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I wanted to get another session in with Spring Cabin while the discussion is still fresh.
I grabbed my big 26mm badger and my scale and loaded 1.5g of soap. My standard load is 1g to start with so I have some testing standardisation. Generally, I am loading water a little at a time and I go until it looks hydrated then one more round. This is somewhere around 12-15:1 water:soap. With this one at about 8:1, I got some large bubbles again but it still needed some more water. I was able to tamp them down fully and add one more round of water up to 10:1, this felt like the minimum I could get away with. As a review, this is now the same amount of water that I used previously, but with 50% more soap!
As it turned out this wasn't just the minimum, it was just about optimum. I painted this on thick and yoghurty, but there was no running at all and it felt wet on my face. I think the big difference here from Omnibus is that it can hold a range of hydration while maintaining it's consistency. I think this has something to do with some of the unpronounceable ingredients. When I use Omnibus, I am hydrating it until it is dripping wet. But it too requires more product. Ultimately I didn't need any more than I use with Omnibus, but also no less. I like to figure this stuff out once, carefully, then just use it however the next time(without measurements).
Performance wise, the extra soap did the trick. I haven't re-read my initial review, but there is sufficient slickness. Both primary and residual, I tested by re-wetting an area. I don't find it to be as slick as Zingari Man, but that might not be a negative. I frequently have trouble gripping my skin when I need to stretch an area with that one. So called protection is definitely top level, but I can only tell between artisan soaps and basic stuff really. What matters a lot to me is lather stability and it's up there too. I can't rank it at the absolute top because it does dry a little bit if you are slow like me. The good news is you can just ignore it and keep shaving or spray some water if you have a bottle. It doesn't immediately dilute and run off along with any protection. It also doesn't flake even when slightly dry which I consider a major flaw that is common in many mass produced soaps. I was very impressed with the post shave feel, it is my definition of neutral on my face; neither dry nor super fatted, just natural.
I appreciate the above scent descriptions as I am smelling the same thing and a bit confused, I guess I should have got the Shave Supply collaboration one. Not that this is bad, but not like the description.
I grabbed my big 26mm badger and my scale and loaded 1.5g of soap. My standard load is 1g to start with so I have some testing standardisation. Generally, I am loading water a little at a time and I go until it looks hydrated then one more round. This is somewhere around 12-15:1 water:soap. With this one at about 8:1, I got some large bubbles again but it still needed some more water. I was able to tamp them down fully and add one more round of water up to 10:1, this felt like the minimum I could get away with. As a review, this is now the same amount of water that I used previously, but with 50% more soap!
As it turned out this wasn't just the minimum, it was just about optimum. I painted this on thick and yoghurty, but there was no running at all and it felt wet on my face. I think the big difference here from Omnibus is that it can hold a range of hydration while maintaining it's consistency. I think this has something to do with some of the unpronounceable ingredients. When I use Omnibus, I am hydrating it until it is dripping wet. But it too requires more product. Ultimately I didn't need any more than I use with Omnibus, but also no less. I like to figure this stuff out once, carefully, then just use it however the next time(without measurements).
Performance wise, the extra soap did the trick. I haven't re-read my initial review, but there is sufficient slickness. Both primary and residual, I tested by re-wetting an area. I don't find it to be as slick as Zingari Man, but that might not be a negative. I frequently have trouble gripping my skin when I need to stretch an area with that one. So called protection is definitely top level, but I can only tell between artisan soaps and basic stuff really. What matters a lot to me is lather stability and it's up there too. I can't rank it at the absolute top because it does dry a little bit if you are slow like me. The good news is you can just ignore it and keep shaving or spray some water if you have a bottle. It doesn't immediately dilute and run off along with any protection. It also doesn't flake even when slightly dry which I consider a major flaw that is common in many mass produced soaps. I was very impressed with the post shave feel, it is my definition of neutral on my face; neither dry nor super fatted, just natural.
I appreciate the above scent descriptions as I am smelling the same thing and a bit confused, I guess I should have got the Shave Supply collaboration one. Not that this is bad, but not like the description.
