Newbie Soap

[deruitem]

Hi everyone, I just started using a DE this Christmas. I have a EJ89 and a badger brush. I started with Col Conk soap, I seem to get a good lather after some practice but I am looking for something that will have a little more moisturizer in it and maybe lather better

Suggestions?

 

[HoosierTrooper]

Here's several hours worth of reading.

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=40

 

[kbuzbee]

Here's several hours worth of reading.

The reviews section is very good. You may also want to read this thread on best performing soap:

http://badgerandblade.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=40

For me, I'd recommend trying one of the Art of Shaving (AOS). they are great and easy to get good lather from. They were one of my first and I had immediate success with them so they've been in my top tier from pretty much the get go.

Ken

 

[Optometrist]

Cella, Crema Sapone Extra Extra Purissima. Lathers, protects, and moisturises like no other.

David

 

[Charles Darwin]

Tabac ftw!!!

 

[Luc]

You might need to charge your brush a bit more... I would suggest to re-visit the tutorials: http://wiki.badgerandblade.com/index.php/Lathers

 

[FunnyHoney]

I just got Provence Sante and it's a very good soap for the beginner because I am. I had no trouble building lather on my face with an artificial badger brush. It leaves my face very smooth and moisturized.

 

[Royall Lyme]

cella, crema sapone extra extra purissima. Lathers, protects, and moisturises like no other.

David

+1

 

[deruitem]

Is cella, crema sapone extra extra purissima more of a cream?

 

[reyrascon]

Is cella, crema sapone extra extra purissima more of a cream?

I've never used it myself (it is next on my list though), but it's been described as a soft soap. I've never heard of anyone calling it a cream.

 

[Optometrist]

Is cella, crema sapone extra extra purissima more of a cream?

As it's name suggests, it's really somewhere between the two. I would put it in the soap category though, as it's texture is definitely tending more towards the hard than the soft. I believe Marco gave a detailed explanation of this a couple of weeks or so ago.
Whatever you class it as, it's one magical performer I won't be without

David

 

[Marco]

As it's name suggests, it's really somewhere between the two. I would put it in the soap category though, as it's texture is definitely tending more towards the hard than the soft. I believe Marco gave a detailed explanation of this a couple of weeks or so ago.
Whatever you class it as, it's one magical performer I won't be without

David

Cella is tecnically described as "crema sapone" (= "cream soap") and is, as most other Italian cream/soaps, in its own "in between category" of soft soaps or hard creams. Anyhow Cella is always described as a soap among Italian wet shavers. And I confirm what David said above, Cella is a magical performer.

 

[Go West Young Man]

Asking for soap recommendations around here is a little dicey - you're just going to end up with a huge list of soaps that are in use around the world. Reading the reviews and skimming the discussions here will at least help point you in the right direction.

 

[deruitem]

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I will give a few a try, I am getting better at lathering and have had some good luck with Col Conk and mixing in some proraso cream. Being a newbie I have found that most of my issue is giving to much pressure and of course keeping a consistent angle in order to keep a close shave without have to run multiple passes.

 

[LouieGrandie]

but I am looking for something that will have a little more moisturizer in it and maybe lather better

Suggestions?

I would suggest anything that Marco is using.

 

[Marco]

I would suggest anything that Marco is using.

 

[CaptainK]

Being a newbie I have found that most of my issue is giving to much pressure and of course keeping a consistent angle in order to keep a close shave without have to run multiple passes.

Believe me, the finest, closest shaves are with multiple passes in different directions. (With a light touch and proper angles, of course. )

 

[Optometrist]

I would suggest anything that Marco is using.

I could be wrong, but I believe I might just have caught up with him!

David

 

[Doc4]

My standard recommendation for a soap for newcomers is D.R. Harris Arlington. It's a high-quality soap that lathers as well as anything, and has a pleasant scent that strikes me as something almost anyone would enjoy.

That's why I won't suggest Tabac ... the scent is a problem for too many people, and I wouldn't want to turn off a newcomer with an odd scent. (But Tabac is certainly one to try eventually.)

 

[Optometrist]

My standard recommendation for a soap for newcomers is D.R. Harris Arlington. It's a high-quality soap that lathers as well as anything, and has a pleasant scent that strikes me as something almost anyone would enjoy.

That's why I won't suggest Tabac ... the scent is a problem for too many people, and I wouldn't want to turn off a newcomer with an odd scent. (But Tabac is certainly one to try eventually.)

+1 on the Arlington. My favourite English soap by far.

David