How does this soap stack up to QED, Mama Bears and TGQ?
How does this soap stack up to QED, Mama Bears and TGQ?
Here's my take on these 4 fine soap lines:How does this soap stack up to QED, Mama Bears and TGQ?
Keep in mind though that the PC soaps are tallow based whereas the others mentioned are melt-and-pour types. .
Certainly no insults were intended.. All three offer a great, quality product. Guess I should have said those other three are not tallow based.I don't know about QED, but you just handed Mama Bear and TGQ soaps a pretty big insult.
The term "melt and pour" implies a soap base purchased from a vendor that is melted to add fragrance, color, and whatever else is desired. Mama Bear and TGQ make their own soap from start to finish. Calling their soaps melt and pour is like comparing a high class italian restaurant with the Olive Garden (they serve pre-made frozen meals)
"The Gentlemen's Quarter" shaving soaps are made from the finest quality base on the market today and are unique in that they are soap, not just a glycerin base filled with detergents. Our shaving soap is 100 % natural with added Kosher glycerin from a vegetable source. We add no synthetic detergents, chelators, foaming enhancers or artificial colors to our base. What we do add is a Custom blend of rich creamy goat's milk, moisturizing Shea butter and skin soothing Aloe Vera along with our own special blend of the finest ground Kaolin, Bentonite and Rhassoul clays to provide superior slip and glide without drying your skin.
Certainly no insults were intended.. All three offer a great, quality product. Guess I should have said those other three are not tallow based.
However, from TGQ website:
That certainly fits your definition of what a melt-and-pour soap is.
Are you positive Mama Bear makes her own soap? The Brambleberry melt and pour shaving soap is very similat to hear soap.
Bramblebeey soap:
Ingredients: Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Safflower Oil, Glycerin (kosher, of vegetable origin), Purified Water, Sodium Hydroxide (saponifying agent), Sorbitol (moisturizer), Sorbitan oleate (emulsifier), Soy bean protein (conditioner), Wheat Protein (conditioner)
Mama Bear soap:
Ingredients: Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Castor Oil, Safflower , Glycerine (kosher, of vegetable origin), Purified Water, Sodium Hydroxide (saponifying agent), Sorbitol (moisturizer), Sorbitan oleate (emulsifier), Soybean protein (conditioner), Wheat protein, Shea Oil, Natural Vit. E, Aloe Vera Gel and fragrance either natural or synthetic.
With the exception of the last 4 ingredients they are identical, same verbage too. I am not a soaper so I don't know if the shea oil, vit. E, and Aloe Vera can be added to a melt and pour base.
Cheers,
David
I don't know about QED, but you just handed Mama Bear and TGQ soaps a pretty big insult.
The term "melt and pour" implies a soap base purchased from a vendor that is melted to add fragrance, color, and whatever else is desired. Mama Bear and TGQ make their own soap from start to finish. Calling their soaps melt and pour is like comparing a high class italian restaurant with the Olive Garden (they serve pre-made frozen meals)
Sue (Mama Bear) specifically says here that she doesn't use Brambleberry.
My guess is that most artisan shave soaps start with some kind of pre-made base, and this doesn't really bother me, since these soaps work better for me than all of the big name commercial soaps that I have tried.
Are you positive Mama Bear makes her own soap? The Brambleberry melt and pour shaving soap is very similat to her soap.
Bramblebeey soap:
Ingredients: Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Safflower Oil, Glycerin (kosher, of vegetable origin), Purified Water, Sodium Hydroxide (saponifying agent), Sorbitol (moisturizer), Sorbitan oleate (emulsifier), Soy bean protein (conditioner), Wheat Protein (conditioner)
Mama Bear soap:
Ingredients: Coconut Oil, Palm Oil, Castor Oil, Safflower , Glycerine (kosher, of vegetable origin), Purified Water, Sodium Hydroxide (saponifying agent), Sorbitol (moisturizer), Sorbitan oleate (emulsifier), Soybean protein (conditioner), Wheat protein, Shea Oil, Natural Vit. E, Aloe Vera Gel and fragrance either natural or synthetic.
With the exception of the last 4 ingredients they are identical, same verbage too. I am not a soaper so I don't know if the shea oil, vit. E, and Aloe Vera can be added to a melt and pour base.
Cheers,
David