SPILL THE BEANS:Soaps vs. Creams

[MMMM]

I use both; but if I had to choose one, it would be soap (Tabac).

 

[azwetshaver]

Thats funny you mention Williams, I was just asking about it earlier. http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/416314-Williams-mug-shaving-soap Where did you buy the CO Bigelow?

You can get it at Bath and Body Works at almost any mall. Same price as Proraso .$10 but sometimes they have a buy two get one free.

 

[oldtrout]

Soap. I wouldn't want to pick just one, but I did use MdC everyday this week...

 

[gloftho]

If I had to choose one right now it would be Mystic Water soaps.

 

[Steelman]

If I had to pick just 1....it would be a CROAP..


Antica Barbieria Colla Shave cream.

 

[mata777]

Both for me.

 

[Aqua Velva man]

Thats funny you mention Williams, I was just asking about it earlier. http://badgerandblade.com/vb/showthread.php/416314-Williams-mug-shaving-soap Where did you buy the CO Bigelow?

You can get it at Bath and Body Works at almost any mall. Same price as Proraso .$10 but sometimes they have a buy two get one free.

That is where I got mine, got their buy 2 get 1 free deal.

 

[Badger Bill]

I'm going to throw a wrench in your plans.

I vastly prefer creams when I bowl lather, but I vastly prefer soaps when I face lather.

Crazy huh?

 

[DougK]

While I enjoy creams and oddball stuff like shave jelly, my go-to choice is soap.

 

[fastback]

T&H has some outstanding products, but there are some fantastic soaps as well and they seem to last a little longer...
Wouldn't it be bad enough just to be forced to pick one of each?

 

[Fafhrd]

But since discovering Barbasol in a tube I have a hard time imagining using anything else.

Barbasol Brushless in a tube is wonderful stuff, but it seems very few shavers know anything about it. I use it whenever I don't have time to whip up lather.

But I usually want to lather up a brush, and by far my favorite way to do it is Stirling Scotts Pine Sheep Soap. I have plenty of other soaps and C O Bigelow cream that will probably go to waste because I keep coming back to Stirling Sheep.

 

[odysseas]

Well, I mostly use soaps. I use also creams in bowls, like Cella, but I don't like creams in tubes. I just don't like the look of the tube.

 

[graysonhenryrussell]

I get on a soap kick for a while & then the same with creams. If I use a straight I am more prone to use soap.

 

[Senshi]

Soaps for me.

 

[nodstonothing]

I like both but if I had to choose, it would be soaps. I could use the Strop Shoppe Special Edition Barbershop with Tallow for the rest of my shaves and be completely satisfied.

 

[Guzzler]

I like both, but Truefitt & Hill West Indian Limes cream is superb & you hardly need to dip the brush to get a mega lather

 

[cryhavoc]

I use soaps 98% of the time, but I do enjoy a few creams.

I could use Mike's Natural soaps everday and be happy.
(MWF would be a close second)

 

[Aristeros]

I prefer soaps, though I have several creams and use them on occasion. To pick just one soap, though? MWF, probably.

 

[keithmax]

Croaps, why settle for one of the extremes.

 

[Toothpick]

overwhelmingly soap users here.

45 of the last 52 shaves I've used Barbasol.

I prefer creams over soaps. Lately I prefer speed and convenience over cream and brush.