Pacific Coast Soap Works--
Just returned from vacation to Victoria British Columbia in Canada--guys great great place to vacation in summer--e-mail me and I'd be happy to tell you all about it. There I saw a gentleman at a street market. His name is Kerry and he makes his own soaps--he described the process intricately. I purchased and herbal bar shampoo which smells great and worked fine for my short hair. He also makes two flavors of shaving soaps--Lime and Bay Rum. I purchased the lime and count me as impressed--clearly on par with the other superfine handmade soaps of the Charles and the Sues.
The lather was very good. Lubrication was good too--no burn at all especially since I used terrible face wetting technique this AM and still did great. No irritation at all even with the poor technique and the second application of lather. The aroma was very nice--very real and neither too overpowering nor overly subtle.
Here's Kerry's website for shaving:
http://www.islandnet.com/~keah/shave.htm
I will tell you that in person, he is very nice. He is passionate about soapmaking and seems amazingly knowledgable. He adds bentonite clay to this soap and he feels that he gets a more lubricating shave using his hands rather than a brush because he wonders if this lubricating clay clings to the brush--I used a brush with very nice results mind you. The concept of lubricating clay seemed foreign to me and I intend to research it a bit more; anyone who has more knowledge please chime in.
He makes a few comments about glycerin soaps and essential oils that may or may not be valid--I don't know but you can find them on his website and wonder if anyone knowledgable about soap production could educate me further.
http://www.pacificcoastsoapworks.com/more.htm
He also has other products that I will leave to anyone else to discover.
Just returned from vacation to Victoria British Columbia in Canada--guys great great place to vacation in summer--e-mail me and I'd be happy to tell you all about it. There I saw a gentleman at a street market. His name is Kerry and he makes his own soaps--he described the process intricately. I purchased and herbal bar shampoo which smells great and worked fine for my short hair. He also makes two flavors of shaving soaps--Lime and Bay Rum. I purchased the lime and count me as impressed--clearly on par with the other superfine handmade soaps of the Charles and the Sues.
The lather was very good. Lubrication was good too--no burn at all especially since I used terrible face wetting technique this AM and still did great. No irritation at all even with the poor technique and the second application of lather. The aroma was very nice--very real and neither too overpowering nor overly subtle.
Here's Kerry's website for shaving:
http://www.islandnet.com/~keah/shave.htm
I will tell you that in person, he is very nice. He is passionate about soapmaking and seems amazingly knowledgable. He adds bentonite clay to this soap and he feels that he gets a more lubricating shave using his hands rather than a brush because he wonders if this lubricating clay clings to the brush--I used a brush with very nice results mind you. The concept of lubricating clay seemed foreign to me and I intend to research it a bit more; anyone who has more knowledge please chime in.
He makes a few comments about glycerin soaps and essential oils that may or may not be valid--I don't know but you can find them on his website and wonder if anyone knowledgable about soap production could educate me further.
http://www.pacificcoastsoapworks.com/more.htm
He also has other products that I will leave to anyone else to discover.