I read about Nanny's Silly Soaps on another forum and thought I'd give them a try. I did do a good search here and couldn't find out much about them.
I ordered two, Lime and Scotch Pine and today I used Lime. I first moved the soap, which is very soft from the supplied tub into an Ikea tub to allow much more room for the brush to load.
Using Marco's method I did around 150 swirls to load the brush before moving to my face.
It took a bit of building and if I'm honest afterwards, I could have used a little more loading. Here's the brush after I'd completed my lathering for my first pass.
And here's the lather on my face, a little thin in patches, I did go over it again after taking the picture.
The lather both felt and smelt good, I'd liken the scent to CF Lime which isn't too surprising as they both use Lime essential oil and the scent has certainly lingered in my bathroom.
I had two days growth and was using a 39C with a Med Prep blade.
The shave felt good although I was conscious that I'd nicked myself twice during the XTG pass, something which doesn't usually happen. An inspection of my face afterwards shows quite a lot of tiny red blood spots so it's clear that I nicked myself more than I'd realised.
Normally I remove quite a lot of lather from the brush when I'm finished but this was all that was left.
I'm a little disappointed by the overall performance of this soap although I love the scent. I hope that loading more will make it somewhat better.
I ordered two, Lime and Scotch Pine and today I used Lime. I first moved the soap, which is very soft from the supplied tub into an Ikea tub to allow much more room for the brush to load.
Using Marco's method I did around 150 swirls to load the brush before moving to my face.
It took a bit of building and if I'm honest afterwards, I could have used a little more loading. Here's the brush after I'd completed my lathering for my first pass.
And here's the lather on my face, a little thin in patches, I did go over it again after taking the picture.
The lather both felt and smelt good, I'd liken the scent to CF Lime which isn't too surprising as they both use Lime essential oil and the scent has certainly lingered in my bathroom.
I had two days growth and was using a 39C with a Med Prep blade.
The shave felt good although I was conscious that I'd nicked myself twice during the XTG pass, something which doesn't usually happen. An inspection of my face afterwards shows quite a lot of tiny red blood spots so it's clear that I nicked myself more than I'd realised.
Normally I remove quite a lot of lather from the brush when I'm finished but this was all that was left.
I'm a little disappointed by the overall performance of this soap although I love the scent. I hope that loading more will make it somewhat better.
