki]

Stirling has a bunch of soaps for well under $10 including a bunch of mentholated ones. If you love menthol, Glacial is pretty cheap.

But you had better love menthol based on the reviews I've read!

 

[dfoulk]

Stirling has a bunch of soaps for well under $10 including a bunch of mentholated ones. If you love menthol, Glacial is pretty cheap.

But you had better love menthol based on the reviews I've read!

+1 on the stirling. I love the menthol soaps and MITA, Orange Chill, and Cool are all excellent. When you order you absolutely must order Glacial which is currently the coldest soap on the planet. Each puck is right around 6 bucks and performance is excellent.

Note these are tallow based soaps so no melting them in the microwave or you will destroy them. There's no need to add any menthol to these as they are pleanty cold.

 

[eyebright]

It is not necessarily true that melting a tallow soap will ruin it. You'll ruin a hard milled commercial soap if you stick it in the microwave, but if it's a hot or cold processed artisan soap it can be melted if you grate it or cut it small, add a very small amount of liquid, cover it and zap it in short bursts until it melts enough to stir it smooth. It's known as rebatching and the process is used to fix a soap that needs something added to it after it's made. There's nothing different about tallow soaps that is incompatible with remelting, but it depends on how it was made. It won't become liquid like a melt and pour soap, more like pudding or mashed potatoes.

 

[sisk]

Sadly it seems Stirling is out of Glacial. I'll give one of their other soaps a try though. Thank you.

 

[Demaskee]

Yeti Snot is a glycerin soap that is Freezing. You'll have to message them on facebook to place your order and pay through paypal.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Shaving-Yeti/436491363131744

 

[CyberJCM]

In my experience, if you've never read about a particular soap on this board, its not worth your money. I've never heard of this Goat Milk stuff, so I wouldn't purchase it. It could be great, and thats your risk, but you're better off sticking with whats commonly recognized as good soap.

 

[dfoulk]

It is not necessarily true that melting a tallow soap will ruin it. You'll ruin a hard milled commercial soap if you stick it in the microwave, but if it's a hot or cold processed artisan soap it can be melted if you grate it or cut it small, add a very small amount of liquid, cover it and zap it in short bursts until it melts enough to stir it smooth. It's known as rebatching and the process is used to fix a soap that needs something added to it after it's made. There's nothing different about tallow soaps that is incompatible with remelting, but it depends on how it was made. It won't become liquid like a melt and pour soap, more like pudding or mashed potatoes.

I didn't know about this. Thank you.

 

[sisk]

In my experience, if you've never read about a particular soap on this board, its not worth your money. I've never heard of this Goat Milk stuff, so I wouldn't purchase it. It could be great, and thats your risk, but you're better off sticking with whats commonly recognized as good soap.

That's why I was asking for opinions. I trust the people here whom I know been wet shaving far longer than I have more than I trust the reviews posted on the same site that's trying to sell me stuff.

 

[PugslyCat]

You might want to consider some of the mentholated soaps by Mama Bear. Most of her products come in a variety of sizes from samples to 5 ounce pucks, so you might try the samples or the small mug sized pucks to keep under SWMBO's radar.

 

[Teddyboy]

I would try Honeybee Spa - they get excellent reviews posted in the Review Section.

 

[CyberJCM]

That's why I was asking for opinions. I trust the people here whom I know been wet shaving far longer than I have more than I trust the reviews posted on the same site that's trying to sell me stuff.

I agree! And that was my opinion. Basically, don't go with either of those if you haven't heard good things about them here

I can add another good suggestion for you to try, if you're looking for a good menthol. Queen Charlotte Soaps Vostok. Great in either their cream or soap, and widely considered the coldest around!