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Post by wchnu on Aug 14, 2012 12:16:22 GMT -6
Thanks for all the info Krissy. I will be looking for the reviews on this one.
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Post by RocketMan on Aug 16, 2012 23:48:04 GMT -6
Wow!! Lots of info there! Thnx
I don't know lots about soap, but the Razo Rock list of ingredients looks kinda out there!
It is nice to hear about natural ingredients and striving to make healthy, quality soaps. Nice!!
I mostly think about soaps in terms of what they do for me. I really have no grammar or language to talk about it much though. Words like cushion and slip are something I really just imagine and don't particularly indicate I understand - but I definitely recognize those kinds of qualities coming out in different ways. The way soaps lather - whether quickly or slowly, the ease of either loading a brush for face application or using a mug to 'make a batch' of cream, the 'stiffness' of the whip of a cream or of the lather made on the skin, the ability to hold bubbles of air - and the size of the bubbles, the ability of the soap to 'sit' on the skin comfortably and not dry in the process, the way some soaps work with cool water better than with hot, the 'stretchiness' of the skin afterwards - the kind of sensation heightened with a soap like a Williams, the way a soap will provide excellent gliding qualities yet 'gum up' a razor with residue rather than rinse appropriately out of the razor between passes, the nature of the scent left afterwards - whether it is cloying or pleasant or artificial, color - particularly of the created lather, the ability of forming 'peaks' which allow the shaping of the lather when applied to the face, the thickness of the layer that can be created - some soaps lather up and you can apply lather almost layer after layer (a T&H puck is good for this) or whether the lather is moreso one thick layer and offering a less dense consistency. Talking about consistency - watery, droopy, bubbly, and at times just sliding off the face - rather than creamy, well peaked and adhering well.
I could probably roll on...... but those are a few things I look at in using a soap.
You have me wanting to do some reading up on the internet to learn more though - thnx!!
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Post by wchnu on Aug 17, 2012 13:29:45 GMT -6
That right there was a whole lotta words about shave soap. That said I am the same. I know what works for me. Not always how to put it into shave tech words.
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Post by krissy on Aug 17, 2012 18:45:16 GMT -6
With artisan soap makers that also make *cough* what they call shaving soap many of these terms are useless. Simply because they do not understand how to make shaving soap and have never used anything remotely close to what real shaving soap is.
Also when they post reviews many of their customers don't have a clue about what real shaving soap is all about so of course it seems good to them! You can learn a lot by the ingredient list!
According to most soapmakers on the forums they say to add clay and add extra castor oil and use coconut oil and that's what makes shaving soap. That couldn't be further from the truth.....
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Post by wchnu on Aug 17, 2012 19:19:53 GMT -6
You can put a lotta horsepower in a bus.... But that don't make it a sports car ya know.
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Post by krissy on Aug 17, 2012 19:55:33 GMT -6
Excellent comparison Fuzzy !!!!!!!
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