Thank you! I like that they offer both hard and soft soaps.Areffa soap. Very nice product but you might need a boar or synthetic brush. I find that I constantly need to load more load between passes with my badger brush
Thank you! I like that they offer both hard and soft soaps.Areffa soap. Very nice product but you might need a boar or synthetic brush. I find that I constantly need to load more load between passes with my badger brush
I see MWF still has lanolin which means it isn't strictly "vegan". So why drop the tallow?
Soaps come and go, for tallow-based MWF aficionados there are other as good or better choices out there. Or one can adapt to the new formulation.
If you do a simple google search you will find that lanolin is not considered vegan. Neither am I.Lanolin is a by-product of wool production.
After the sheep is sheared, it wonders off, possibly feeling a bit colder, but still very much alive…
Global warmingIf you do a simple google search you will find that lanolin is not considered vegan. Neither am I.
The point is they still cannot sell it to vegans so there must be another reason for dropping the tallow.
How's the post shave feel?This new stuff is good, I’m doing a 180 turn. How good? I’m not willing to say it’s on par or better with the previous formulation, but I would be content with shaving with it exclusively if didn’t have access to other stuff.
Summary, I got BBS with 2 passes + cleanup, and going against the grain on the second pass. Shave was irritation free, without a hint of blood. Rinse was easy without leaving residue. Post shave feel was good, I could have skipped the after shave.
My method was to load the brush damp, with all water removed. Swirled the puck for 20 seconds and ended up with too much soap.
Initial lather on my face, and then 2nd pass lather (2nd picture) which was hydrated properly and was very protective.
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Ah, the soap forums. Mitchell’s fixed the lathering problem and now people are complaining about the box label.
I think it’s pretty good. My skin is on the dry side and didn’t feel any dryness after the shave. Skin felt nourished and soft.How's the post shave feel?
If you do a simple google search you will find that lanolin is not considered vegan. Neither am I.
The point is they still cannot sell it to vegans so there must be another reason for dropping the tallow.
If you do a simple google search you will find that lanolin is not considered vegan. Neither am I.
The point is they still cannot sell it to vegans so there must be another reason for dropping the tallow.
I don’t mean to brag, but I knew that lanolin is not vegan without the need to resort to Google.
But have you considered that some people might try to avoid products for the production of which animals are harmed? Like horse hair shaving brushes for example?
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An excellent post by someone who has actually used the new soap. Think it will be my next soap. Tallow worship puzzles me.This new stuff is good, I’m doing a 180 turn. How good? I’m not willing to say it’s on par or better with the previous formulation, but I would be content with shaving with it exclusively if didn’t have access to other stuff.
Summary, I got BBS with 2 passes + cleanup, and going against the grain on the second pass. Shave was irritation free, without a hint of blood. Rinse was easy without leaving residue. Post shave feel was good, I could have skipped the after shave.
My method was to load the brush damp, with all water removed. Swirled the puck for 20 seconds and ended up with too much soap.
Initial lather on my face, and then 2nd pass lather (2nd picture) which was hydrated properly and was very protective.
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I'd imagine tallow prices aren't cheap given how much is likely needed for soap production and how much beef would need to be processed to produce the amount of tallow needed. Economics and increasing customer base would be my guess as well. Glad I still have three unused pucks of the old formulation MWF left.Let's just consider that maybe it is people trying to avoid harming animals, but at the end of the day the main reason for slaughtering a cow is not for soap making ingredients. Cows are sold for beef and I don't think enough people on the planet are going to give up eating steak or hamburger that a boycott on tallow will make a difference.
Besides if the cow is going to be slaughtered anyway, I would rather as much of it gets used as possible anyway. At least in my mind
As you said, I'm sure the reason for the change is most likely economics.
An excellent post by someone who has actually used the new soap. Think it will be my next soap. Tallow worship puzzles me.