I've been trying/testing a few shave sticks lately, mostly because I wanted a good travel soap. Of course I had to give La Toja a go as well since I've seen it mentioned a bunch of times on the various shave forums.
First use was this morning and honestly, I was kinda blown away. It's early in my testing, but dang... La Toja sure seems like it could hang with my elite-level soaps! The lather was thick, residual slickness about as good as it gets, plus it held together tightly for 4 full passes without getting foaming or full of air bubbles. The jury is still out on the post-shave... could be a bit on the drying side, but I'll need more time with it to tell. The scent is VERY light. I do get a faint "clean-ocean-salt" aroma, but its super light.
Anyways, if you haven't tried La Toja yet, do yourself a huge favor and order up a stick. Maggard's has them for only $5... I grabbed mine off Amazon for $8-ish because I'm impatient and am a sucker for free, next-day Prime shipping.
This soap might have just ended my $25 artisan soap purchases for good.
First use was this morning and honestly, I was kinda blown away. It's early in my testing, but dang... La Toja sure seems like it could hang with my elite-level soaps! The lather was thick, residual slickness about as good as it gets, plus it held together tightly for 4 full passes without getting foaming or full of air bubbles. The jury is still out on the post-shave... could be a bit on the drying side, but I'll need more time with it to tell. The scent is VERY light. I do get a faint "clean-ocean-salt" aroma, but its super light.
Anyways, if you haven't tried La Toja yet, do yourself a huge favor and order up a stick. Maggard's has them for only $5... I grabbed mine off Amazon for $8-ish because I'm impatient and am a sucker for free, next-day Prime shipping.
This soap might have just ended my $25 artisan soap purchases for good.
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