...Glyercin based soaps.
After much rotational use between glycerin and tallow based soaps (and one extra magical Strop Shoppe shave), I've come to the [not so] profound revelation that life is too short to compromise on your shave soap . Don't get me wrong - I have glycerin soaps that I like a lot and perform well, but I always get my best shaves when using some good ol' animal fat. When I'm feeling in a cream mood, the glycerin creams work fine (You'll have to pry the Nancy Boy Sig Scent from my cold dead hands), but for soaps I'm going tallow or bust. There are some scents that I love that I have not found yet in tallow based soaps, so I might need an intervention if I waiver from my resolution. Maybe I need to start a sub-sabbatical for only glycerin soaps
Also, if anyone has recommendations of good tallow soaps, I'd be eager to hear. So far I've used Strop Shoppe, Tabac, DR Harris. I've got some Stirling Soap & Queen Charlotte soap on their way in the mail. I'd love to try Razorock but I'm having trouble finding a good scent guide to figure out which to order.
After much rotational use between glycerin and tallow based soaps (and one extra magical Strop Shoppe shave), I've come to the [not so] profound revelation that life is too short to compromise on your shave soap . Don't get me wrong - I have glycerin soaps that I like a lot and perform well, but I always get my best shaves when using some good ol' animal fat. When I'm feeling in a cream mood, the glycerin creams work fine (You'll have to pry the Nancy Boy Sig Scent from my cold dead hands), but for soaps I'm going tallow or bust. There are some scents that I love that I have not found yet in tallow based soaps, so I might need an intervention if I waiver from my resolution. Maybe I need to start a sub-sabbatical for only glycerin soaps
Also, if anyone has recommendations of good tallow soaps, I'd be eager to hear. So far I've used Strop Shoppe, Tabac, DR Harris. I've got some Stirling Soap & Queen Charlotte soap on their way in the mail. I'd love to try Razorock but I'm having trouble finding a good scent guide to figure out which to order.
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