I'm tired of the conk and honeybee I've laid into a couple dishes and don't want to shave with them anymore. They'd make good overall face or bath soaps right?
Shave soap as face soap?
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i can't imagine that they wouldnt be good. would they be better than a face wash? my guess is no. But it would probably be better than bath soap if you use a bath soap to clean your face.
would it make a better bath soap than a bath soap? probably not.
would it make a better bath soap than a bath soap? probably not.
I use my non-lathering Trumper pucks in the shower as a facial soap. Smells good, gets rid of the oil and finally serves a purpose. It is by far my most expensive facial soap ever, but at least I have a couple of wooden shave bowls to use for real shaving soap.
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Thanks. I was just wondering if shave soaps, not necessarily made to wash skin clean, would be any good at it.
Lots of folks use dud soap purchases as bath soaps. I see no reason why it wouldn't perform as well as or better than a bath soap, unless you're picky!
Maybe wash your face with them and use them as sort of a preshave?
I used a puck of VDH as a shower soap. It worked just fine and was less drying than most shower soaps. I used a puck of Williams to wash my hands with a while back and it had a much better feel (silkier) to it than most soaps as well. I suspect the soaps you want to use will work just fine in the shower or at the sink.
+1 In the shower I wash my face with a Lucky Tiger facewash, but then I have a puck of Edwin Jagger sea buckthorn that was not a great latherer, but I rub it over my whiskers like a shave stick, massaging it into a watery lather with my fingertips and leave it sitting there for a minute or two as a pre-shave treatment - seems to work nicely.
Generally speaking there's no reason why not but soaps aren't all identical. Try it and see. It's not just a matter of soaps varying but expectations and skin varying. As an example, my face certainly prefers certain types of soaps for washing or else I tend to break out. I don't just use any soap for my face. There's a bit more leeway with bath soaps for me.
I've tried a lot of soaps I didn't like for shaving in the shower. They all served that purpose just fine.
A lot great ideas here. I was going the other way and using Mike's bath soap as a face wash before shaving.
